GLIN NEWS: 20 May 2008

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> Great Lakes Daily News: 20 May 2008
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> MMSD settlement negotiated
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> The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District has agreed to pay
> $500,000 to settle a 2005 lawsuit accusing the district of violating
> state law in 2004 when 476 million gallons of untreated sewage poured
> out of separate sanitary sewers into urban streams and Lake Michigan
> during heavy rainstorms. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (5/20)
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> Future of Ohio's beautiful parks not very bright
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> The former Crane Creek State Park, which now is being managed by the
> Ohio Division of Wildlife for much-needed migratory bird habitat along
> western Lake Erie, is the poster child for a struggling state parks
> system in dire need of reliable, long-term funding. Source: The Toledo
> Blade (5/20)
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> Wisconsin weighs long-term impact of Great Lakes Compact
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> As Wisconsinites consider the long-term effects of what the Great
> Lakes Compact might have on the state, an official of the Wisconsin
> Wildlife Federation says more people need to have a philosophy similar
> to Native Americans to ensure the longevity of the lakes. Source:
> Green Bay Press Gazette (5/20)
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> EDITORIAL: Lansing must ratify Great Lakes treaty
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> The state Legislature brought Michigan closer to joining the Great
> Lakes water compact, and that's good news. Although lawmakers gave
> their preliminary approval, the compact still must resolve differences
> over water diversion rules within the state. Source: The Port Huron
> Times Herald (5/20)
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> 300 to cross once-polluted bay
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> The Presque Isle Bay Swim is a one-time commemorative event, a showy
> finale to the long, hard process of improving the region's water
> quality. Source: Erie Times-News (5/20)
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> Group appeals BP Whiting refinery permit, plans to sue company
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> BP's Whiting refinery and its controversial air permit face new
> appeals and a possible federal lawsuit. Source: The Northwest Indiana
> Times (5/19)
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> COMMENTARY: Michigan needs a strong law on commercial water withdrawals
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> What's more valuable - overpriced plastic bottles of water no better
> than the stuff that most people can get out of their kitchen taps or a
> river that offers unlimited recreational, aesthetic and emotional
> value to the people of the state? Source: Detroit Free Press (5/19)
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> Environmental groups eyeing possible expansion of state's only refinery
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> Although plans aren't in place for the proposed expansion of Murphy
> Oil's Superior refinery, the Lake Superior Greens are keeping close
> tabs on developments. Source: New Richmond News (5/19)
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> Sheboygan historian discovers shipwreck
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> On the night of July 19, 1922, a 101-foot wooden tugboat steamer named
> the Robert C. Pringle hit something in Lake Michigan about six miles
> offshore of Sheboygan, and sank to the bottom like a rock. Source:
> Wausau Daily Herald (5/19)
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> Harsh winter helps Great Lakes levels
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> The harsh winter of 2008 should lead to a better summer for Great
> Lakes boaters and shipping companies. Source: Muskegon Chronicle (5/19)
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