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Great Lakes shipping

Great Lakes shipping

New Soo Lock could prevent trillion-dollar crisis

By Karen Hopper Usher | December 20, 2016

President-elect Donald Trump’s call for infrastructure investment could give revamping of critical maritime link a boost.

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Environmental news of the Great Lakes region from the Knight Center for Environmental Journalism at Michigan State University.

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