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Great Lakes Daily News: 16 February 2005
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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U.S. could let Milwaukee dump sewage into lake, group says
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Milwaukee could dump unlimited amounts of partially treated sewage into Lake Michigan under a Bush administration proposal, a lake watchdog group charged Tuesday. Source: Chicago Sun-Times (2/16)


Canada's Kyoto implementation plan not ready
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The Canadian government has admitted it has no plan in place to meet its commitments under the Kyoto Protocol, which Canada ratified in 2002 and comes into effect internationally today. Source: The Globe and Mail (2/16)


EDITORIAL: Inspect ships' ballast
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Foreign ships that avoid mandatory inspections of their ballast water, and thereby endanger the Great Lakes, are a silent threat almost nobody knows about. Source: The Toledo Blade (2/16)


EDITORIAL: Be heard on Lake Michigan power plant
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Today in Oak Creek, the Wisconsin DNR will hold a public hearing on a permit for a water intake and discharge system that would serve Wisconsin Energy Corp.'s proposed new coal plant on the shore of Lake Michigan. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (2/16)


Anglers worried that splake stocking program may be halted
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A sport fishing group is urging Michigan not to dismantle a program that stocks Lake Superior with splake, a cross between female lake trout and male brook trout. Source: Detroit Free Press (2/15)


Symposium teaches students to protect Lake Superior
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For four days in May, students from all sides of Lake Superior will gather in Thunder Bay to learn what they can do to protect the lake. Source: The Thunder Bay Chronicle-Journal (2/15)


Study focuses on toxic mud in Ryerson, Little Black creeks
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Michigan officials are investigating whether area residents are coming into contact with toxic mud from Muskegon-area creeks often enough to pose health problems. Source: Muskegon Chronicle (2/15)


Floes of all sizes cause blockages up, down rivers
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Chunks of ice unleashed by warmer temperatures are scouring local riverbanks and piling up on the Lake Erie shore, with blocks ranging in size from basketballs to Volkswagens. Source: The Toledo Blade (2/15)


Illinois, 4 others seek own coal rules
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Five Midwestern states are considering new rules that would hold coal-fired power plants to stricter emissions standards than the Bush administration is calling for under its Clear Skies legislation. Source: Chicago Tribune (2/15)


New rules to stem pollution on factory farms draw fire
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A U.S. EPA proposal to give factory farms immunity for Clean Air Act violations in return for accepting other regulations is being criticized for undermining state enforcement efforts. Source: The Christian Science Monitor (2/15)


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