[dailynews] June 22, 2012

Great Lakes Daily News: June 22, 2012
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Pizza chain launches Great Lakes-themed pizzas
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A Detroit-area pizza chain is launching a new line of Great Lakes-themed pizzas to help support environmental efforts in the region. Source: Wall Street Journal (6/22)


Coast Guard planning crackdown on drunken Great Lakes boaters
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The U.S. Coast Guard is increasing its presence around the Great Lakes starting Friday as part of a national effort to crack down on people who operate a boat while drinking alcohol. Source: Newark Advocate (6/22)


Heftier passengers cut Great Lakes' tour boat, ferry capacity
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The U.S Coast Guard says boat tour operators must consider that the average weight of a person is 25 more pounds than previously estimated. Source: Great Lakes Echo (6/22)


Oil, gas drilling laws called lax
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Laws in Ohio and Michigan will not adequately protect the Great Lakes basin from huge water withdrawals to fuel an expected shale oil and natural gas drilling boom, a report from the National Wildlife Federation charged Thursday. Source: Toledo Blade (6/22)


Coast Guardsmen respond to Minnesota floods, rescue 15 people
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Coast Guard helicopter and boat crews continue to conduct harbor patrols and position search and rescue, pollution response and aids-to-navigation assets to aid in response efforts. Additional personnel and equipment from a variety of 9th Coast Guard District units have deployed, or are en route, to the affected areas. Source: BYM News (6/22)


Classic Titanic-era ship makes its final voyage to Ontario port
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On June 23, the S.S. Keewatin will arrive at Port McNicoll, Ont. - one hundred years to the day that it first docked there. Source: CBC News (6/22)


Grain shipping in upper US Midwest returning to normal
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Major exporter CHS Inc said on Thursday it resumed grain loading operations at its Superior, Wisconsin terminal, a day after it halted loadings. Source: Reuters (6/22)


Regulators OK Ohio nuke plant's report on cracks
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Federal regulators say they agree with an Ohio utility company's assessment that cracks found in the concrete shell of a nuclear plant along Lake Erie can be traced to a blizzard nearly 35 years ago. Source: ABC News (6/22)


COMMENTARY: New Detroit-to-Canada bridge shouldn't be a fiasco for anglers, unlike Asian carp
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There's no reason this bridge can't be built with no environmental harm to the river and the species that live there. Nonetheless, the DNR should keep a close eye on the project to ensure that it's done right... Source: Detroit Free Press (6/21)


World War II-era boat headed to Great Lakes makes it to Lake Oneida
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PT 728, a World War II-era PT (patrol torpedo) boat formerly based on the Hudson River is making its way westward along the Erie Canal, headed to its new home on the Great Lakes. Source: Syracuse Post Standard (6/21)


One lake at a time: Petoskey paddler takes on the Great Lakes
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This Friday, Stephen Brede will start in on his third Great Lake. He plans to leave from the Detroit area to begin paddling around Lake Erie. Source: Petoskey News Review (6/21)


Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum expansion plan passes legislative hurdle
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A plan to allow the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum in Whitefish Point to expand is headed for President Obama's desk after the House unanimously approved a bill correcting an error in federal rules regarding expansion and preservation efforts at the museum. Source: Soo Evening News (6/20)


Great Lakes water diversion
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The first proposed diversion of Great Lakes water since the historic Great Lakes Water Resources Compact was approved is trying to quietly work its way through the labyrinth of the approval process. But that won't be for long. Source: Baltimore Post Examiner (6/20)


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