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Great Lakes Daily News: 04 April 2005
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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Kyoto in Canada hits a roadblock
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Canadian environmental groups fear political opposition may kill a government plan to reduce greenhouse gases in compliance with the Kyoto Agreement. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (4/4)


States sue EPA over new mercury rules
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Several states are suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over its new rules for reducing mercury pollution, alleging the guidelines are inadequate to protect children and pregnant women from mercury contamination. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (4/4)


Michigan solicits lumberjacks for fight against ash borers
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Short of cash, the Michigan Department of Agriculture is asking the timber industry for help in cutting ash trees to limit the ash borer infestation in the northern Lower Peninsula. Source: Detroit Free Press (4/4)


EDITORIAL: Ecosystems in decline
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If global warming's mounting perils aren't frightening enough, along comes a study by 1,360 scientists warning us we're destroying our life-sustaining planet at an alarming rate. Source: The London Free Press (4/4)


New Mackinaw has quite a legend to live up to
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The newest addition to the Coast Guard's Great Lakes fleet hit the water Saturday, with the long-awaited launching of the new Mackinaw icebreaker. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (4/3)


Scientist sees 'collision course' with agricultural manure issue
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The growing number of concentrated animal feeding operations has raised concerns over how much manure flows from those facilities after heavy rains and pollutes nearby streams or groundwater. Source: The Toledo Blade (4/3)


Funding for wildlife habitat in Minnesota
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Minnesota lawmakers last week reached an agreement on a bonding bill that will mean millions of dollars for wildlife habitat. Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press (4/3)


COMMENTARY: Adopt all protections in Great Lakes report
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The recommendations of the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy provide the greatest opportunity in more than three decades to tackle the critical problems confronting the Great Lakes and oceans. Source: Detroit Free Press (4/3)


Ballast water ruled a pollutant
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Great Lakes shipping could be significantly affected by a federal court ruling that U.S. EPA must regulate ship's ballast water as pollution. Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press (4/2)


COMMENTARY: Illinois needs law banning harmful flame retardant
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Illinoise should follow the example of five other states and restrict or ban the flame retardant PDBEs, which have been discovered at alarming levels deep in the sediment of Lake Michigan and are accumulating in the lake's salmon. Source: Chicago Sun-Times (4/2)


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