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Great Lakes News: 04 March 2004
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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Workers contain oil spill
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An environmental cleanup crew hired by Detroit Edison worked Wednesday to
contain and remove about five to 10 gallons of oil from Bunce Creek before
it could enter the St. Clair River. Source: The Times Herald (3/4)


Sewage plan raises worries
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When rain overwhelms sewage plants in Michigan, there are two alternatives:
Allow human waste to back up into basements or skip part of the treatment
process and dump partially sanitized sewage into the Detroit River, Lake St.
Clair and other waterways. Source: Detroit Free Press (3/4)


U.S. officials yank fish barrier funding
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Federal officials have cut funding for a new electric fence to block
voracious Asian carp from invading Lake Michigan, where biologists fear the
prolific fish could rapidly spread and devastate all of the Great Lakes.
Source: Chicago Tribune (3/4)


Pipeline riles residents
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A leading auto glass company's proposal to pipe treated wastewater through a
sensitive stretch of Lake Michigan sand dunes has upset residents and state
environmental regulators. Source: The Detroit News (3/4)


Ashes to ashes
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Neighborhoods in the Westland suburb of Detroit, where towering ash trees
formed shady summer canopies above the quiet streets, are being stripped
bare. Source: The Columbus Dispatch (3/4)


Gov. Granholm wants limits on Great Lakes water
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Gov. Jennifer Granholm said Wednesday that legislation will be introduced
this month to help protect our state's most plentiful natural resources -
the Great Lakes. Source: Cheboygan Daily Tribune (3/4)


Wolverine sightings spread in Michigan
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The confirmed sighting of a wolverine near Bad Axe last week has been
followed by several other sightings of what apparently is the same animal.
Source: Detroit Free Press (3/4)


Ogden woman has ferry good day
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Cindy Lucas of Ogden took center stage - quite literally - Wednesday in
Toronto as she was introduced as the winner of a much-ballyhooed contest to
find a nickname for the new ferry on Lake Ontario. Source: Rochester
Democrat and Chronicle (3/4)


Shocking Way to Transform Waste
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For the first time, a microbial fuel cell has generated electricity while
cleaning wastewater, a development that could make sewage treatment more
affordable for both industrialized and developing nations, researchers said.
Source: Wired News (3/4)


Great Lakes lawmakers applaud Bush budget proposal, say more is needed
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Great Lakes lawmakers applauded President Bush on Wednesday for proposing
more money for Great Lakes cleanup in his 2005 budget but said the lakes
still aren't getting the attention and funding that have gone to other
environmentally sensitive areas. Source: Duluth News Tribune (3/3)

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