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Welcome to the Great Lakes Commission's collection of sustainable land use web resources. Links to recent relevant news stories are below and you can search the Great Lakes Information Network news archives by using the box at the bottom of the page. Follow the links on the left for issue-specific resources organized by state or province. Nugent Sand South Lake: 100 years of sand mining to be replaced by ambitious development MLive (5/9) Industrial forces in the Muskegon area have been mining the high-quality sand of the Lake Michigan dunes for 100 years, but that will come to an end by 2016 or earlier. Brownfields provide opportunity to Duluth Northland's NewsCenter (1/23) The city of Duluth is looking at contaminated land in a new light--areas of potential development. COMMENTARY: Game Changers | Planning: The Great Lakes Century The Metropolis Magazine (1/9) A bold vision of how sustainable development and redevelopment projects in the Great Lakes might help protect our vast water resources from the pressures of pollution, population growth, and invasive species. Enbridge pipeline project and Michigan parks report Michigan Radio (11/27) In 2010, an Enbridge Energy pipeline burst in Michigan. Even though the company has a bad reputation, it now hopes to double the amount of oil it can move from Canada to refineries in Michigan and Ohio. Feds sued over fracking ban The Canadian Press (11/24) An American company intends to sue the Canadian government for more than $250 million over Quebec's controversial moratorium on hydraulic fracturing or fracking. Duneland development in Saugatuck Township on hold another month The Holland Sentinel (11/20) Developers of a 236-acre home development in duneland along Lake Michigan in Saugatuck Township, Mich., are frustrated they did not get the preliminary go-ahead for the first phase of their project. Project contact: Victoria Pebbles, vpebbles@glc.org |
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