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

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COMMENTARY: True regional water authority required
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The best way to handle the Green Bay area's water problem is through a true
regional authority - perhaps a reconstituted Green Bay Metropolitan Sewerage
District or a similar body not beholden to any local government. Source: The
Green Bay News-Chronicle (3/2)


Erie officials back out of negotiations for former paper mill
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The Erie-Western Pennsylvania Port Authority has backed out of negotiations
for developing a former paper mill site along Lake Erie, leaving a racetrack
developer to hammer out a deal for the land. Source: Times Leader (3/2)


Committee hears testimony on PCB legislation
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Saying she has yet to see a landfill that doesn't leak, a Wisconsin state
legislator has introduced legislation calling for the use of an alternative
method for disposing of PCB-contaminated sediments. Source: The
Post-Crescent (3/2)


Michigan: Vreba-Hoff gives farmers 'a black eye'
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The state of Michigan has accused a dairy farming corporation of
disrespecting environmental laws and giving all of agriculture a black eye
through its waste disposal practices. Source: The Star Press (3/2)


Ohio adds to advisories as anglers start fishing
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Ohio's most recent fish consumption advisory lists 26 changes and advises
that all fish caught in the state's rivers and lakes be eaten no more than
once a week. Source: The Toledo Blade (3/2)


Waterway restoration to enlarge, change look of Pittsburgh park
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The $7.7 million restoration of a Pittsburgh waterway will be one of the
largest urban stream renewal projects in the United States, according to
those leading the work. Source: Erie Times-News (3/1)


COMMENTARY: Lakefront projects can be done right
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The impressive plans for remaking Milwaukee's Municipal Pier should give lie
to the notion that all new development on the lakefront must automatically
be met with fear and loathing. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (3/1)


COMMENTARY: Environmental movement fading away
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Three decades after the environmental revolution, symbolized by Earth Day,
the movement is in retreat, noticeable in the corridors of government power
and increasingly among environmental groups and the public at large. Source:
The Buffalo News (2/29)


Door Co. beach-testing program expands
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If you notice someone counting seagull droppings on Door County beaches this
summer, don't be alarmed. Source: Green Bay Press-Gazette (2/29)


Sand dune activist likes new proposals
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Proposed changes in a Michigan law regulating sand mining would be "small
but excellent steps" to improve the statute, according to the president of a
Southwest Michigan conservation organization. Source: The St. Joseph
Herald-Palladium (2/27)

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