[dailynews] March 14, 2012

Great Lakes Daily News: March 14, 2012
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Coal leads the way as the Twin Ports shipping season starts Friday
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The Twin Ports shipping season begins Friday, when the Mesabi Miner departs for the Presque Isle Power Plant in Michigan with about 55,000 tons of coal from Superior's Midwest Energy Terminal. Source: Duluth News Tribune (3/14)


EDITORIAL: LMC must comply with ash request
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We generally frown upon interference by big government but must allow for an exception in this case. The EPA is right to request as much information from car ferry personnel as it needs to reach a reasonable conclusion in a case environmental and business groups are watching closely. Source: Manitowoc Herald Tribune (3/14)


Polluters or political scapegoats? Local Republican reps dismiss Sierra Club ratings
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If you live in St. Clair or northern Macomb County and consider yourself a supporter of clean water, clean air and clean land, you are not being well served by your state representative. That's the word from the Michigan chapter of Sierra Club. Source: The Voice (3/14)


Ogdensburg Port Authority approves marketing study contract
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At its board meeting last week, the authority approved a contract with DCG Corplan Consulting of West Orange, N.J., to develop an economic development plan for the authority at a cost not to exceed $19,750. Source: Watertown Daily Times (3/14)


Wind tower orders rise at Broadwind
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Broadwind Energy Inc. is diversifying its customer base at its Manitowoc wind tower factory and across the company as it prepares for a decline in new wind farm construction in the coming years. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (3/13)


Shipping season likely to get an early start
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The U.S. Coast Guard completed icebreaking on Green Bay over the weekend, and cargo ships that spent the mild winter at ports around the lakes have begun moving out. More than a dozen vessels have been laid up for winter maintenance at Bay Shipbuilding Co. in Sturgeon Bay. Source: Door County Advocate (3/13)


Maritime Museum announces temporary admission change
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The Door County Maritime Museum has begun removal of the "Ghosts! Haunted Lighthouses of Great Lakes" exhibit, to be followed by the installation of the new "Pirates: Ship to Shore" exhibition which is scheduled to open May 19. Source: Green Bay Press Gazette (3/13)


Saginaw Bay Watershed Conference to highlight progress in improving water quality, focus on future restoration
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The Michigan State University Planning and Zoning Initiative will bring people together to talk about progress in improving water quality of the Saginaw Bay watershed Source: Saginaw News (3/13)


Sailor-musician from Washburn set to record Lake Superior sounds on journey
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The 27-year-old musician is prepping for a four- to six-month excursion this summer not to circumnavigate Lake Superior - that's too expected, Ledin said - but rather to explore, research and record sounds. Source: Duluth News Tribune (3/13)


Brule fish hatchery next to close
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Wisconsin's state fish hatchery system is in the process of downsizing. Three hatcheries have already closed in the past six years and the Brule River facility looks to be next. Source: Superior Telegram (3/13)


Wilmette Park District rejects beach fence
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A flood of opposition led Wilmette Park District commissioners to close the gate this week on their consideration of a fence that would have limited access to one of the last free Lake Michigan beaches along the North Shore. Source: Chicago Tribune (3/13)


Environmentalists alarmed after study reveals massive ice loss
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Environmentalists say they hope a new study suggesting that the Great Lakes have lost 71 per cent of their ice cover over the last 40 years will move skeptics from steadfast "denial" of global warming to a robust scientific debate. Source: Victoria Times Colonist (3/13)


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