[dailynews] November 20, 2012

Great Lakes Daily News: November 20, 2012
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Holland weighs energy choice; other Great Lakes communities at similar 
crossroad
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The city of Holland, Mich., is looking to reduce its dependency on fossil 
fuels, but critics fear the gas will come from hydrofracking. Source: Great 
Lakes Echo (11/20)


Starving algae
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Western Lake Erie is too big to correct its noxious algae problem with large 
doses of aluminum sulfate alone, but alum treatments appear to be having a 
limited positive effect on Grand Lake St. Marys, the largest open body of 
water in Ohio. Source: The Toledo Blade (11/20)


Waterfowl moving through
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The transient waterfowl population in northern Ohio has swelled in recent 
weeks as hundreds of thousands of birds move through the area during winter 
migration. Source: The News-Messenger (11/20)


Climate change and variability drive low water levels on the Great Lakes
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The upper Great Lakes reached near-record low water levels in October. This 
was most evident on Lakes Michigan and Huron, where lake levels dropped to 
less than two inches above record lows and 28 inches below the long-term 
average. Source: National Geographic (11/20)


Bid to give new life to a dock that had its day
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Ashland, Wis., scrambles to find fresh use for an  iron ore loading dock, 
which is coming down nearly a century after being built. Source: The Wall 
Street Journal (11/19)


Ohio's wind energy industry lobbies to keep a tax credit alive
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Ohio Democrats, businesses and environmentalists are lobbying hard to extend 
the wind-production tax credit that's been in place for 20 years. Source: 
WKSU Public Radio (11/19)


Shipping numbers are strong
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North American commodities for the industrial and manufacturing sectors 
drove an uptick in tonnage numbers along the Great Lakes - St. Lawrence 
Seaway system in October. Source: WDIO-TV - Duluth, MN (11/19)


Human drugs make fish flounder
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Scientists have known for years that human medications are ending up in 
waterways and affecting fish and other aquatic organisms. But researchers 
are only beginning to compile the many effects that those drugs seem to be 
having on freshwater fish species. Source: Nature (11/16)

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