GLIN NEWS: 01 May 2008

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> Great Lakes Daily News: 01 May 2008
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> Great Lakes pollution, health link denied
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> No definitive link can be made between industrial pollution in the
> Great Lakes region and human health concerns, according to a revised
> version of a controversial federal study released Wednesday. Source:
> The Detroit News (5/1)
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> Northland conservation groups sue feds over ballast regulations
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> Four Northland conservation groups have filed suit against two federal
> agencies, claiming the government has the authority and obligation to
> regulate ballast water but has failed to do so. Source: Duluth News
> Tribune (5/1)
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> 'Shocking' bird cull underway
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> The shooting of double-crested cormorants on Middle Island began
> Wednesday afternoon. Source: The Windsor Star (5/1)
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> Lt. Gov. John Cherry clears way for Saginaw River dredging spoils site
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> The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has won the battle over a dredging
> site to hold 20 years worth of spoils from the Upper Saginaw River.
> Under a compromise worked out in a private meeting with Lt. Gov. John
> Cherry, the DEQ won't require a slurry wall or groundwater permit for
> the site. Source: MLive.com (5/1)
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> Coast Guard: Be vigilant on water
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> The U.S. government is asking boaters to keep their eyes peeled for
> suspicious activity on area waterways. Source: The Port Huron Times
> Herald (5/1)
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> County gets A in cutting air pollution
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> Dane County got an A in reducing ozone pollution, but several Lake
> Michigan lakeshore counties didn't fare as well on air quality, in the
> 2008 air quality report released Thursday by the American Lung
> Association. Source: The Capital Times (5/1)
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> Windsor mayor not sold on DRIC proposal
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> Mayor Eddie Francis was unenthusiastic about the government's
> long-awaited plan for border access roads. Source: The Windsor Star (5/1)
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> Lakes study will not be rushed
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> A committee that's examining Great Lakes water levels won't be rushed
> to judgment before carefully collecting and examining all pertinent
> data. Source: The Sarnia Observer (5/1)
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> GOP lawmakers fight linking Great Lakes Compact, budget repair
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> Three Republican legislators -- two senators and a member of the
> Assembly -- said legislative leaders must not tie ratification of the
> Great Lakes compact and passage of a budget-repair measure together in
> one bill. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (4/30)
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> Lake Michigan ferry service begins May 3
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> Ferry service to Wisconsin resumes on May 3. Source: WZZM-Grand Rapids
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