[dailynews] May 17, 2012

Great Lakes Daily News: May 17, 2012
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Enbridge enlarging Great Lakes pipeline that leaked in 2010, part of $2.6B 
plan to boost flow
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Enbridge Inc. has announced a $2.6 billion project that includes enlarging a 
pipeline that ruptured in southwestern Michigan two years ago so it can 
carry more oil. Source: The Associated Press (5/17)


Sterilizing that blasted ballast
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In the dank bowels of the ship, a million microbes squirm and writhe. Their 
watery cradle - the ballast - plays a central role in balancing the weight 
of giant cargo ships that regularly shuttle back and forth between the world's 
oceans. Invisibly ferried from port to port, the hitchhiking larvae, 
phytoplankton and bacteria pose a costly threat. Source: The New York Times 
(5/17)


Lake Erie wind developer asks states to take a Leap of faith
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The project, Lake Erie Alternative Power (Leap), envisages the placement of 
700 turbines in clusters off Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York. Source: 
Recharge News (5/17)


Officials recover 64 pounds of mercury offered for sale on Craigslist by 
Northland resident
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A tip from an alert online shopper who noticed an unusual posting on the 
Craigslist classified ad website allowed authorities to recover 64 pounds of 
dangerous elemental mercury .State and federal governments have moved to get 
mercury out of power plant and factory emissions so the mercury doesn't fall 
back to earth and become toxic to fish, and the animals and people who eat 
fish. Source: Duluth News Tribune (5/17)


Forest land deal sets state record
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State officials on Thursday announced plans for the largest land 
conservation purchase in Wisconsin history - a transaction that protects 
more than 100 square miles of forest land in four northern counties. Source: 
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (5/17)


Full steam ahead for museum sub
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Project Ojibwa is now a "go," a tugboat on its way to fetch the 
decommissioned Canadian submarine from Halifax and tow it to Port Burwell. 
The Ojibwa will become a tourist attraction in the Lake Erie port, joining a 
select group of Great Lakes centres with museum subs. Source: The London 
Free Press (5/16)


Lake Superior sediment capping project set to begin
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A unique environmental project will begin this month in Peninsula Harbour 
near Marathon. Contaminated sediment in the harbour will be capped with 
about a 20-centimetre layer of clean sand. Source: CBC News (5/15)


State trying to the prevent the spread of Asian carp
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Asian carp currently sit at the threshold of Lake Michigan and experts say 
all of the Great Lakes could be at risk. "These Asian carp would eat up 
everything these other fish are trying to eat and for these lakes, that 
would be devestating for their ecosystems," said Eric Olson, Director of the 
UW-Extension Lakes Program. Source: WSAW-TV - Wausau, WI (5/15)


Lake Erie algae a top focus for US-Canadian panel
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A panel that advises the U.S. and Canadian governments about the Great Lakes 
will make Lake Erie's excessive phosphorus levels and algae blooms a 
priority for study over the next three years. Source: The Associated Press 
(5/15)


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