[dailynews] March 14, 2013

Great Lakes Daily News: March 14, 2013
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Experts to discuss Great Lakes problems at forum
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Experts will discuss Great Lakes environmental challenges during a forum 
hosted by the International Joint Commission's Great Lakes office on 
Thursday at Oakland University in Rochester. Source: The Associated Press 
(3/14)


Niagara Escarpment, Lake Michigan keep things breezy in Door County
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It is windy a lot in Door County. Assistant State Climatologist Ed Hopkins 
helps explain how windy, as well as why. Source: Door County Daily News 
(3/14)


Canadian National wants approval to fill 24 shallow acres at Duluth-Superior 
Harbor
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Canadian National wants to fill 24 shallow acres at the Duluth-Superior 
Harbor, so it can have a larger place for storage and loading. Source: WHBL 
(3/13)


COMMENTARY: Sequestering the Great Lakes
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The across the board federal cuts, better known as the sequester, will cut 
about $30 million out of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. Source: 
Rochester City Newspaper (3/13)


Ice clearing begins Monday on St. Lawrence Seaway
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Beginning March 18, the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation will 
begin ice-clearing activities in the vicinity of the Eisenhower and Snell 
Locks in preparation for the Seaway's upcoming navigation season. Source: 
WNYF-Fox 28 Northern New York and Southeast Ontario (3/13)


Survey: Shoaling in Saugatuck channel, but water deep enough for cruise ship
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The latest survey of the channel from Lake Michigan to Kalamazoo Lake shows 
deep enough water for the arrival of a cruise ship in Saugatuck. Source: The 
Holland Sentinel (3/13)


Aerial photos reveal Ontario communities flooded 50 years
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It's been more than 50 years since Inundation Day -- July 1, 1958, when ten 
Ontario communities along the St. Lawrence were purposefully flooded and 
6,500 people relocated so the St. Lawrence Seaway could come into being. 
Source: North Country Public Radio (3/13)


Pet coke piles 'not hazardous,' says expert
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A professor who has studied petroleum coke and the oil industry for more 
than a decade says the piles of petroleum coke stored on the bank of the 
Detroit River "is not a hazardous substance." Source: CBC News Windsor 
(3/12)


River Rouge: Sierra Club files lawsuit against DTE Energy
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The Sierra Club's Michigan chapter announced the filing of a lawsuit 
yesterday in U.S. District Court against DTE Energy, alleging there have 
been a combined 1,499 violations of the federal Clean Air Act at four area 
power plants between January 2007 and June 30, 2012. Source: The News-Herald 
(3/12)


Walker signs mining bill into law
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Governor Scott Walker has signed into law a controversial mining bill that 
could lead to a huge iron mine in Ashland and Iron counties south of Lake 
Superior. Source: Wisconsin Public Radio (3/11)


Hacking back invasive species, and crime
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The Calumet Conservation Corps restores prairieland and community space with 
the help of Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funding. Source: WBEZ 91.5 
Chicago Public Media (3/5)


COMMENTARY: This Millennium Park could be big
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The Calumet region, the heart of the new Millennium Reserve, is the most 
bizarre urban wild area, mishmashed with the remnants of an industrial past, 
ever seen. Source: Chicago Sun-Times (3/5)


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