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| 1 | U.S. to commit $78.5M to try to halt Asian carp | Politics |
| Navigational locks and gates in Chicago-area waterways crucial for shipping may be opened less frequently than usual under a $78.5 million campaign to prevent Asian carp from overrunning the Great Lakes, federal officials said Monday. | ||
| 2/8/2010 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 2 | Michigan renews push to close Chicago ship locks | Business |
| 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. | ||
| 2/4/2010 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 3 | Obama seeks $300 million for Great Lakes cleanup | Business |
| A Great Lakes fix-up plan designed to ward off species invasions, cleanse polluted harbors and make other environmental repairs would get $300 million under the budget President Barack Obama released Monday. | ||
| 2/1/2010 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 4 | Congress to seek more money to fight Asian carp | Business |
| From poisons to nets to electric jolts, authorities are studying a series of desperate measures to ward off an invasion of the Great Lakes by hefty, hungry Asian carp. | ||
| 1/27/2010 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 5 | Court won't close locks; carp DNA in Lake Michigan | Nation and World |
| The U.S. Supreme Court refused on Tuesday to order the immediate closure of shipping structures near Chicago to prevent Asian carp from infesting the Great Lakes, before authorities said DNA from the ravenous invaders had been found in Lake Michigan for the first time. | ||
| 1/19/2010 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 6 | Official: Asian carp DNA found in Lake Michigan | Nation and World |
| A federal official says DNA from Asian carp has been detected in Lake Michigan for the first time - but it's still not certain whether the fish themselves have entered the lake. Gen. John Peabody of the U.S. | ||
| 1/19/2010 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 7 | Suspicious airplane passenger questioned in Mich. | Nation and World |
| Police questioned a passenger on a small commercial plane that flew from Chicago to a northern Michigan resort town on Friday after the crew reported he was acting suspiciously. | ||
| 1/15/2010 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 8 | Feds question suspicious airplane passenger | Politics |
| Police say a passenger on board a plane en route to northern Michigan was acting suspiciously, and the crew asked police to meet the aircraft when it landed. Traverse City Police Capt. | ||
| 1/15/2010 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 9 | Michigan gives final OK to nickel, copper mine | Business |
| Michigan regulators gave final approval Thursday to a nickel and copper mine for the Upper Peninsula, despite opponents' fears it would pollute streams that feed Lake Superior and provide habitat for a rare type of trout. Kennecott Eagle Minerals Co. | ||
| 1/14/2010 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 10 | Michigan gives final OK to nickel, copper mine | Business |
| The Department of Environmental Quality said Thursday it has determined the Kennecott Eagle Minerals Co. project meets the requirements of the state's mining laws. The mine would be built in a remote section of Marquette County called the Yellow Dog Plains. | ||
| 1/14/2010 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 11 | Feds oppose closing locks to stop Asian carp | Nation and World |
| In a memo filed Tuesday, Solicitor General Elena Kagan asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a request by Michigan and several other states to order the locks closed. Illinois filed a document supporting the administration's position. | ||
| 1/5/2010 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 12 | Study says Mich. climate plan would boost economy | Business |
| Michigan could gain a significant economic boost and thousands of new jobs by reducing emissions of gases that cause climate change, according to an analysis released Monday. | ||
| 1/4/2010 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 13 | Michael Moore, Jeff Garlin announce MI comedy fest | Entertainment |
| Filmmaker Michael Moore started a summer film festival five years ago in his adopted hometown of Traverse City, Mich. Now he's teaming with Emmy winner Jeff Garlin to organize a mid-winter comedic counterpart. The inaugural Traverse City Comedy Arts Festival will be held Feb. 19-21. | ||
| 12/24/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 14 | Mich. files suit in US high court over Asian carp | Nation and World |
| TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. AP) - Michigan asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to sever a century-old connection between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River system to prevent Asian carp from invading the lakes and endangering their $7 billion fishery. | ||
| 12/21/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 15 | Panel: Great Lakes not losing extra water | Business |
| Lakes Huron and Michigan are not losing extra billions of gallons of water daily because of navigational dredging as a Canadian group contends, a scientific panel said Tuesday. After a two-year, $3.5 million study, the U.S. | ||
| 12/16/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 16 | Panel: Great Lakes not losing extra water | Nation and World |
| Lakes Huron and Michigan are not losing extra billions of gallons of water daily because of navigational dredging as a Canadian group contends, a scientific panel said Tuesday. After a two-year, $3.5 million study, the U.S. | ||
| 12/15/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 17 | Feds to spend $13M to fight Asian carp invasion | Business |
| Lisa Jackson, head of the Environmental Protection Agency, said the money will be used for engineering projects to prevent the carp from slipping into Lake Michigan near Chicago. | ||
| 12/15/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 18 | Feds to spend $13M to fight Asian carp invasion | Business |
| Lisa Jackson, head of the Environmental Protection Agency, said the money will be used for engineering projects to prevent the carp from slipping into Lake Michigan near Chicago. | ||
| 12/14/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 19 | Lawmakers seek emergency steps to halt Asian carp | Nation and World |
| Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York urged the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Friday to close two locks near Chicago that could provide a pathway for the carp to reach Lake Michigan and eventually spread to the other Great Lakes. | ||
| 12/11/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 20 | Asian carp raises fear and loathing on Great Lakes | Nation and World |
| After nearly four decades as a fishing guide on the Great Lakes, Pat Chrysler has seen enough damage from invasive species to fear what giant, ravenous Asian carp could do to the nation's largest bodies of freshwater. | ||
| 12/10/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||