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Great Lakes Daily News: 16 December 2003
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EPA offers 2 options on mercury
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The EPA is presenting two options for reducing mercury emissions from
coal-burning power plants: one through national emissions caps and selling
clean-air "credits," the other through uniform reductions at every plant.
Source: The Cleveland Plain Dealer (12/16)


Conservationists to restore major Illinois wetland
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The largest wetland restoration project in the United States outside the
Florida Everglades is under way on the Illinois River, in a 10,000-acre area
known as Emiquon. Source: Chicago Sun-Times (12/16)


Cleveland Port Authority wants out of fun business
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When it comes to North Coast Harbor, the Port of Cleveland would prefer to
manage all work and no play. Source: The Cleveland Plain Dealer (12/16)


Wisconsin builders hope to wriggle out of protecting snake
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An association of building contractors from the Milwaukee area is urging the
state to consider removing the rare Butler garter snake from a list of
species that receive special protection in Wisconsin. Source: Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel (12/15)


Ice Mountain appeals to continue water withdrawals
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A Nestle subsidiary that makes Ice Mountain bottled water on Monday asked
the Michigan Court of Appeals for emergency relief from a judge's order to
stop tapping springs that are its sole water source. Source: Booth
Newspapers (12/15)


COMMENTARY: State's head-on approach will help phase out mercury emissions
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While the debate continues on what is the best way for the nation to reduce
mercury emissions, Michigan is working on its own solution. Source: Detroit
Free Press (12/15)


Ferry plies uncharted waters in lake travel
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A futuristic catamaran ferry now being built will whisk passengers and their
cars across Lake Michigan at speeds of 40 m.p.h., beginning in June. Source:
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (12/14)


$900,000 grant a letdown for dune advocates
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Hopes for a $10.7 million state grant to bring 161 beachfront acres near
Saugatuck, Mich., into the public fold mostly fizzled last week as the state
offered just a fraction of the total. Source: The Grand Rapids Press (12/11)


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