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Great Lakes Daily News: 12 January 2004
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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Great Lakes states top mercury contamination list
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Four Great Lakes states--Michigan, Indiana, Illinois and Pennsylvania--have
some of the most severe cases of mercury contamination in the country.
Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (1/12)


Indiana falls short on federal cleanup money
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Most Great Lakes states are taking advantage of a federal program to get
money to help make creeks, rivers, and lakes cleaner. But one has not found
a way to get the federal dollars. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium
(1/12)


Polluter fight lacks muscle
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Without an influx of cash, Michigan officials warn, they will be unable to
conduct the inspections and issue the penalties needed to stem rampant water
pollution violations that helped propel a recent increase of toxic dumping
in the Great Lakes. Source: The Detroit News (1/11)


Plan to expand Superior coal terminal returns
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An expansion of the Midwest Energy Resources Co. coal terminal in Superior,
Wis., which stalled last summer when a judge imposed stricter environmental
standards on the project, is once again moving ahead. Source: Duluth News
Tribune (1/11)


Chemicals pose danger in private well water
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Although Michigan has highest number of private wells in the country, it
does not require them to be tested for chemicals, even when located near
contaminated sites. Source: The Flint Journal (1/11)


COMMENTARY: Whose cheap water is it?
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Is unadulterated water different than beer, pop or irrigated corn? That's a
key question raised by the recent court ruling to shut down a bottled-water
plant in Michigan. Source: Booth Newspapers (1/11)


Benefactor may pay for duneland
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An unidentified benefactor has offered to invest more than $30 million to
preserve 413 acres of Lake Michigan duneland to keep it from being
developed. Source: The Holland Sentinel (1/10)


Ontario forging ties with U.S. border states
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In the post 9-11 world, Ontario officials increasingly view contacts with
neighboring U.S. states as an essential supplement to direct contact between
Ottawa and Washington. Source: The Toronto Star (1/10)


Indiana to enlarge local nature preserves
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Indiana has earmarked nearly $700,000 for natural resources projects in two
northwestern counties, including the expansion of wetland refuges to help
overcome the negative effects of nearby development. Source: The Northwest
Indiana Times (1/10)


Coast Guard begins icebreaking to aid Lake Superior shipping
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On Friday the Coast Guard on began breaking ice to keep Lake Superior
shipping afloat. Source: Booth Newspapers (1/9)

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