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<title>Top EPA official embraces NY&apos;s controversial ballast water rules</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Aug 23, 2011) For the first time, a top official with the US Environmental Protection Agency has publicly embraced New York&apos;s tough new ballast water rules. Those regulations, scheduled to go into effect next year, are designed to stop invasions of non-native animals and plants, like zebra mussels and the spiny water flea. Industry groups, members of congress and some Federal officials are pushing back hard, arguing that the regulations set standards that can&apos;t be met by existing technology. The want New York&apos;s rules scrapped.  And they&apos;re lobbying the EPA to create national ballast water guidelines that are far less strict.But as Brian Mann reports, the top EPA administrator in New York says new regulations should push the shipping industry to do more to help stop invasives. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/18254/20110823/top-epa-official-embraces-ny-apos-s-controversial-ballast-water-rules">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Brian Mann</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[For the first time, a top official with the US Environmental Protection Agency has publicly embraced New York&apos;s tough new ballast water rules. Those regulations, scheduled to go into effect next year, are designed to stop invasions of non-native animals and plants, like zebra mussels and the spiny water flea. Industry groups, members of congress and some Federal officials are pushing back hard, arguing that the regulations set standards that can&apos;t be met by existing technology. The want New York&apos;s rules scrapped.  And they&apos;re lobbying the EPA to create national ballast water guidelines that are far less strict.But as Brian Mann reports, the top EPA administrator in New York says new regulations should push the shipping industry to do more to help stop invasives. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/18254/20110823/top-epa-official-embraces-ny-apos-s-controversial-ballast-water-rules">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:keywords>photolead, economy, politics, environment, st. lawrence river, seaway, stlv, tijf, ballast water, ballast, shipping, transportation, canada, [loc:44.1278299 -76.3330006], topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Seaway burnishes &quot;green&quot; profile</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 31, 2011) Last week, the first freighter of the year rumbled up the St. Lawrence River. That marked the 53rd season of the St. Lawrence Seaway, a man-made channel linking the Atlantic Ocean and the Great Lakes.The Seaway’s billion dollars of commerce is mostly an economic conversation between Canada’s southern coast, America’s Midwest, and the far-flung ports of the world.But it’s caused vast environmental damage in the North Country and across the Great Lakes, largely via invasive species.David Sommerstein went to the Seaway’s opening ceremony last week in Montreal.  He sends this report on the Seaway’s delicate balance between the economy and the environment. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17403/20110331/seaway-burnishes-quot-green-quot-profile">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: David Sommerstein</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Last week, the first freighter of the year rumbled up the St. Lawrence River. That marked the 53rd season of the St. Lawrence Seaway, a man-made channel linking the Atlantic Ocean and the Great Lakes.The Seaway’s billion dollars of commerce is mostly an economic conversation between Canada’s southern coast, America’s Midwest, and the far-flung ports of the world.But it’s caused vast environmental damage in the North Country and across the Great Lakes, largely via invasive species.David Sommerstein went to the Seaway’s opening ceremony last week in Montreal.  He sends this report on the Seaway’s delicate balance between the economy and the environment. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17403/20110331/seaway-burnishes-quot-green-quot-profile">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:keywords>photolead, economy, politics, environment, invasive species, transportation, ballast, seaway, shipping, manufacturing, ogdensburg, st. lawrence river, massena, clayton, thousand islands, tijf, stlv, canada, montreal, [loc:45.5088889 -73.5541667], topstory</itunes:keywords>
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