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Wednesday, November 26, 2003

Great Lakes Daily News: 26 November 2003
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Millions could be spent to correct contaminated groundwater
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The quest to replace a dwindling supply of contaminant-plagued groundwater
has been a costly and time-consuming concern for eight Green Bay, Wis.,
suburbs, but those municipalities aren't alone. Source: Green Bay
Press-Gazette (11/26)

$10M swath intended to cut off ash borer advance
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Forestry officials desperately hope a $10-million project to raze as many as
70,000 ash trees in Chatham-Kent will stop the emerald ash borer's deadly
advance to London and the rest of Ontario. Source: The London Free Press
(11/26)

Judge halts water bottling operation
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A Michigan judge on Tuesday ordered the company that produces Ice Mountain
bottled water to stop drawing water from a shallow aquifer in Michigan's
Mecosta County, saying the operation could damage the environment in
neighboring lakes, streams and wetlands. Source: The Holland Sentinel
(11/26)

EDITORIAL: Take action promptly to OK study of Lorain sewage plant move
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For the city of Lorain, Ohio, hopes for a better future are riding on wise
development of its Lake Erie shoreline. Moving its sewage plant may be the
first step in a long line of improvements. Source: The Lorain Morning
Journal (11/26)

COMMENTARY: Preserve area's forests with wise management
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An update on forest health conditions in the Great Lakes states is
especially important to ensure citizens are aware of the challenges facing
our national forests in the East. Source: Duluth News Tribune (11/25)

Canadian planners see gold in brownfields
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Abandoned, derelict and badly contaminated industrial sites known as
brownfields -- there are an estimated 30,000 of them across Canada -- are
beginning to appeal to the pluckiest of developers and municipalities.
Source: The Globe and Mail (11/25)

Finned invader hits Lake Ontario
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Biologists have discovered a grass carp, a dangerous invasive fish
originally from Eastern Asia, living in Lake Ontario at the mouth of the Don
River in Toronto. Source: The Globe and Mail (11/24)

Hydroelectricity viewed as boon for city's economy
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Suffering from a budget shortfall, city leaders say hydroelectricity from
the Great Lakes could help boost Buffalo's economy in the future. Source:
The Buffalo News (11/24)

'Schooner' carries cargo of holiday spirit, legend
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Milwaukee's Skylight Opera Theatre will sail into the holiday season with a
musical that combines the spirit of Christmas with local Great Lakes legend.
Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (11/23)

EDITORIAL: Aid for the lakes
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Congressional legislation that would bring $6 billion to restore the Great
Lakes deserves widespread support. Source: The Toledo Blade (11/22)

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Why I Publish This Blog:

"One thing that many people do not realize is that states like Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana,
and Michigan are sitting on a gold mine of wind energy potential. Or, more properly, next to the mine.
The Great Lakes are probably the area in the USA with the third largest inland wind energy potential.
Think of just the nickname for Chicago. "The Windy City". Milwaukee is even windier, I can tell you.
Why? Because they sit on the edge of a great flat area where there is both a land-water temperature
differential, and a large flat expanse of water that is comparably shallow.
Oilrigs certainly operate in deeper waters. And you won't have to construct transmission lines all the
way from the plains of Montana to put it to use.

The Great Lakes area has an opportunity to get the jump on wind energy's future, if that fact is
recognized and exploited. Wind energy means jobs for construction and maintenance workers, thousands
of them. Wind energy means leasing rights and extra money for family farmers struggling to make it on
agriculture alone. In most cases farmers can grow crops right up to the base of a windmill. The land
footprint has a small impact on total farm acreage. Wind energy also means freedom from fluctuating
fuel prices. Wind is free. The cost of a barrel of polluting oil can be raised or lowered drastically
based on fears or political whims. The potential gains are enormous. We've all seen the flow of good
manufacturing jobs out of the area. Well, they can't tell the wind to blow in another country so it's
more "convenient" or cheaper to produce. The wind is perfectly happy to whip up opportunities for us
right around here. Most of all, because we here in the Great Lakes region have the potential to have
a huge positive impact on U.S. energy industry emissions' contribution to global warming."