Thursday, January 15, 2004

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Great Lakes Daily News: 15 January 2004
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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Health department to hunt down source of pollution
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New Baltimore's Lake St. Clair beach was closed to swimming 37 times last
year and 36 times in 2002 - the most of any of Macomb County's six beaches,
records show. Source: The Associated Press (1/15)


Icebreakers working overtime in cold
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The extreme cold that has gripped the province over the past couple of weeks
has made life difficult for many, including those who patrol the St.
Lawrence River on Coast Guard icebreakers. Source: CBC Montreal (1/15)


AEP pledges to cut greenhouse gases
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American Electric Power has joined President Bush's growing number of
"Climate Leaders" who have voluntarily pledged to curb greenhouse gas
emissions, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced this week.
Source: The East Central Indiana Star Press (1/15)


Wrong mix of materials starts fire at Avon plant
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A fire that sent plumes of black smoke to the sky along Lake Erie's
shoreline Tuesday morning was apparently caused by the wrong mix of
materials at a recycling plant. Source: The Plain Dealer (1/14)


Goderich names water quality high priority
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County council has agreed to make water quality a high-priority issue in the
years to come, but stress they can't afford to foot the bill for local
initiatives. Source: The Goderich Signal-Star (1/14)


'Musseling' their way into new opportunities
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High School Biology teacher Matt Berg and four members of his research group
will be heading to Indiana this February to present their findings on
unionid mussels at The Great Lakes Mollusk Watcher's Conference. Source:
Burnett County Sentinel (1/14)


Toronto mayor bullish on ferry
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The new mayor of Toronto says he supports a high-speed ferry that will soon
link his city and Rochester. Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
(1/12)


2-county effort would monitor water quality
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"Monitoring" is a word often associated with the St. Clair River and Lake
St. Clair, but many local residents remember the days when water quality
didn't mean much. Source: The Port Huron Times-Herald (1/12)


Hope for fish
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Natural resources personnel hiked through spruce and balsam on private
property northwest of Ashland Thursday to release hatchery-spawned coaster
brook trout into Whittlesey Creek and into a north fork of the waterway.
Source: The Ashland Daily Press (1/9)

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