[dailynews] October 4, 2012

Great Lakes Daily News: October 4, 2012
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EDITORIAL: War on algae
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The U.S. EPA's algae-fighting grants are an important response to an issue 
that affects public health, fishing, property values and jobs. But drought 
or no drought, more needs to be done. Source: The Toledo Blade (10/4)


Two Great Lakes states among top 10 in energy efficiency scorecard
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New York and Minnesota are among the top 10 most energy-efficient states in 
the nation, according to a national scorecard released Wednesday. Source: 
Great Lakes Echo (10/4)


Ash borer continues to chow through Great Lakes trees; drought increases 
vulnerability
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The widespread devastation of Great Lakes forests by insects such as the 
emerald ash borer highlights just how vulnerable the Great Lakes region is 
to invasive species due, in part, to vessel traffic through the St. Lawrence 
Seaway and the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. Source: Great Lakes Echo 
(10/4)


Chinook roam the Great Lakes
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Chinook salmon, which have been stocked in the Great Lakes since the 1960s, 
roam far and wide within the Great Lakes. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 
(10/3)


EPA to launch study of mercury in Minnesota infants
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The federal government will investigate why infants born around Lake 
Superior have sometimes unhealthy levels of mercury in their blood, 
especially those along Minnesota's north shore. Source: Star Tribune (10/3)


EDITORIAL: Where are candidates on Great Lakes protection?
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People who live in the Great Lakes region understand that the lakes are just 
as much about jobs as they are about a healthy environment. Source: 
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (10/3)


Enbridge told more cleanup needed in Kalamazoo River oil spill
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Regulators for the Environmental Protection Agency notified Enbridge Energy 
Partners on Wednesday that further cleanup from the July 2010 spill near 
Marshall, Mich., is needed on the Kalamazoo River. Source: Detroit Free 
Press (10/3)


On the Great Lakes, a dry summer slows a recovering shipping industry
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Low water levels on the Mississippi River, which have snarled cargo traffic 
and completely halted hundreds of barges at a time, got media attention this 
summer. But the weather is also having a similar severe impact on the Great 
Lakes region. Source: Time (10/3)

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