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Tuesday, October 07, 2008


not shocking—electronic carp barrier to Great Lakes is grounded

Despite the fact that it was completed more than 2 years ago, the $9 million electric barrier in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal designed to prevent invasive Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes is still not, uh, electrified. That’s because the feds remain unsure if the electrified water is safe for the barge operators who make their living pushing coal, sand and gravel along the rail-straight waterway

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