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GLIN NEWS: 02 September 2004

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Great Lakes Daily News: 02 September 2004 A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great Lakes Radio Consortium.

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Hearing set on mercury pollution
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Indiana waters are so contaminated with methyl mercury that the state warns people not to eat fish from any state river or from 47,000 acres of its lakes.
Source: South Bend Tribune (9/2)

Toronto claims trash complies with Michigan standards
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Once again, Toronto seems to have trumped Michigan's efforts to prevent the city from dumping all its trash here.
Source: The Detroit News (9/2)

Enviro team SWATS 12 more Sarnia plants
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Ontario's environmental SWAT team have now hit 20 Sarnia plants with non-compliance orders since early this year after several chemical leaks into the St. Clair River.
Source: The London Free Press (9/2)

Bush likely to support Apostle Islands plan
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A top Bush administration official will announce support for a plan to designate 80 percent of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore as federal wilderness.
Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press (9/2)

Bills aims to preserve landmarks
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U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow met with city and history preservation officials in Port Huron to rally support for two pieces of maritime legislation aimed at preserving maritime landmarks.
Source: The Port Huron Times-Herald (9/2)

Michigan governor talks water issues
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Michigan's Governor Granholm says she's pushing lawmakers to pass the Water Legacy Act, that would regulate water withdrawals over 2 million gallons a day and protect the Great Lakes.
Source: WJRT-TV (9/2)

Energy giants join Liquefied Natural Gas race
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TransCanada Corp. and Petro-Canada want to build a $660-million liquefied natural gas terminal in eastern Quebec - another in a line of proposals to satisfy North America's ever-growing energy appetite.
Source: The Globe and Mail (9/2)

Debate continues over whether wolves should remain protected
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After 30 years of federal protection, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wants the gray wolf removed from the endangered species list and turned over to state management.
Source: Minnesota Public Radio (9/1)

Power plant's haze has neighbors fuming
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New pollution controls at one of the largest power plants in North America created a bluish haze of sulfuric acid that descended on a small Illinois town during the summer.
Source: Chicago Tribune (8/29)

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