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Great Lakes News: 17 May 2004
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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Urban oasis signals riverfront change
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Michigan's first urban state park, a 31-acre patch of green space among
Detroit's graffiti-spattered buildings, is scheduled to open Thursday.
Source: Detroit Free Press (5/17)


Readers are fans, foes of ferry
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Rochester's new high-speed ferry has arrived, but area residents seem
divided as to its prospects and potential benefits. Source: Rochester
Democrat and Chronicle (5/17)


Oak Creek power plant would draw heavily from lake
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A new coal-fired power plant in Wisconsin could become one of the one of the
largest water users on the Great Lakes, using as much water each day as
Chicago and 100 surrounding suburbs. Source: The Appleton Post-Crescent
(5/17)


Maumee dredgings may be put to good use
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A proposal to use silt dredged from Lake Erie's shipping channels to help
reclaim Ohio's many abandoned mines could help provide a practical
alternative to open-water disposal. Source: The Toledo Blade (5/17)


Green conscience vs. green consumerism
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A majority of us consider ourselves to be environmentally-friendly, but
don't always act that way. Part of the reason is that being earth-friendly
can be pretty darned inconvenient. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium
(5/17)


Locals oppose park plan
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A proposal to designate about 16 percent of Pictured Rocks National
Lakeshore as wilderness, making it off-limits to motorized recreation, is
unleashing a new wave of complaints. Source: The Detroit News (5/16)


Reserve Mining's legacy of pollution lingers
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Thirty years after Reserve Mining Co. made headlines in a landmark pollution
lawsuit, the company's legacy continues to haunt regulators who have found
3,600 barrels of hazardous waste buried at the taconite plant in Silver Bay.
Source: Duluth News Tribune (5/16)


EDITORIAL: Unprotected Great Lakes
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As national and global water supply issues grow more critical, the people of
Michigan must demand that their leaders get this state a decent water
protection law. Source: Detroit Free Press (5/16)


Ohio shoreline bill debate to heat up
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Ohio state lawmakers hope a compromise on the Lake Erie shoreline bill can
be worked out next week, but activists on both sides of the issue are
pessimistic. Source: Port Clinton News Herald (5/15)


Appeals Court: Shoreline property rights extend to water's edge
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The Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled that property owners who live along
Great Lakes shores have exclusive access up to the water's edge, a decision
that could affect where people are allowed to walk along the lakeshore.
Source: The Detroit News (5/15)

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