[dailynews] December 22, 2011

Great Lakes Daily News: December 22, 2011
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Keewatin's last journey focus of international documentary
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Independent filmmakers are making a one-hour documentary about the 104-year-old vessel, the Keewatin, and the more than $3 million project to bring it back to its home port of Port McNicholl, Ontario. Source: The Holland Sentinel (12/22)


Regulations looming for coal power plants
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Electrical utilities say the new EPA emissions regulations constitute a threat to the power grid and will result in increased costs for consumers. Source: The Times Herald (12/22)


Coast Guard begins icebreaking activities
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The U.S. Coast Guard has begun ice breaking operations in response to colder temperatures and ice growth in the western Great Lakes region. Source: Wall Street Journal (12/22)


Lake Erie's tiny new invader
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A tiny invader, the parasitic copepod Neoergasilus japonicus, almost slipped into Lake Erie unnoticed. Source: Great Lakes Echo (12/22)


Great Lakes maritime art donated to BGSU
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More than 300 drawings, made between 1880 and 1910, of Great Lakes ships have been donated to Bowling Green State University's Historical Collections of the Great Lakes. Source: The Toledo Blade (12/22)


Feds list possible methods for blocking Asian carp
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released a report listing more than 90 options for blocking the path of would-be aquatic migrants between the Great Lakes and Mississippi River systems. Source: Wall Street Journal (12/21)


DNR says 14 Lake Michigan beaches are doing better
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The Department of Natural Resources is proposing to remove 14 Lake Michigan beaches from its list of impaired waters, including Milwaukee's Bradford, McKinley, and Bay View beaches. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (12/21)


Researchers say zebra mussels spreading in popular Minnesota lake
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The Minnehaha Creek Watershed District has found that zebra mussels have become more prominent on the east side of Lake Minnetonka and are spreading to the west. Source: The Republic (12/21)


Let the ships come in
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will soon use $100,000 in emergency funding to dredge the St. Joseph River mouth, allowing the shipping season to continue. Source: The Herald-Palladium (12/21)


Chiefs say 'NO' to nuclear disposal
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The First Nations of the North Shore Tribal Council strongly reject the prospect of the North Shore of Lake Huron becoming a site for the long-term storage of nuclear waste. Source: The Sudbury Star (12/21)


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