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Great Lakes Daily News: 08 January 2004
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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Talks under way to clean up dump
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The report of a new federal environmental assessment of the harbour
identifies "toxic substances" leaking into Lake Ontario from the dump used
by Oshawa from the 1930s to 1957. Source: The Toronto Star (1/8)


Wetlands regulation still sticky
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Developers and environmentalists expect another mud fight this year over a
wetlands regulation bill vetoed last year by the late Gov. Frank O'Bannon.
Source: Northwest Indiana News (1/8)


Study warns of global warming extinctions
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Hundreds of species of land plants and animals around the globe could vanish
or be on the road to extinction over the next 50 years if global warming
continues, scientists warn. Source: Environmental News Network (1/8)


Conservationists want bottled-water tax
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Soil and water conservationists lobbied legislators this week for a sales
tax on bottled water and packaged ice to fund their Clean Water Indiana
program. Source: The East Central Indiana Star Press (1/8)


Michigan quarter release date nears
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Michigan's quarter, to be minted on January 26, will show an outline of the
state surrounded by the Great Lakes, which also are outlined. Source: The
Detroit News (1/8)


Preparing for a ferry new year
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The Port of Rochester in Charlotte has been abuzz with construction as crews
build the terminal for the fast ferry scheduled to open between the port and
Toronto in May 2004. Source: WOKR-TV 13 (1/7)


New members and opportunities for the Great Lakes Cruising Coalition
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Given the continued fallout over security since Sept. 11, 2001, larger
cruise lines including Disney and Carnival have become interested in new
opportunities like the Great Lakes. Source: The Goderich Signal-Star (1/7)


New wood plant likely
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A proposed plant in Northfield Township would chip wood infested with the
Emerald Ash Borer under a state contract, if the plant gets approval tonight
from the Northfield Township Planning Commission. Source: The Ann Arbor
News (1/7)


Erie MetroParks land to be freshwater marsh
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Erie MetroParks has added 14 acres to a lakefront site that will be
preserved as a freshwater marsh. Source: The Toledo Blade (1/5)


Close-up: The Big Pipe
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Fearing the construction of York Region's "Big Pipe" will bleed streams dry
and destroy fish habitats, environmentalists are demanding the new sewer be
plugged up before another inch is built. Source: The Toronto Star (1/3)

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