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Great Lakes Daily News: 21 January 2004
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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Granholm announces effort to protect Michigan water
The Holland Sentinel (1/21)
Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm on Tuesday announced a broad plan to better protect the state's groundwater and the Great Lakes that would include managing new water withdrawals and creating a statewide code for sanitary systems.

More nuclear power called for
St. Paul Pioneer Press (1/21)
Less than a year after Minnesota lawmakers tangled over nuclear waste storage, the head of the Public Utilities Commission said Tuesday the state needs more atomic power plants.

Wisconsin Senate OKs quick-permits bill on water and air quality
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (1/21)
The Wisconsin Senate on Tuesday sent Gov. Doyle a package of changes in how water and air quality permits are issued - a measure the governor says will create jobs but that critics contend will reverse decades of environmental protections.

Recruits needed to monitor water
The Detroit News (1/21)
Environmentalists will recruit volunteers in Michigan and Ontario this spring to help monitor pollution going into area waterways in an effort to protect drinking water.

Ohio EPA gives permit for 3 lakeshore projects
The Toledo Blade (1/21)
Three Lake Erie shoreline projects in Ottawa and Erie counties -- including a 70-slip marina -- have been issued state water-quality certifications by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.

Great Lakes ship struggles to escape ice
Duluth News Tribune (1/20)
One of the most powerful vessels on the Great Lakes, the Edgar B. Speer, has remained in the ice-choked West Neebish Channel of the St. Marys River for more than two days, despite the efforts of three Coast Guard cutters.

EDITORIAL: Joint effort can help lake, river quality
The Port Huron Times-Herald (1/20)
Michigan counties near Lake St. Clair are proposing a plan to centralize data collection about pollution and put existing technology in local water plants and other facilities to identify contaminants in the water.

EDITORIAL: Ottawa muddies waterfront's future in Toronto
The Toronto Star (1/20)
All that's developed lately on Toronto's long-neglected waterfront is a muddled stew of committees and good intentions that languish on the back burner, and now Ottawa has tossed yet another study into the mix at the last minute.

Lawmaker takes up fight to limit billboards in Michigan
The Bay City Times (1/18)
Two coalitions, one seeking to limit outdoor advertising by businesses and another seeking to preserve it, are planning a fight in Lansing this year over land use and aesthetics along Michigan's highways and streets.

Building better trade relations
The Buffalo News (1/16)
The former U.S. ambassador to Canada is calling for reduced tensions on cross-border trade.

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