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Great Lakes Daily News: 22 August 2003
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The blackout is getting Michigan to think green
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Last week's power outage has given a boost to environmental and conservation
forces, as well as to companies in the business of setting up clean energy
systems. Source: Detroit Free Press (8/22)


Buy a boat or dream
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The 24th annual Michigan City In-Water Boat Show, Lake Michigan's largest
in-water display of boats and boating gear, runs through Sunday at
Washington Park Marina in Indiana. Source: Gary Post-Tribune (8/22)


Shoreline grooming group forms PAC
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Save Our Shoreline, Inc., the group which has fought for the right to
conduct beach maintenance on areas exposed by low water levels, is forming a
political action committee to advance its cause. Source: The Bay City Times
(8/22)


Chemical spills into drinking water
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A Canadian chemical company faced questions on Wednesday from angry
residents demanding to know why they weren't told earlier about a toxic
spill into the St. Clair River following last week's power failure. Source:
Detroit Free Press (8/22)


Huron gets mixed reviews in lake report
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Lake Huron, which is recovering from decades of environmental contamination,
but still faces threats from shoreline development and invasive species,
receives a "mixed" rating in a State of the Great Lakes 2003 report. Source:
The Bay City Times (8/21)


GLP seeks to update electricity corridor between Wawa, Sault
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Great Lakes Power Ltd. is seeking regulatory approval to refurbish its
167-kilometre transmission corridor between Wawa and Sault Ste. Marie.
Source: The Sault Star (8/21)


DEC provides new patrol boats
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The New York Department of Environmental Conservation has added four patrol
boats for environmental and navigation law enforcement operations on the
state's waterways. Source: Capital News 9 (8/21)


Cormorants straining West Sister Island ecosystem
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Ohio's sole national wildlife refuge is being besieged by double-breasted
cormorants, a burgeoning bird species that's wrecking the ecosystem with its
corrosive droppings. Source: The Port Clinton News Herald (8/21)


Conference addresses beach water quality
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On Aug. 14, a group of city and county employees attended the Northeast
Wisconsin & Lake Michigan Watershed Planning Conference in Green Bay.
Source: Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter (8/20)


Monroe Harbor pier plan opposed
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A $27 million proposal to add new docks and piers at Monroe Harbor would
turn a jewel of Chicago's lakefront into a cluttered "trailer camp" for
boats, according to advocacy groups. Source: Chicago Sun-Times (8/19)


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