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Great Lakes Daily News: 14 January 2004
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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Customers may pay price for utility's violations
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Customers of Wisconsin Energy Corp. could see a special charge on their
electric bills to help the company pay for $600 million in environmental
upgrades to its aging power plants. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
(1/14)


It's full steam ahead: Mayors
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The mayors of Toronto and Rochester stood side by side to announce that it's
anchors aweigh for a ferry link across Lake Ontario that they said will
benefit both cities. Source: The Toronto Star (1/14)


3 rescue missions save 16 Lake St. Clair anglers
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After 16 ice fishermen were rescued from three ice floes in Lake St. Clair
yesterday, the U.S. Coast Guard issued renewed warnings for anglers to use
common sense to avoid unnecessary risks. Source: The Detroit News (1/14)


Daley urges companies to spruce up city's 'second shoreline'
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Corporations are invited to become stewards for one of 50 sites along the
Chicago River, contributing to beautification, on-site cultural programs and
planning efforts of the Friends of the Chicago River. Source: Chicago
Sun-Times (1/14)


$300 million wind farm proposed for area
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A Toronto company is in the process of acquiring 14,000 acres to create a
$300 million, 200-megawatt wind farm on the shores of Lake Huron. Source:
Port Elgin Shoreline Beacon (1/14)


High court considers citizens' right to sue
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A 34-year-old law giving any citizen the right to file suit over
environmental violations may hang in the balance as Michigan's highest court
considers a dispute involving expansion of an Upper Peninsula mine. Source:
Booth Newspapers (1/14)


Feds tell Duluth to fix sewers
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has ordered Duluth, Minn., and the
Western Lake Superior Sanitary District to complete a costly effort to stop
sewage overflows from reaching the St. Louis River and Lake Superior.
Source: Duluth News Tribune (1/13)


Verbal firefight breaks out between Great Lakes and Maine restorationists
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A lighthouse preservationist's fundraising prank has been revealed but not
everyone understood the joke. Source: The Grand Rapids Press (1/13)


Planning for Tall Ships Celebration in shipshape
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All hands are on deck for the return of tall ships to Bay City, Mich., in
2006. Source: The Bay City Times (1/11)

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