GLIN NEWS: 11 March 2008

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> Great Lakes Daily News: 11 March 2008
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> Great Lakes compact likely stalled this session
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> The Great Lakes compact meant to protect against large diversions of
> water will not pass in Wisconsin this session, a state legislator said
> late Monday. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (3/11)
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> Drug disposal advocated for lake's sake
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> Pain relievers, antibiotics and other prescription drugs, caffeine and
> a chemical created inside the bodies of smokers are among the
> chemicals found in recent tests of Milwaukee's sewage and water from
> the city's harbor and Lake Michigan. Source: Milwaukee Journal
> Sentinel (3/11)
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> Asbestos fear at Chicago beach
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> Oak Street Beach needs to be retested for asbestos because previous
> tests for the cancer-causing substance weren't done properly, a
> scientist on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's asbestos
> advisory board is urging. Source: Chicago Sun-Times (3/11)
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> Gov. Granholm blown away by wind possibilities
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> Grand Valley State University's alternative energy director says he
> hopes seeing is believing for Michigan leaders touring a working
> manure-to-energy plant on a Muskegon County farm. Source: Muskegon
> Chronicle (3/11)
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> Exploring Bayfield's ice caves
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> Over the years, nature's elements have carved out several magnificent
> caves along the shores of Lake Superior. Source: KBJR-Northland (3/11)
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> Chicago doesn't test, but insists water safe
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> Chicago leaders are so convinced you should be drinking Chicago tap
> water they imposed a tax on bottled water. Source: Chicago Sun-Times
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> Feds could face charges if cormorant cull inhumane
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> A local humane society has warned Parks Canada that it could face
> charges under the Criminal Code if a proposed cull of double-crested
> cormorants on Middle Island is done inhumanely. Source: The Windsor
> Star (3/10)
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> AP investigation finds drugs in Detroit water supply
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> Detroit is one of those metropolitan areas whose water tested positive
> for drugs in a new Associated Press investigation. Source:
> WJRT-Mid-Michigan (3/10)
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> Federal city partnership creating lake front park
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> The new lake front park in Portage will allow visitors an easier
> public trek to Lake Michigan. Source: Chesterton Tribune (3/10)
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> Gooseberry's frozen waterfalls are a prime pick for climbers
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> Nearly 300,000 people visit Gooseberry Falls State Park every summer
> to watch a liquid Gooseberry River plunge toward Lake Superior.
> Recently, a group started ice-climbing the frozen falls. Source:
> Farmington Independent (3/10)
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