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Great Lakes News: 30 June 2004
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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Pollutant level rising in Great Lakes gull eggs
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Herring gull eggs collected from nests along the Great Lakes are
contaminated with a pollutant that could be as bad as PCBs. Source: Chicago
Sun-Times (6/30)


Money surfaces to help 2 creeks' watersheds
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A $100,000 grant from the Great Lakes Commission will help environmental
groups protect the Black Creek and Oatka Creek watersheds. Source: Rochester
Democrat and Chronicle (6/30)


EDITORIAL: Still too much sewage
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Many communities continue to struggle with expensive repairs that will
reduce but not end sewage overflows, and the public remains vulnerable.
Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (6/30)


Is it safe to swim today?
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A new predictive model being tested this summer in Illinois waters of Lake
Michigan will provide a real-time method of gauging the presence of E. coli
bacteria. Source: Daily Herald (6/30)


Door County seeks solution to its ozone problem
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There may be little Door County, Wisconsin, can do to reduce ozone pollution
except wait for Milwaukee and Chicago to clean up their emissions. Source:
Green Bay Press-Gazette (6/30)


33 Ohio counties fail new EPA air standard
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The federal government says that tiny airborne particles pose a far greater
air pollution problem than Ohio environmental officials suspected. Source:
The Plain Dealer (6/30)


Lake Superior faces development pressure
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Northland residents got to experience Lake Superior firsthand as part of a
recent joint educational effort by the University of Minnesota Sea Grant and
University of Wisconsin's Lake Superior Research Institute. Source: Duluth
News Tribune (6/29)


Ft. Wayne mayor pushes water cleanup measure
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Local officials are calling for support of the Great Lakes Restoration Act,
which would provide $600 million annually for 10 years in grants to state
and local governments to enable clean water compliance. Source: The Ft.
Wayne Journal Gazette (6/29)


Polluting province shoots for cleaner air
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Environmental groups are praising an Ontario plan to crack down on the
pollution that contributes to smog. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium
(6/28)

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