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Great Lakes News: 30 March 2004
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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Liberals face new crisis over security flaws
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Auditor-General Sheila Fraser will not only question the efficiency of
Canada's intelligence-sharing apparatus, she will reveal today that this
country's airports aren't secure and its passport controls are dangerously
weak. Source: The Toronto Star (3/30)


More water shortages forecast for communities across nation
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Despite Canada's vast water resources, many communities have faced shortages
and the problem will likely get worse with climate change, an Environment
Canada report says. Source: The London Free Press (3/30)


Officials have big plans for award-winning port
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Every year, the Port of Green Bay organizes a meeting for its users,
terminal operators and elected officials to discuss the year past and what's
going to happen. Source: The Green Bay News-Chronicle (3/30)


Land set-aside agreement reached
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A compromise that appears to resolve a dispute over a popular
land-conservation proposal was announced Monday by Gov. Tim Pawlenty, U.S.
Rep. Gil Gutknecht, R-Minn., and agricultural and conservation
organizations. Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press (3/30)


COMMENTARY: Chasing frozen waterfalls
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Around Munising Michigan, March and early April is a great time to go
chasing frozen waterfalls. Source: Mountain News Corp (3/30)


Report on water use patterns incomplete?
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A new report says that Americans are using less water now than 15 years ago,
but environmental groups say the report paints an incomplete picture.
Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (3/29)


Dumping of construction debris from out of state raises concerns
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The increased amount of out-of-state construction debris being dumped in
Ohio landfills, particularly in the Mahoning Valley, is worrying state and
federal environmental officials who say they don't know what's being buried.
Source: The Vindicator (3/29)


$8.9 million Bayfield area treatment plant approved
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The city of Bayfield and the Pike's Bay Sanitary District (PBSD) signed an
inter-municipal agreement Friday outlining each party's responsibilities and
costs involved with the construction of a new $8.9 million Greater Bayfield
Wastewater Treatment Plant. Source: The Ashland Daily Press (3/29)


EDITORIAL: Ohio's standards on fish provide better protection
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Ohio's testing seems to be stricter than other states the environmental
group studied, so perhaps Ohioans can place greater trust in what Ohio
agencies say about consumption of fish from Lake Erie. Source: The Marion
Star (3/29)


Cicada Invasion: Eastern U.S. Braces for Bug Swarm
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This May billions of black, shrimp-size bugs with transparent wings and
beady red eyes will carpet trees in the U.S. from the eastern seaboard west
through Indiana and south to Tennessee. Source: National Geographic News
(3/29)


Ratepayers may benefit from new energy market
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A new Midwest energy market could save state electric ratepayers $51 million
to $64.7 million a year, a study released Monday said. Source: Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel (3/29)

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