[dailynews] December 16, 2011

Great Lakes Daily News: December 16, 2011
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Health Dept. gets proceeds from Lake Erie license plates
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The Ohio Lake Erie Commission has approved five Lake Erie Protection Fund grant awards, including one grant to the Erie County Health Department. Source: Sandusky Register (12/16)


Repairs get icebreaker under way
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The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw left Superior's Fraser Shipyards on Thursday after workers repaired an oil leak in its bow thruster. Source: Duluth News Tribune (12/16)


Abandoned mine pits could store wind-generated energy
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New research from the University of Minnesota Duluth says abandoned iron ore mine pits could be ideal places to store electricity generated by wind turbines. Source: Minnesota Public Radio (12/15)


BP must assess latest pollution-control technologies
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The Indiana Department of Environmental Management held a public hearing Thursday to gather comments about its draft approval of BP's application for a streamlined mercury variance to amend its current water permit. Source: The Northwest Indiana Times (12/15)


Loss of marine archeologist could be 'catastrophic,' says Ontario union
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The expert overseeing Ontario's estimated 4,000 shipwrecks and artifacts - including the immortalized Edmund Fitzgerald - has lost his job. Source: The Toronto Star (12/15)


Harbormaster: Commercial boats can no longer access St. Joseph Harbor
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Budget cuts to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers might mean that a buildup of sand too high for ships to enter the channel in Saint Joseph Harbor could remain. Source: ABC 57 - South Bend, IN (12/15)


Scientists say acid rain hurts Great Lakes maples
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Acid rain may cause nitrogen build-up in soils across the Great Lakes region, causing considerable declines in maple tree abundance. Source: Wall Street Journal (12/15)


EDITORIAL: Feather in our cap: Decades of cleanup work to change toxic hot spot listings
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Massive cleanups on Muskegon Lake and White Lake, fueled by state and federal funds, may lead to those lakes being removed from the Environmental Protection Agency's Great Lakes toxic hot spots list over the next five years. Source: Muskegon Chronicle (12/13)


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