[dailynews] March 6, 2012

Great Lakes Daily News: March 6, 2012
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EPA intensifies oversight of 'fracking' in PA
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More than three years into the gas-drilling boom that's produced thousands of new wells, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the state of Pennsylvania are tussling over regulation of the Marcellus Shale, the vast underground rock formation that holds trillions of cubic feet of gas. Source: Buffalo News (3/6)


Lakes study a great opportunity
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Students with an interest in the Great Lakes and the many intricate environmental and policy issues surrounding those precious bodies of water can apply for enrollment in a three-week course this summer that will take them across the lengthy Great Lakes system aboard the tall ship Brig Niagara. Source: Toledo Blade (3/6)


More US western coal headed for export through Great Lakes
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Coal exports from Midwest Energy Resources on Lake Superior in Wisconsin will more than quadruple in 2012, an executive at the terminal said Monday, signaling a strategic shift from western coal producers. Source: Platts (3/6)


Concerns heighten with rising lake level
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Constituents in this Niagara County town which hugs the Lake Ontario shoreline have expressed their concerns to Supervisor Joseph Jastrzemski about losing property along the lakeshore. Source: WGRZ-TV - Wilson, NY (3/6)


Clayton breaks ground on $600k Frink Park project
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Construction workers broke ground Monday on the $600,000 "Clayton Riverwalk 2" with a goal to build the Frink Park pavilion and a roughly 300-foot scenic trail along the St. Lawrence River for the 2012 summer tourist season. Source: Watertown Daily Times (3/6)


ON mining activity takes off
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Ontario mining exploration activity went up significantly last year, a phenomena that is being keenly felt in Thunder Bay and the district. Source: Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal (3/6)


Illinois Governor Pat Quinn talks water and Asian carp with Dalton McGuinty
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Illinois Governor Patrick Quinn paid a quick visit to Premier Dalton McGuinty on Monday to talk water, how to stop the Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes and to get tips on hosting a G8 summit. Source: The Toronto Star (3/5)


More US western coal headed for export through Great Lakes
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Coal exports from Midwest Energy Resources on Lake Superior in Wisconsin will more than quadruple in 2012, an executive at the terminal said Monday, signaling a strategic shift from western coal producers. Source: Platts (3/5)


Panel approves mining bill
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Wisconsin Republicans made another attempt Monday to persuade a key GOP state senator to vote for a contentious bill that would reform the state's iron mining laws, offering another set of revisions the lawmaker promptly rejected. Source: The Associated Press (3/5)


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