GLIN Daily News RSS Feed for Pennsylvania http://www.great-lakes.net/news/ 2008-09-24T14:01:01-04:00 http://www.great-lakes.net/news/ http://www.glin.net/news/rss.gif text/html 2008-09-11T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.redorbit.com/news/business/1550893/should_pa_drill_offshore/ An estimated 3 trillion cubic feet of untapped natural gas lie under the American side of Lake Erie, according to federal energy analysts. A 2005 U.S. Geological Survey assessment concluded there are 312 million barrels of oil and more than 5.2 trillion cubic feet of natural gas under the U.S. side of the Great Lakes. text/html 2008-08-27T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080827/NEWS02/808270340 The Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection will announce its plans for the International Coastal Cleanup in a session today at Presque Isle State Park. text/html 2008-08-18T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080817/OPINION01/808170377/-1/OPINION Let's talk. In simple terms, that's what State Rep. Curt Sonney of Harborcreek asked when he organized a forum to discuss whether the American side of Lake Erie should be tapped as an energy resource. text/html 2008-08-18T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080817/NEWS02/808170401 Lake Erie Biofuels is considering construction of a pipeline that would carry its biofuels products to Erie's port facilities as an alternative to railroad cars. text/html 2008-08-11T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080809/NEWS02/808090364 High energy prices might be a hot issue right now, but four state legislators Friday found that so is the environmental health of Lake Erie. text/html 2008-08-11T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080810/NEWS02/808100412/-1/NEWS Local biologists are bracing for an outbreak of avian botulism, a paralytic disease that kills about 10,000 Great Lakes shorebirds every summer. text/html 2008-08-08T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080808/NEWS02/808080471 Four-dollar-a-gallon gas and the prospects of sky-high winter heating bills made offshore drilling a hot issue in national politics this year. Now that debate is starting to focus on a shoreline closer to home -- Lake Erie's. text/html 2008-08-06T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/news/story.html?id=08a49dec-df60-4cef-a754-e41f41342470 Lakes St. Clair, Huron and Superior are at their highest levels in the last four years. text/html 2008-08-05T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080805/NEWS02/808050354 The U.S. House of Representatives began its traditional August recess without a vote on the eight-state Great Lakes water compact, which would limit access to the water in Lake Erie. text/html 2008-07-31T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080731/OPINION01/807310304/-1/OPINION Even as research presses for answers to eliminate the invasive species already here, governmental action is also needed to stop new invasive species from streaming into the Great Lakes.