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Great Lakes News: 10 March 2004
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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Hydro-Québec presents case for Suroît generator today
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Hydro-Québec gets its day in court today when it presents its case for
building the controversial Suroît natural gas-fired generator. Water levels
in Hydro's reservoirs have fallen in the last year by 24 terawatt-hours,
while the demands for power continue to increase. Source: The Montreal
Gazette (3/10)


Green Bay could join suburbs' pipeline under new idea
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A local official wants Green Bay to scrap plans for a second Lake Michigan
pipeline and join the Green Bay suburbs in a plan to buy water from the city
of Manitowoc. Source: Green Bay Press-Gazette (3/10)


EDITORIAL: Corps would allow too much bottomland grooming
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The current, unhappy compromise over shoreline management is the work of the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, caught between protecting exposed Great Lakes
bottomlands and resort owners who want well-groomed beaches. Source: Detroit
Free Press (3/10)


North Bass sale worries officials
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The state of Ohio is buying the pristine North Bass Island to preserve
forever, but county and township officials fear the purchase will leave them
short of tax money by next year. Source: The Toledo Blade (3/10)


Platte River hatchery loses half of state's coho salmon production
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The Michigan Department of Natural Resources lost nearly half of this year's
coho salmon production because of a pump failure at the Platte River Fish
Hatchery near Beulah. Source: Detroit Free Press (3/10)


Hoosier groups try to kill energy bill
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Several Indiana organizations Tuesday urged Sens. Evan Bayh and Richard
Lugar to vote against a federal energy bill they said would hurt the
environment and efforts to create jobs. Source: The Ft. Wayne Journal
Gazette (3/10)


Toxic dumping ground looks to spread the pain
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Now, where peach trees once quivered in breezes from Lake Ontario, the
710-acre Chemical Waste Management landfill towers above every building for
miles, the only hazardous waste landfill left in the northeastern United
States. Source: The New York Times (3/10)


EDITORIAL: Protect state ground water
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A landmark groundwater protection bill on the verge of passage in the
Wisconsin Legislature is a single step in a long journey. Source: Wisconsin
State Journal (3/9)

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