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Great Lakes Daily News: 04 February 2008
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and The
Environment Report.
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Botulism is killing Great Lakes birds
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Researchers say as many as 8,000 waterfowl may have died of type E botulism along Lake Michigan's northeast shore last fall, the second such die-off in two years. Source: Detroit Free Press (2/4)
Lack of 'good ice' in winter stresses water levels
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The Great Lakes, the region's greatest natural resource and the backbone of its economy, take a beating from these on-again, off-again winters. Source: The Toledo Blade (2/4)
Futuregen project scrapped by feds
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The United States Department of Energy is pulling the plug on a state-of-the-art Illinois power plant intended to demonstrate how coal could be burned cleanly. Source: The Environment Report (2/4)
Company turns waste juice into energy
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A test project at a fruit juice plant in Erie, Pa. is producing energy from the sugar residue in millions of gallons of wastewater. Source: The Environment Report (2/4)
Annual polar plunge comes off with a splash
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About 450 people recently took the plunge into the icy waters of Lake Superior to raise money for Special Olympics. Source:
KBJR-TV Duluth (2/3)
COMMENTARY: Ohio must protect its precious fresh water resource
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Ratifying the Great Lakes Compact will establish a standard to ensure that Great Lakes waters remain locally controlled and continue to benefit people, property and businesses within the region. Source: The Lorain Morning Journal (2/3)
Herons in Chicago wetlands survive exposure to banned toxins
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Continued exposure to chemicals banned for decades does not appear to be affecting the reproductive success of black-crowned night-herons nesting in the wetlands of southeast Chicago. Source: Environment News Service (2/2)
Keeping Waukesha's sewage out of the Root River
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Advocates for the Root River are concerned about possible impacts on the waterway if it is used to return Waukesha waste water to Lake Michigan under the terms of the pending Great Lakes Compact. Source: The Racine Journal Times (2/2)
States differ on solution to deadly fish virus
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While Wisconsin is suspending much of its fish planting program because of viral hemorrhagic septicemia, Michigan doesn't plan to halt stocking this year. Source: Ironwood Daily Globe (2/1)
USEPA: 2008 will be a year for algae action
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials say scientists will get a better handle on how to manage the muck in Sagnaw Bay after studies this year to map phosphorus inputs and examine existing levels. Source: The Bay City Times (2/1)
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Great Lakes Daily News: 04 February 2008
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and The
Environment Report.
For links to these stories and more, visit http://www.great-lakes.net/news/
Botulism is killing Great Lakes birds
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Researchers say as many as 8,000 waterfowl may have died of type E botulism along Lake Michigan's northeast shore last fall, the second such die-off in two years. Source: Detroit Free Press (2/4)
Lack of 'good ice' in winter stresses water levels
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The Great Lakes, the region's greatest natural resource and the backbone of its economy, take a beating from these on-again, off-again winters. Source: The Toledo Blade (2/4)
Futuregen project scrapped by feds
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The United States Department of Energy is pulling the plug on a state-of-the-art Illinois power plant intended to demonstrate how coal could be burned cleanly. Source: The Environment Report (2/4)
Company turns waste juice into energy
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A test project at a fruit juice plant in Erie, Pa. is producing energy from the sugar residue in millions of gallons of wastewater. Source: The Environment Report (2/4)
Annual polar plunge comes off with a splash
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About 450 people recently took the plunge into the icy waters of Lake Superior to raise money for Special Olympics. Source:
KBJR-TV Duluth (2/3)
COMMENTARY: Ohio must protect its precious fresh water resource
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Ratifying the Great Lakes Compact will establish a standard to ensure that Great Lakes waters remain locally controlled and continue to benefit people, property and businesses within the region. Source: The Lorain Morning Journal (2/3)
Herons in Chicago wetlands survive exposure to banned toxins
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Continued exposure to chemicals banned for decades does not appear to be affecting the reproductive success of black-crowned night-herons nesting in the wetlands of southeast Chicago. Source: Environment News Service (2/2)
Keeping Waukesha's sewage out of the Root River
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Advocates for the Root River are concerned about possible impacts on the waterway if it is used to return Waukesha waste water to Lake Michigan under the terms of the pending Great Lakes Compact. Source: The Racine Journal Times (2/2)
States differ on solution to deadly fish virus
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While Wisconsin is suspending much of its fish planting program because of viral hemorrhagic septicemia, Michigan doesn't plan to halt stocking this year. Source: Ironwood Daily Globe (2/1)
USEPA: 2008 will be a year for algae action
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials say scientists will get a better handle on how to manage the muck in Sagnaw Bay after studies this year to map phosphorus inputs and examine existing levels. Source: The Bay City Times (2/1)
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