[dailynews] October 16, 2012

Great Lakes Daily News: October 16, 2012
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Plan to pump more oil across Straits of Mackinac prompts environmental worries
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A National Wildlife Federation study due out this week raises concerns over a proposal to pump more oil through a pipeline that crosses Great Lakes water near Michigan's Mackinac Bridge. Source: Great Lakes Echo (10/16)


Nature preserve in northern Michigan to more than double
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The Bete Grise Preserve in Keweenaw County, Mich., will more than double by adding approximately 1,475 acres, according to the Healing Our Waters Great Lakes Coalition, an association of environmental groups. Source: Great Lakes Echo (10/16)


Michigan groups aim for green energy mandate in state constitution
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A battle is brewing in Michigan over an effort to amend the state constitution to include a renewable energy mandate. Source: The Daily Caller (10/16)


Ontario swamp faces manufactured flood
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At 6:30 a.m. Tuesday, research team from the University of Waterloo will be manufacturing a flood in a marsh outside of Cambridge, Ont., to create the extreme future we're now entering. Source: The Globe and Mail (10/16)


Gov. Rick Snyder: We need to build new bridge to Canada
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Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder urged backers of a new bridge to Canada on Monday to do more than just vote "no" on Proposal 6. Source: Detroit Free Press (10/16)


Coal-burning ship wants more time to stem pollution
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Under fire for dumping toxic pollution into Lake Michigan, owners of the last coal-powered steamship on the Great Lakes promised four years ago they would eliminate its murky discharges in time for the 2012 sailing season. Source: Chicago Tribune (10/16)


Great Lakes ballast standards under review
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A bill sponsored by Sen. Mike Green, R-Mayville, would lessen the standards and allow ships to use ballast water exchange, a method of exchanging freshwater ballast for saltwater ballast without additional treatment. Source: Great Lakes Echo (10/15)


EDITORIAL: Romney's right about the carp; it's time for action
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Romney said if elected he would push the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to move faster to find a way to block the invasive species from establishing a home in the lakes. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (10/15)


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