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Great Lakes Daily News: 21 August 2006
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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Conflict muddies new law on water
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Environmentalists are trying to ensure a vociferous landowners' group doesn't
derail a new provincial law aimed at preventing another Walkerton-style
drinking water tragedy. Source: The Toronto Star (8/21)


Indiana slowly ponders Great Lakes pact
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Indiana administration officials will not seek legislative approval until 2008
for a Great Lakes compact signed last year by Gov. Mitch Daniels and under
active consideration by other Great Lakes lawmakers. Source: South Bend Tribune
(8/21)


PCB fight gets $500,000
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The new state budget allocates $500,000 to fight cancer-causing PCBs in St.
Clair Shores canals at a time when city officials hope the 5-year cleanup is
entering its final phase. Source: The Macomb Daily (8/21)


Life after a forest fire
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A big forest fire this summer in the northwoods gives people a chance to see
just how fast the forest can recover. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium
(8/21)


EDITORIAL: Lakes face new threat
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Given the growing threat from invasive species, it is troubling that Ottawa has
watered down new rules governing ballast water on ships traveling into the
lakes, exempting many from measures aimed at keeping invasive species out.
Source: The Toronto Star (8/21)


After a ferry venture fails, criticism and questions
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After being taken over by the city of Rochester, the ferry business continues to
drain tax dollars while investigators determine if the failed venture stretched
into criminality. Source: The New York Times (8/21)


New way to reduce CO2 pollution?
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Most scientists believe the earth is warming, partly because of carbon dioxide
from sources such as coal-fired power plants and automobiles. A new study shows
the heat-trapping gas could be pumped into deep-sea sediment. Source: Great
Lakes Radio Consortium (8/21)


Towers of power along the lake
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Eight giant wind turbines, each taller than Buffalo City Hall, are slated to
become permanent fixtures on the Lake Erie waterfront. Source: The Buffalo News
(8/20)


Managing lamprey key to fishery survival
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Chemical treatments, river dams, and sterilization are used to reduce the
numbers of eel-like invasive species known as sea lampreys. Source: Traverse
City Record-Eagle (8/20)


Lake Michigan shipwreck discoveries announced
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Michigan shipwreck experts say a "treasure trove of history" in the form of a
wood-hulled cargo ship has been discovered nearly 80 years after it went to the
bottom of Lake Michigan. Source: The Grand Rapids Press (8/19)


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