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Great Lakes Daily News: 19 May 2005
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
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Environmental groups target water exports
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Calling it a Wild West scene with little or no regulation, a coalition of environmental group says it want the Legislature to address the issue of water withdrawals and use in Michigan. Source: The Daily Oakland Press (5/19)


Permit for power plants approved for Oak Creek
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers approved a We Energies' plan Wednesday to build two new coal-fired power plants south of Milwaukee, including a two-mile pipeline into Lake Michigan. Source: The Appleton Post-Crescent (5/19)


EDITORIAL: Power plants are dirty, but options are limited
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Yes, NIPSCO has some of the dirtiest power plants in the nation, based on certain criteria, but the utility is investing a lot of money to clean up emissions. Source: The Northwest Indiana Times (5/19)


Lake Erie perch love shoreline in Ontario
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The one place where reductions in perch numbers and sizes have not occurred is the Canadian shoreline of Lake Erie. Source: Detroit Free Press (5/19)


Mercury output rule challenged
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One of Ohio's largest environmental groups yesterday joined several national groups in an effort to overturn the Bush administration's new rule for curbing airborne mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants. Source: The Toledo Blade (5/19)


Water safety vital to boaters
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This is spring training for boaters, and the same way baseball players tune up their batting strokes and pitching arms, boat owners must tune up their boats before launching their season. Source: Chicago Tribune (5/19)


Kyoto may seal fate for dinosaur-era fish
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The world's oldest, largest and arguably ugliest freshwater fish, already on the brink of extinction in North America, is now facing a new and highly unexpected threat to its survival in Canada - the international Kyoto accord on the environment. Source: Discovery Channel (5/18)


Their walk for awareness goes through Bay City
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Three American Indian women are circling Lake Huron on foot to call attention to threats to the Great Lakes. Source: The Bay City Times (5/18)


Cherry elected vice chair of Great Lakes panel
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Lt. Gov. John D. Cherry Jr. will serve as vice chairman of the Great Lakes Commission, a public agency with members from eight states and two Canadian provinces. Source: The Flint Journal (5/14)


Project will connect trails with the Superior Hiking Trail and beyond
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The Superior Hiking Trail running up Lake Superior's North Shore to the Canadian border is one of the nation's most lauded backcountry trails, but one of its significant unfulfilled visions is a connection to Duluth. Source: Duluth News Tribune (5/13)


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