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Great Lakes Daily News: 27 October 2003
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Reviving inner cities and slowing sprawl
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Many large and midsize cities in the Great Lakes region are fighting an
uphill battle when it comes to revitalizing the city center and preventing
unfettered development in the surrounding suburbs. Source: Great Lakes Radio
Consortium (10/27)


Improvements fuel waste-incineration debate
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A burning issue in the Toronto mayoral race -- whether a new
waste-incineration plant should be built in the city -- is taking place
within the context of a technological revolution that dramatically reduces
toxic emissions. Source: The Toronto Globe and Mail (10/27)


Truck ferry could make millions
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A proposed truck ferry between Erie, Pa., and Nanticoke, Ontario, could take
thousands of trucks off congested Canadian highways and bring hundreds of
jobs to Erie. Source: Erie Times-News (10/27)


Law fails to ease beach battle
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Like the hardiest of weeds, the debate over removing aquatic vegetation
along Great Lakes shorelines just keeps coming back. Source: Traverse City
Record Eagle (10/27)


Flame retardants may be phased out
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The Environmental Protection Agency is negotiating with an Indiana chemical
manufacturer to phase out two types of PBDEs, a class of toxic chemicals
used as flame retardants. Source: USA Today (10/26)


North Bass Island -- changes loom for tiny, isolated community
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The Ohio Department of Natural Resources is preparing to purchase more than
95 percent of North Bass Island for future development as a state park.
Source: Port Clinton News Herald (10/25)


While U.S. let its industrial plants disappear, Canadians protected theirs
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According to Canadian historian and author Steven High, while laissez faire
U.S. policy let plants disappear, Canada made preservation of its Great
Lakes industrial base a national priority. Source: The Buffalo News (10/25)


Contaminants continue to haunt lakes, scientists say
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Once they enter a lake as large and dynamic as Lake Michigan, contaminants
like phosphorus and PCBs begin playing an elaborate game of hide and seek,
with long-lasting and far-reaching effects. Source: Jackson Citizen-Patriot
(10/23)


Mercury debate draws GOP fire
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A push for tougher mercury emission standards in Wisconsin drew protests
last week from Republican lawmakers, who accused state natural resources
officials of cutting them out of the rule-making debate. Source: Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel (10/23)


Keeping the water safe
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Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Center for Water
Security are using several tools to find out how communities can protect
their water against bioterrorism. Source: MSNBC (10/20)


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