Great Lakes Information Network Daily News
Public comment on the St. Clair River Report
Submitted by beachcomber on March 11, 2010 - 7:05amThe International Joint Commission (IJC) is inviting public comment on the report of its International Upper Great Lakes Study Board entitled Impacts on Upper Great Lakes Water Levels: St. Clair River. The public comment period closes on April 9, 2010.
Project WET
Submitted by beachcomber on March 10, 2010 - 7:05amProject WET is an award-winning nonprofit organization dedicated to the mission of reaching children, parents, teachers and community members of the world with water education.
If PolyMet meets its commitments, the DEIS suggests that its proposed mine poses no serious environmental impact
Submitted by beachcomber on March 10, 2010 - 7:05amOne of the most controversial Minnesota projects is the proposed PolyMet mine on the Iron Range. All of the effluent from the project ends up in the Partridge and Embarrass Rivers drainage areas which flow south to the St. Louis River and Lake Superior.
Ontario bolsters green support as Europe backs off
Submitted by beachcomber on March 10, 2010 - 7:05amThe Canadian province of Ontario is becoming a magnet for global heavy hitters in the green energy sector, drawn by alluring subsidies at a time when incentives are being scaled back elsewhere.
What would the Niagara River look like without an ice boom?
Submitted by beachcomber on March 10, 2010 - 7:05amThe Ice Boom was designed and installed in the early 1960's to prevent large chunks of ice flowing in the River from clogging up the water intakes for the hydroelectric facilities in Niagara Falls.
Researcher fields questions on Pure Michigan study
Submitted by beachcomber on March 10, 2010 - 7:05amThe founder of Longwoods International answered lawmakers' questions about a recent study showing the Pure Michigan advertising campaign produced $40 million in new taxes and nearly $600 million in spending by tourists from outside Michigan.
County rejects offshore turbines
Submitted by beachcomber on March 10, 2010 - 7:05amJefferson County legislators voted 14-0 against offshore wind power development in Lake Ontario after officials from New York Power Authority argued the benefits of having a development in the area.
EDITORIAL: A clear definition, Clean Water Restoration Act could clarify law
Submitted by beachcomber on March 10, 2010 - 7:05amThe Clean Water Act helped revive a nearly dead Lake Erie. The Clean Water Restoration Act would clarify that the "waters of the United States" in the Clean Water Act should be defined to protect our nation's waters in total.
Sheboygan County WI still hoping for dune restoration
Submitted by beachcomber on March 10, 2010 - 7:05amSheboygan County officials will seek federal funding to transform the Amsterdam Dunes property into a nature preserve. The 323-acre site represents one of the last considerable expanses of undeveloped wilderness on the western shores of Lake Michigan.
Genesee County commission Chairman Jamie Curtis says water pipeline project has gone too far to stop
Submitted by beachcomber on March 10, 2010 - 7:05amThe county's work on building a water pipeline to Lake Huron has gone too far to turn back now.
