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Great Lakes Daily News: 30 January 2004
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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President wants $45M for Great Lakes cleanup
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Though $5 million shy of what Congress has authorized, President Bush's
upcoming fiscal year budget proposal includes $45 million for ongoing Great
Lakes cleanup activities. Source: The Toledo Blade (1/30)


Bruce Power mulls building 2 reactors
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Bruce Power is considering a plan to boost Ontario's electricity supply by
building two new reactors at its nuclear power complex on the shore of Lake
Huron near Kincardine. Source: The London Free Press (1/30)


Rusting Stelco falters
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The tidal wave of restructuring that is washing through the North American
steel industry slammed Stelco Inc. yesterday, and will leave behind a
slimmer company with fewer employees, lower costs and substantially reduced
pensions for retirees. Source: The Globe and Mail (1/30)


Grants to help hunt down polluters
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Funding from the Clean Michigan Initiative fund will be used to conduct dye
tests in sewer lines to identify illegal connections polluting Bear Creek
and Red Run Drain, both of which flow into the Clinton River and Lake St.
Clair. Source: The Detroit News (1/30)


Wet canary
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A vast section of Lake Erie has run very short on oxygen, and that's bad
news for the fish that live there. Source: Earthwatch Radio (1/30)


Did rains lead to rise in water warnings?
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Heavy storms throughout the summer washed farm waste and fertilizers into
streams and rivers that flow into Lake Erie, and caused storm sewers to
overflow and dump sewage into the water. Source: The Associated Press
(1/30)


Door County wants input on Wisconsin shoreline rules
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Door County officials voted that if shoreland standards are going to be
changed, Wisconsin should input from the county with the most shoreland in
the state - 250 miles of it. Source: The Green Bay News-Chronicle (1/30)


EDITORIAL: Indiana's precious resources demand investment
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Indiana must find money for water and soil conservation lest it lose far
more than it saved. Source: The Indianapolis Star (1/30)


Great Lakes need help
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The Great Lakes Environmental Restoration Act would go a long way to
preserving the Great Lakes, proponents, including Wisconsin Sen. Russ
Feingold, have said. Source: Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter (1/30)


U.S. border money starts flowing
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The long-awaited release of $25.3 million by the U.S. government is expected
to expedite passenger traffic at the Ambassador Bridge by enlarging a truck
processing area and expanding customs and immigration inspection lanes on
the U.S. side of the border. Source: The Windsor Star (1/29)

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