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GLIN NEWS: 14 September 2004

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Great Lakes Daily News: 14 September 2004 A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great Lakes Radio Consortium.

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Great Lakes still face threats
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Direct releases of toxic pollution into the Great Lakes are declining, but the lakes continue to be assaulted by shoreline development, invading foreign species and disease-causing bacteria. Source: Duluth News Tribune (9/14)

City cuts off negotiations with group linked to idle ferry
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Rochester officials have suspended negotiations with a development firm because it's affiliated with the financially troubled high-speed ferry company. Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (9/14)

Dioxin taints Michigan game
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For the second time in Michigan, a warning against eating wild game is being issued by state health officials who say dioxin contamination downstream from Midland's Dow Chemical Co. complex has reached dangerous levels. Source: Detroit Free Press (9/14)

Passion for preservation
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As early as next summer, a national nonprofit conservation group will publish the Great Lakes Greenprint, a detailed map and inventory of ecologically vulnerable land along New York state's freshwater coastline. Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (9/14)

Water panel back checking to see if project is worthy
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After learning that a $22 million pipeline extension is unnecessary, the DuPage Water Commission is second-guessing another project that is already in full gear. Source: The Daily Herald (9/14)

Sale of decals to aid protection of Great Lakes
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A group of Michigan lawmakers has joined the secretary of state in developing a program to raise funds to help the state combat zebra mussels and other pests harming Michigan and Great Lakes waters. Source: The Toledo Blade (9/14)

Ferry taking goodwill trip to Chicago
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A Lake Express goodwill trip to Chicago's Navy Pier Tuesday has everything to do with expanding the ferry service's market and nothing to do with expanding its routes. Source: Muskegon Chronicle (9/13)

Coal plant could start going up soon
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Construction could begin in less than six months on the first coal-fired power plant to be built in Wisconsin in 20 years, but the fight isn't over against the coal plant, the most controversial element of Wisconsin Energy's power-plant expansion program. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (9/12)

Hanging 10 in Sheboygan
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For the 18th year the Dairyland Surf Classic, the largest gathering of freshwater surfers in the world, showed the pros from California, long-distance van drivers from Canada and doubters from saltwater just how great the Great Lakes can be. Source: Chicago Tribune (9/12)

Six establishments cited for sewage system violations
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Six South Bass Island establishments failed to get Ohio Environmental Protection Agency permits to discharge treated wastewater into Lake Erie, an agency spokeswoman said. Source: Port Clinton News Herald (9/10)

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