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Great Lakes News: 08 June 2004
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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Sewage floods metro waterways
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Five billion gallons of treated and untreated sewage and rainwater was
released into the Detroit River, the Rouge River, Lake St. Clair and other
waterways during the late May rainstorms that caused widespread flooding in
Metro Detroit. Source: The Detroit News (6/8)


Pols rip Milwaukee over 'cheesehead sewer water'
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At Monday's congressional meeting on the Great Lakes, two Illinois
congressmen pummeled the city of Milwaukee for dumping 4.6 million gallons
of raw sewage into Lake Michigan during the month of May. Source: Chicago
Sun-Times (6/8)


CAA plans to end gridlock
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The Canadian Automobile Association is trying to enlist commuters in its
push for new expressways as part of a comprehensive transportation plan to
relieve congestion in gridlocked Toronto. Source: The Toronto Star (6/8)


Newest state park on Erie shoreline
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About 12 miles west of the city of Erie, you can find scenic 90-foot bluffs,
rocky beach, old growth forest, significant archaeological sites, rare and
endangered species and Pennsylvania's newest state park. Source: Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette (6/8)


EDITORIAL: More heat than light
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Opponents of a new coking plant wish unrealistically for life without risk,
while plant developers tax credibility with their elusiveness about what
pollutants will spew from their state-of-the-art, well-scrubbed smokestacks.
Source: The Toledo Blade (6/8)


Beetlemania - hungry insects will target weedy plant
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Purple loosestrife plants haven't had natural predators in North America
until recently. But in recent years, scientists have found two beetle
species that eat the weedy invader and don't have a taste for other plants.
Source: Merrillville Post-Tribune (6/8)


Aggressive and messy, gulls are the new urban menace
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Like something out of a Hitchcock movie, gulls are everywhere - and so are
their droppings. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (6/8)


MDEQ critics want to strip its power
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Michigan's Department of Environmental Quality faces sweeping budget cuts
that could eliminate its hazardous waste program and shift responsibility
for dioxin cleanup into federal hands. Source: The Saginaw News (6/7)


Communities target debris washing into area rivers
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Under the Clean Water Act, smaller urban areas are faced with the challenge
of controlling the everyday litter, motor oil, fertilizers, soil sediment,
pet waste and other items that add up to big pollution headaches when
carried by rainstorms into public drains, rivers and, eventually, into the
Great Lakes. Source: Lansing State Journal (6/7)


Satellite imaging tracks algae blooms
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For years, NASA satellites and computer models have helped scientists
measure algae levels in oceans. Now, a new study is showing which models
will work in the Great Lakes. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (6/7)

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