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Great Lakes Daily News: 28 October 2003
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States challenge EPA's easing of clean-air rules
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Lawsuits filed Monday by 13 states - including four in the Great Lakes
region - seek to block changes to the Clean Air Act, contending that new
rules from the Bush administration would weaken protections for the
environment and public health. Source: Environmental News Network (10/28)


$30,000 Paid for Erie Canal rights
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A single-bid deal in which a developer won the right to build up to 40
upscale communties along New York state's historic Erie Canal has triggered
calls for an investigation. Source: Dayton Daily News (10/28)


Leaders mourn downtown's loss
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The choice of a suburban location instead of downtown Muskegon, Mich. for a
new cross-lake ferry dock has many disappointed at the loss of a historic
opportunity to bring thousands of tourists into the city. Source: The
Muskegon Chronicle (10/28)


Rouge deal tempts others
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The chairman of U.S. Steel has said his company is still interested in
acquiring bankrupt Rouge Industries, despite the latter's annoucement it
would be sold to a Russian company. Source: Detroit Free Press (10/28)


Utah governor confirmed as EPA chief
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Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt easily won Senate confirmation Tuesday to become head
of the Environmental Protection Agency after Senate Democrats dropped their
opposition in the face of an overwhelming Republican show of force. Source:
The Detroit News (10/28)


Fertilizer on lawns still problem for watershed
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A survey of people in the Holland, Mich. area shows that nearly everyone
says they want clean water, but many still load up their lawns with
fertilizer -- considered a major source of phosphorous that washes into Lake
Macatawa. Source: The Holland Sentinel (10/28)


COMMENTARY: Area beaches among the state's cleanest
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Despite last summer's reports that E. coli bacteria was found at Lake
Superior beaches in the Ashland, Wis. area, these beaches are actually among
the state's cleanest, according to a University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
microbiologist. Source: The Ashland Daily Press (10/27)


Turbines approved in Oceana County
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A 20-turbine wind farm that was spurned last month by one western Michigan
community has been accepted by another township 20 miles to the north.
Source: The Muskegon Chronicle (10/25)


Eroding shoreline gives homeowners headaches
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Persons owning or thinking of buying property along Lake Superior,
particularly in areas with high bluffs, need to be aware of the threat posed
by erosion. Source: The Ashland Daily Press (10/24)


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