Tuesday, February 12, 2008

GLIN News For 02/12/2008

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Great Lakes Daily News: 12 February 2008
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and The Environment Report.

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Area's toxins may be sickening people
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Pollution created by several active and abandoned Milwaukee County industries may be contributing to the ill health of thousands of county residents, according to a government report. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (2/12)


Phosphorous detergent ban bill advances
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Indiana took another step forward in reducing the amount of pollution going into its waterways Monday, according to a Hoosier environmental group. Source: Merrillville Post-Tribune (2/12)


Bill to phase out mercury products
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A bill addressing mercury pollution by phasing out certain products from the marketplace was unanimously recommended by the Wisconsin Senate Committee on Environmental Resources on Friday. Source: Ironwood Daily Globe (2/12)


Historians think Lake Superior shipwreck is a harbor tug
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Historians looking into a shipwreck discovered a year ago on Lake Superior think the wreck is a harbor tug that went under in 1888. Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press (2/12)


Refinery pollution may soar
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Global-warming pollution from Midwest oil refineries is expected to soar by as much as 40 percent during the next decade, a dramatic increase that runs counter to regional and national efforts to curb heat-trapping gases. Source: Chicago Tribune (2/12)


COMMENTARY: Freshwater is a precious commodity
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We must find ways to use water efficiently, and we have to minimize pollution of the precious little fresh water we have. Source: The Southtown Star (2/12)


New York poised to join agreement to protect Great Lakes
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New Yorkers moved one step closer Monday to having our greatest water resource permanently protected. Source: The Syracuse Post-Standard (2/11)


COMMENTARY: How wastewater can improve the Root River
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Despite the most comprehensive water conservation program in the Midwest - including new conservation rates and a ban on daytime sprinkling - Waukesha cannot conserve its way out of the problem. Source: The Racine Journal Times (2/11)


Great Lakes cruising takes bruising
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The Twin Ports will welcome a new cruise ship in 2009, when Travel Dynamics International aims to launch regular service between Duluth and Toronto. Source: Duluth News Tribune (2/11)


Lake levels sinking to new lows
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The next few months will be crucial for Michigan boaters hoping to see a rise in Great Lakes levels -- levels that have been in a slump for the last few years. Source: The Detroit News (2/9)


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