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US House gives Great Lakes cleanup 5 more years
2014-12-10 07:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The U.S. House approved a five-year extension Tuesday of a Great Lakes cleanup program that has pumped more than $1.6 billion into removing toxins, battling invasive species and making progress on other longstanding environmental threats. The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative has drawn rare bipartisan support in Congress since President Barack Obama started it in 2010. It has funded about 2,200 grants for water quality projects across the eight-state region. Among them: dredging sediments laced...
Great Lakes Shipyard to Build Two Tugs for NYPA
2014-10-28 12:09:18| Chemicals - Topix.net
Rendering of one of two tugboats recently ordered by the New York Power Authority to replace two aging vessels-the Daniel Joncaire and the Breaker-that support the winter operations of NYPA's Niagara Hydroelectric Power Plant and the Sir Adam Beck Pumped Generating Station, owned by Ontario Power Generation. The Great Lakes Shipyard in Cleveland, Ohio, has been contracted by New York Power Authority to build and deliver two new tugboats for the Niagara Power Plant's winter operations in Buffalo, N.Y. The new tugs will augment and replace aging vessels that are used for the installation, removal and maintenance of the Lake Erie-Niagara River Ice Boom and various associated marine construction projects.
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Freshwater Summit to address Great Lakes issues
2014-10-26 15:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grand Traverse Insider: This year's Freshwater Summit, an annual conference of environmental professionals and concerned citizens focusing on current issues facing the Great Lakes region, will be held from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 31 at the Hagerty Center, Northwestern Michigan College Great Lakes Campus, 715 E. Front St., in Traverse City. The cost is $35 per adult and $15 for students. Lunch is included. This year's guest speakers will discuss climate change, invasive species, water levels and the economic...
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10.01.14 -- 5-Year Great Lakes Restoration Action Plan Announced
2014-09-30 06:38:59| pollutiononline Home Page
10/01/14 Pollution Online Newsletter
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Federal Agencies Announce 5-Year Great Lakes Restoration Action Plan
2014-09-26 11:31:04| pollutiononline Home Page
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy recently released a new Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) Action Planthat lays out steps that federal agencies will take during the next five years to protect water quality, control invasive species and restore habitat in the largest surface fresh water system in the world.
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