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03/11 - Assembly rejects proposed vote on Great Lakes compact: The Republican majority in the state Assembly tonight blocked an effort by Democrats to hold a vote on the Great Lakes compact. |
03/11 - Cities need up to $20 billion for sewage treatment: report: Canadian cities and communities need a minimum of $10 billion to $20 billion over the next two decades to clean up waste water treatment facilities that are threatening the public health of Canadians, warns a confidential Environment Canada document obtained by Canwest News Service. |
03/11 - Doyle says he would call special session on Great Lakes Compact: Gov. Jim Doyle says he would call the Wisconsin Legislature into a special session to pass the Great Lakes Compact in a second if the votes to pass it were lined up. |
03/10 - Event aimed at protecting surface water from drug residue: Washington County is pooling resources with four neighboring counties in order to secure funding to properly dispose of prescription and over-the-counter medication to help keep drug residuals out of regional surface water. |
03/10 - EDITORIAL: Extend session until consensus reached on Great Lakes water: Wisconsin's Legislature needs armed guards, but not to provide security. Like communist guards in the former East Germany, their job would be to keep occupants from leaving. Something must be done to prevent them from adjourning this week before completing their work. |
03/10 - Area utilities confident water supply is safe: The Associated Press conducted a national water probe in 24 major metropolitan areas. While Chicago's water was not tested in this study, those who maintain our drinking water insist it is clean and safe. |
03/09 - Steps taken to stop spread of invasive species: A Sarnia-based federal expert on Great Lakes invasive species is reacting with caution to a Minnesota proposal to stop their spread through new shipping regulations. |
03/09 - State experts will be featured at global warming symposium: A symposium featuring experts from throughout the state on the issue of Global Warming will be held March 28-29 and April 4-5 at the University of Wisconsin-Fond du Lac. |
03/09 - No region untouched by climate change, study shows: Climate change is already affecting every region of Canada, according to a major new federal government study that cites specific local examples of the good and bad in a warming nation. |
03/08 - Getting rid of Asian carp a problem: It can be difficult for a company that makes its money selling fish to turn away commercial fishermen with boats loaded full of thousands of pounds of the day's catch. |
03/08 - Drug disposal advocated for lake's sake: 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. |
03/08 - Record snowpack should replenish low levels in Great Lakes: This winter's heavy snowpack is excellent news for water levels in the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River, and should also replenish groundwater for farmland and inland communities. |
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