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Great Lakes Daily News: 25 April 2005
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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Legal battles of oil and gas drilling
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Ohio has enacted legislation stripping local communities of the power to block oil and gas drilling, an example of a nationwide trend in which state governments are limiting the power of local authorities to make environmental decisions. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (4/25)


Big city mayor pushes "green" buildings
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Chicago Mayor Richard Daly has set "green" standards for all new buildings, using a mix of mandates and incentives to lessen their burden on the environment. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (4/25)


Toronto to keep trash coming
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Despite howls of protest on both sides of the border, the Toronto City Council is expected to renew a $36 million (U.S.) contract to send some 800,000 tons of trash per year into Michigan. Source: The Detroit News (4/25)


Chicago River to get sewage warnings
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The Chicago River is the cleanest it has been in decades, but signs are going up that provide a stark reminder of the waterway's sewage-choked history. Source: Chicago Tribune (4/25)


Ten ships to ply Lake Erie to study ailing central basin
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Dozens of scientists will take a sweeping look at Lake Erie starting next month in what is being called one of the largest research projects ever on the Great Lakes. Source: The Plain Dealer (4/25)


Landowners want to bar neighbors from shoreline
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Courts increasingly are being asked to settle battles over what many consider a birthright: Access to 11,000 inland lakes and four Great Lakes that give Michigan the second-largest shoreline of any U.S. state. Source: The Detroit News (4/24)


West-Central counties promote great outdoors
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While other regions around Lake Michigan rely on urban attractions to bolster tourism, a group of western Michigan counties plans to market its natural wonders to attract visitors. Source: Muskegon Chronicle (4/24)


Wetlands remedy jeered
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Environmental watchdogs have lashed out at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' proposed remedy for a developer's wetlands violations adjacent to Grand Traverse Bay. Source: Traverse City Record-Eagle (4/24)


Saving New York's north coast
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Conditions along Lake Ontario's south and east in-shore areas are as polluted as ever, and have largely been overlooked in the laudable efforts to clean up the Great Lakes. Source: Westside News Inc. (4/24)


Hatching a plan to stock Ontario's lakes, rivers
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If you reel in a big one once Ontario's spring fishing season officially gets underway, there's a good chance the walleye or trout at the end of your line came from a provincial fish culture station. Source: Northern Life (4/22)


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