GLIN Daily News RSS Feed for Michigan 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.mlive.com/opinion/bay-city/index.ssf/2010/02/our_voice_stop_studying_great.html Though the deadline for submissions to the $475 million Great Lakes Restoration Initiative has passed, we offer this idea: The EPA should require that money any group receives be spent directly on action. text/html 2010-02-08T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.freep.com/article/20100208/NEWS05/2080353/1001/News/Project-aims-to-cut-sewage-dumping The more than 20 billion gallons of raw and partially treated sewage dumped annually into metro Detroit waterways would be reduced by up to 20% under an ambitious project under state review. text/html 2010-02-08T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.mlive.com/outdoors/index.ssf/2010/02/upper_white_river_sees_return.html After seven years of being lamprey free, the upper White River is back on the federal list of troubled waters. The upper river from White Cloud downstream to Hesperia Dam is home to 115,000 sea lamprey larvae. text/html 2010-02-08T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2010/02/great_lakes_cities_release_key.html The Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative released an outline of key steps that need to be taken to prevent Asian carp from establishing populations. text/html 2010-02-05T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2010/02/hoekstra_launches_online_surve.html U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra, R-Holland, has launched a survey to gain constituent feedback on a proposal to install wind turbines on Lake Michigan. text/html 2010-02-05T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/saginaw/index.ssf/2010/02/new_water_works_exhibit_opens.html The exhibit, made possible by Dow Corning Foundation as Tour Presenter, is the work of Science North and Dynamic Earth, two world-renowned science centers in Sudbury, Ontario. text/html 2010-02-05T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.record-eagle.com/local/local_story_036072920.html The U.S. Coast Guard's Air Station Traverse City is in line to receive four used MH-60 Jayhawk helicopters under President Barack Obama's recently released budget for fiscal year 2011, pending approval from Congress. text/html 2010-02-05T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.freep.com/article/20100205/NEWS06/2050349/1320/States-tourist-ads-get-support Gov. Jennifer Granholm, in her State of the State speech Wednesday, implored lawmakers to find money to continue the acclaimed Pure Michigan television ad campaign promoting tourism. 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 2010-02-04T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.ludingtondailynews.com/news/47816-bp-may-drop-forest-wind-farm-plan BP Alternative Energy is considering withdrawing its request for a wind farm special use permit for Manistee National Forest land in Grant Township, according to Huron-Manistee National Forest Planner Patty O'Connell.