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Great Lakes Daily News: 22 April 2005
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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DEQ brass cut deals with polluters
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Top state environmental regulators undermined their own scientists' work by cutting deals with polluting companies and refusing to arm state prosecutors with the tools they needed to enforce cleanup laws, according to a state auditor general's report. Source: Detroit Free Press (4/22)


Think green for Earth Day and beyond
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Today is the 35th annual Earth Day, but for those who make it a point to take care of Mother Nature, every day is Earth Day. Source: Chicago Sun-Times (4/22)


NW Ohio key to keeping U.S. pest-free
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Two of Ohio's top public officials said Wednesday that 2005 is a critical year for sparing the rest of North America from the deadly emerald ash borer, and that the war will be won or lost in the Toledo area. Source: The Toledo Blade (4/21)


Galien cleanup under way
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In some "hot spots" in New Buffalo, New Troy and Sawyer, E. coli density in the Galien River often exceeds 100 and 200 times the levels deemed acceptable by the federal Environmental Protection Agency, which could eventually result in Lake Michigan beach closures. Source: South Bend Tribune (4/21)


Michigan's contribution to climate change is rising
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Michigan's greenhouse gas production went up 9 percent from 1990 to 2002, according to the first-ever inventory of the state's emissions of carbon dioxide and other pollutants that contribute to global climate change. Source: The Ann Arbor News (4/21)


On Lake Michigan, anglers are catching more chinook, cohos
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What was once an exotic nuisance and environmental disaster has become a valuable prey species that supports part of Michigan's tourism industry. Source: Detroit Free Press (4/21)


Tapping lake water at issue
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DuPage County officials are studying the feasibility of connecting some or all of the six small, unincorporated water systems that the county operates to the DuPage Water Commission's Lake Michigan water system. Source: Chicago Tribune (4/21)


Invasive species or delectable green?
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Of all the non-native plants and animals that have invaded the Great Lakes region, garlic mustard is one of the most prolific. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (4/18)


EDITORIAL: A Great Lakes border blockade
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The federal government for 32 years has ignored another foreign threat: invasive plants and animals that have hurt the Great Lakes and Michigan's economy. Source: The Saginaw News (4/18)


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