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Great Lakes Daily News: 17 January 2005
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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Sewage blending stirs up debate
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Many environmentalists fear that a proposed EPA policy for sewage treatment plants will lead to increased water pollution and greater risk to public health. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (1/17)


Trees in Toledo area hurt greatly by ice storm
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Parks officials are saying that tree damage from the recent ice storm that pounded west-central Ohio is the worst they've ever seen. Source: The Toledo Blade (1/17)


A "polution free" coal-burning power plant?
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Ohio is one of the states lining up for a chance at a proposed one-billion dollar federal research project that would build what's touted as the world's first non-polluting, coal-burning power plant. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (1/17)


New hearings possible on use of Great Lakes water
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The Canadian government's cool reaction to a U.S.-led plan for curbing Great Lakes diversions and bulk withdrawals could reopen public hearings on the debate this summer. Source: The Toledo Blade (1/17)


MDEQ dubs stricter water standards 'difficult'
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The Michigan state agency charged with protecting the Great Lakes may have doused environmentalists' plans to halt pollution of Grand Traverse Bay through the adoption of new water quality standards. Source: Traverse City Record Eagle (1/17)


COMMENTARY: Honoring the legacy of the Great Lakes by protecting its water
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Government should be weaving land use, transportation, development, housing and water use into a conservation-minded plan, but instead it is delivering confusion and contradiction. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (1/15)


Walleyes no longer fish out of water
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Despite a modest comeback in the Milwaukee River, the WDNR wants to keep stocking more walleyes and improving habitat for the fish in this most urban of Wisconsin waterways. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (1/15)


Shipping season ends; 11 ships to winter at Duluth
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With the closing of the Soo Locks marking the end of the shipping season, shipyards are anticipating a busy winter preparing vessels to set sail again this spring. Source: Duluth News Tribune (1/15)


EDITORIAL: Stop Great Lakes invaders short of closing the seaway
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Closing the Welland Canal would keep invasive species out of the Great Lakes, but is too extreme a solution. Source: The Bay City Times (1/14)


Doyle commits Wisconsin to Soo Locks expansion project
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Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle has announced a 50-year funding commitment to the construction of a new Soo Lock - an investment he called vital to the long-term economic growth of Wisconsin and the region. Source: BusinessNorth (1/14)


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