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Great Lakes Daily News: 06 January 2004
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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Profits seen in longer shipping season
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' decision to extend the Great Lakes
shipping season is expected to help both shippers and the industries they
serve. Source: The Detroit News (1/6)


St. Clair River a security hazard
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The St. Clair River is said to be one of the worst areas along the Canadian
border for smuggling drugs and illegal immigrants into the United States,
raising concerns that terrorists could use that route to easily slip into
the country. Source: Detroit Free Press (1/5)


Unbottled water not cheap either
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Ontario municipalities and their taxpayers face multimillion-dollar well and
pipeline projects to meet residents' demands and fulfil new provincial rules
for more and better water. Source: London Free Press (1/5)


Future of Lake Erie watershed reviewed
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Citizens concerned with the future of the Lake Erie watershed can voice
their opinions at a series of informational open houses in January and
February on the Balanced Growth Initiative of the Ohio Lake Erie Commission.
Source: Port Clinton News Herald (1/5)


Group plans last environmental fight
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The Lake St. Clair Advisory Committee, an environmental group known as a
trailblazer on conservation issues for decades, is calling it quits, but not
before it wages one final fight. Source: The Detroit News (1/5)


Practice of releasing partially treated waste questioned
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Although regulators have shown some support for the Milwaukee Metropolitan
Sewerage District's practice of dumping partially treated waste,
environmentalists say they're still concerned. Source: Duluth News Tribune
(1/5)


Coal plant has some fired up
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A proposed coal-burning power plant in northern Michigan has some residents
questioning whether the economic benefits are worth the potential risks.
Source: Traverse City Record-Eagle (1/4)


Fewer bulk carriers navigate waterways
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A massive downsizing has seen Canadian and U.S. Great Lakes shippers pare
their combined fleets from 325 vessels in 1980 to about 140 today, in
reaction to decreasing steel industry activity and alternative routing of
grain traffic. Source: Montreal Gazette (1/2)

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