GLIN NEWS: 17 March 2008

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> Great Lakes Daily News: 17 March 2008
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> Book publishers getting greener
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> The next time you curl up with your favorite book, you might think
> about where the paper in the book comes from. Source: The Environment
> Report (3/17)
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> EDITORIAL: Pollution, drugs in water require study, solutions to
> protect public health
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> Aside from oxygen, no other substance is as basic to sustaining human
> life as water, and citizens and government must ensure the safety of
> that water. Source: The Lorain Morning Journal (3/17)
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> License plate sales raise $215,000 for lighthouses
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> More than $215,800 has been raised for lighthouse restoration through
> the sale of "Save Our Lights" license plates, according to the
> Michigan Department of History, Arts and Libraries. Source: Detroit
> Free Press (3/17)
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> Mayor says help needed with Great Lakes
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> When it comes to protecting Lake Michigan, Racine Mayor Gary Becker
> believes the costs can't be limited to just those who live around it.
> Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (3/16)
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> Searching for clues to save America's fish
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> The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Fish Health Center may remind you
> of another television show. Source: KARE-Minneapolis (3/16)
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> Blocked study draws attention to PCBs
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> It has been almost 20 years since the National Wildlife Federation
> issued its first fish consumption warning, drawing the public's
> attention to the effects of PCBs and mercury on Great Lakes fish.
> Source: Green Bay Press-Gazette (3/15)
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> Pier-jumping fines legislation dies in Mich. House committee
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> A state Senate bill that would have fined people who jump off piers,
> breakwaters and other similar structures in the Great Lakes has failed
> to make it out of a House committee. Source: The Grand Rapids Press
> (3/15)
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> COMMENTARY: Fighting to save Great Lakes is worth the effort
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> One citizen can make a difference. Maybe not alone, but when joined by
> hundreds or thousands of others, a loud presence can be felt. Now is
> the time to act to be part of the solution. Source: The Grand Rapids
> Press (3/15)
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> Crowd supports BP's request for new air permit
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> Indiana will grant a permit for BP's planned $3.8 billion Whiting
> refinery expansion, officials said Friday at a Department of
> Environmental Management public hearing. Source: Chicago Tribune (3/14)
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