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Great Lakes Daily News: 02 February 2004
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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More money for Great Lakes cleanup?
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The Bush Administration is seeking $45 million from Congress in its 2005
budget proposal to clean up parts of the Great Lakes, more than quadrupling
the amount provided this year to clean up contaminated sediments under the
Great Lakes Legacy Act. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (2/2)


Market-based approach to mercury reductions
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For the first time, the U.S. government is preparing to regulate mercury
emissions from coal-fired power plants, using a market-based approach called
"cap-and-trade." Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (2/2)


Security at Canada's seaports lax, senator charges
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A Canadian senator says his country's ports haven't done enough to prevent
terrorists and other criminals from exploiting the waterfront, and asserts
that the St. Lawrence Seaway is virtually unpoliced. Source: The London Free
Press (2/2)


Michigan lifts no-drink warning after St. Clair River chemical leak
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A water advisory has been lifted in Macomb and St. Clair counties after
tests revealed water supplies were not affected by a toxic chemical spill in
the St. Clair River, Michigan environmental officials said today. Source:
Detroit Free Press (2/2)


COMMENTARY: Great Lakes deserve restoration effort
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The Great Lakes are the region's lifeblood, and the patient is ailing. A
large-scale ecosystem restoration initiative is just the prescription we
need. Source: The Buffalo News (2/1)


Corps report sketches 2003 water level changes
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Significant ice cover last winter and cooler summer temperatures helped
limit evaporation from the Great Lakes last year, though all but one remain
below their long-term average levels. Source: The Sault Ste. Marie Evening
News (2/1)


Tourism summit focuses on Fast Ferry
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New York community and tourism officials met Friday to begin networking to
market their attractions to Canadians for when the Fast Ferry connects
Toronto to Rochester in May. Source: Finger Lakes Times (2/1)


War of words gets louder as pipeline ruling nears
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Plans to turn a former sand mining site into a luxury home development are
being jeopardized by claims that a drainage pipe will add pollution to Lake
Michigan and spoil a stretch of beautiful beach. Source: The Muskegon
Chronicle (1/31)


Terminal for Lake Express ferry will cost 75% more than expected
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The Milwaukee terminal for the new Lake Michigan high-speed ferry will cost
nearly 75 percent more than originally expected, according to the port's
director. Source: Detroit Free Press (1/31)

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