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GLIN NEWS: 25 October 2004

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Great Lakes Daily News: 25 October 2004
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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Is sewage an untapped energy source?
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A Toronto researcher says most communities are underestimating a potential source of cheap electricity - raw sewage. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (10/25)


USDA to boost use of ozone-depleting chemical?
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The USDA wants to increase the use of methyl bromide to keep invasive insects from getting into the country, but some environmentalists are fighting the plan, saying the chemical will do more harm than good. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (10/25)


Waterfront plan shows signs of life
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Quietly, behind the scenes, efforts are being made to breathe life into the moribund Toronto waterfront redevelopment project. Source: The Toronto Star (10/25)


Safety concerns may scuttle liquefied gas terminal near Quebec City
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Fears of an explosion and concerns about public safety may lead to the scrapping of a planned natural gas importing terminal near Quebec City despite future fuel supply needs. Source: The Montreal Gazette (10/24)


COMMENTARY: Cleveland's lakefront plan has many flaws
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The first major plan for Cleveland's lakefront in half a century, which is headed for one more round of public hearings in November before heading to the City Planning Commission and City Council for approval and adoption, isn't a disaster, but it's hardly a triumph, either. Source: The Plain Dealer (10/24)


Great Lake could cool Syracuse buildings
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A group of community leaders wants Syracuse to become the first city in the United States to cool its downtown buildings with lake water, from the bottom of Lake Ontario, saving millions of dollars in energy costs. Source: The Syracuse Post-Standard (10/24)


Thirsty world threatens the lakes
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As the arid Southwest's population surges and the global freshwater crisis worsens, fears are growing that outsiders will suck the Great Lakes dry -- or at least diminish the inland seas, connecting channels and tributaries that hold 20 percent of the world's fresh surface water. Source: The Duluth News Tribune (10/24)


Proposed policy could limit plants' water withdrawals
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A proposed water-use policy for the Great Lakes system would require new and expanded ventures - farms, factories, bottling operations - to get government permits for large water withdrawals. Source: The Detroit News (10/24)


Investor may break lakefront stalemate
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The head of an Oklahoma-based energy company with strong family ties to Michigan has an agreement to buy a 50-percent interest in a large tract of Lake Michigan duneland sought for public preservation. Source: The Grand Rapids Press (10/23)


Great Lakes farmers worry about limits on water use
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Farm groups in the Great Lakes contend that even modest limits on their access to water would be unfair and potentially devastating. Source: The Associated Press (10/23)


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