[dailynews] January 29, 2013

Great Lakes Daily News: January 29, 2013
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Michigan's energy future
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Mich. Gov. Rick Snyder is asking for input on Michigan's energy future 
through a series of public forums and an online outreach campaign. Source: 
The Environment Report (1/29)


Detroit, blue city
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Detroit Future City, a strategic framework report for the future of Detroit, 
recommends the development of extensive water management structures that 
would utilize the city's vacant land and vastly improve the aging sewer 
system. Source: Model D Magazine (1/29)


COMMENTARY: Stopping the threat of Asian carp
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Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown calls for the adoption of new legislation to stop 
the spread of Asian carp into the Great Lakes via all pathways, in order to 
protect our vastly important water and tourism resources. Source: Fayette 
Advocate (1/29)


The Great Lakes Storm of 1913: Michigan museums, Ontario communities create 
tributes
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Plans are underway in Great Lakes communities in the U.S. and Canada to 
commemorate the worst maritime disaster to hit the Great Lakes: the Great 
Lakes Storm of 1913. Source: Great Lakes Echo (1/29)


Great Lakes pizzas raise $6,000 for litter reduction, Belle Isle restoration
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Last year, Buddy's Pizza donated $1 to the Alliance for the Great Lakes for 
every Great Lakes-inspired pie purchased. Buddy's raised a total of $6,000, 
which will go towards litter reduction and the restoration of wetlands and 
shorelines on Detroit's Belle Isle. Source: Great Lakes Echo (1/29)


Lake Erie's wind project needs Ohio's help with permits
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The Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation is asking the state of Ohio to 
work with them to complete the extensive permitting process required to 
secure federal funding for their Lake Erie offshore wind project. Source: 
WKSU Public Radio (1/28)


Wanted: lighthouse keepers
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If being a lighthouse keeper is on your bucket list, here's an opportunity 
to check it off. The Sable Points Lighthouse Keepers Association is seeking 
volunteers to man the Ludington North Breakwater Light and the Little Sable 
Point Lighthouse in the Mears, Mich., area. Source: The Holland Sentinel 
(1/28)


Lake Erie off to another slow start for ice cover
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The amount of ice cover on Lake Erie appears to be diminishing and becoming 
more variable. Source: The Plain Dealer (1/28)


Fishermen alarmed by Great Lakes water levels
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Recent fluctuating temperatures have resulted in lower water levels in the 
Great Lakes, and officials and fishermen in the Windsor, Ont., area say it's 
a great cause for concern. Source: CTV Windsor (1/28)

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