[dailynews] June 21, 2012

Great Lakes Daily News: June 21, 2012
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Much of Kalamazoo River to open, 2 yrs. after spill
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Nearly all of the Kalamazoo River is being reopened for recreational use and the cleanup of a massive Enbridge Inc. oil spill nearly two years ago is in its final stages, federal, state and local officials announced Thursday. Source: Bloomburg buisnessweek news (6/21)


The idea of building more islands in lake ontario is still kicking arround
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Dirt: when you dig it up, it has to go somewhere. Aware of this inescapable truth, the city is still consider taking the 1.8 million cubic metres of dirt that the Eglinton Crosstown excavation will displace and making a bunch of man made islands Source: The informer (6/20)


Lake Michigan safe to drink?
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What if you could safely dip your glass right into Lake Michigan and drink the water. It's not far from reality. Source: abc 57 news (6/20)


NOAA makes landfall on the shores of Lake St. Clair in Harrison Twp. Michigan
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Representatives of NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, their Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory and the Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystem Research will be conducting a Clinton River Modeling Project. Source: The Examiner. net (6/20)


Plastic pollution study to be conducted on Great Lakes for first time
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An environmental survey of Lake Erie and other Great Lakes to be done this summer will, for the first time, identify how seriously micro plastics pollute the lakes, food supplies and even the world's oceans. Source: cleveland.com (6/19)


Finding a solution to Lake Ontario algae
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Algae has begun flowing toward shore earlier than usual according to the Monroe County Health Department. Source: 13 abc WHAM (6/19)


EDITORIAL: Selling water to Waukesha has payoff for Milwaukee (JS online)
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A year or so ago, in response to a question about whether Milwaukee should sell Lake Michigan water to Waukesha, a Milwaukee city official asked, "What's in it for us?" A reasonable question. Here's the answer: about $3 million a year. Source: JS online (6/19)


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