GLIN Daily News RSS Feed for Illinois http://www.great-lakes.net/news/ 2010-02-09T07:01:01-04:00 http://www.great-lakes.net/news/ http://www.glin.net/news/rss.gif text/html 2010-02-08T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.freep.com/article/20100207/SPORTS10/2070479/1356/SPORTS/Feds-Asian-carp-plan-all-wet Now we have evidence that while closing the canal would cause an economic loss of about $70 million, in the long run it would be a net benefit to the Chicago area by adding transportation jobs. text/html 2010-02-08T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2010/02/asian-carp-lake-michigan-great-lakes-white-house.html After a White House meeting christened the "carp summit," federal and state officials today announced a multi-pronged attack with a $78.5 million price tag to prevent Asian carp, an invasive species, from establishing populations in Lake Michigan. text/html 2010-02-05T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/04/AR2010020404047.html Michigan wants the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider its refusal to close Chicago-area shipping locks in hopes of keeping Asian carp out of the Great Lakes. text/html 2010-02-03T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.pioneerlocal.com/lakezurich/news/2024718,lake-zurich-lakemichigan-020410-s1.article Officials from Lake Zurich and 10 other communities met with Illinois Department of Natural Resources officials recently in a series of preliminary hearings over whether the communities can run a pipeline to tap Lake Michigan drinking water. text/html 2010-02-03T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/northnorthwest/ct-x-n-0203-water-report-20100202,0,6648914.story A new report for the first time takes a comprehensive look at water use in the 11 counties of northeastern Illinois and urges aggressive conservation to make sure there is enough to go around in coming decades. text/html 2010-02-02T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.iisgcp.org/newsroom/helm/helm10_winter_web.pdf The winter 2010 edition of the Indiana-Illinois Sea Grant newsletter, the <i>HELM,</i> is now available online. text/html 2010-02-01T08:05:50-04:00 http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=7248468 Dozens of brave souls plunged into the frigid waters of Lake Michigan Saturday to take part in the Lakeview Polar Bear club's ninth annual Polar Plunge. text/html 2010-01-27T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=36860 An Illinois task force on the Chicago area's long-term water needs issued hundreds of recommendations for businesses and residents to start conserving now to prevent future shortages. text/html 2010-01-26T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.freep.com/article/20100126/NEWS06/1260310/1319/Danger-posed-by-carp-is-questioned Do Asian carp really spell doom for the Great Lakes? Many experts say the future looks grim, since the fish are voracious breeders and feeders that can multiply and scoop up all the plankton other fish need to survive. text/html 2010-01-26T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/82628147.html On Monday, the attorneys general from Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Pennsylvania sent a letter to the president asking for a seat at the table for the Asian carp "summit" that the administration has scheduled for early next month.