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Great Lakes News: 16 February 2004
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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Multistate effort targets mercury pollution
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A group of Great Lakes state legislators are pushing for new laws aimed at
limiting mercury pollution. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (2/16)


Enviros call on FCC to enforce tower regulations
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An environmental group has filed a complaint against the Federal
Communications Commission in an attempt to cut down on bird deaths caused by
communication towers. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (2/16)


Seagull droppings top source of beach bacteria, study finds
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A new study uses DNA evidence to identify seagull droppings as the top
source of E. coli bacteria in water samples collected last summer along the
shores of Lake Michigan. Source: Chicago Tribune (2/16)


Bush administration reversed effort to ban water polluter
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The Bush administration has quietly shelved a proposal to ban a gasoline
additive that contaminates drinking water in many communities. Source:
Chicago Sun-Times (2/16)


EDITORIAL: Protecting Michigan's water
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Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm is on the right track with her proposal to
regulate water withdrawals from the Great Lakes in her state. Source: The
Toledo Blade (2/16)


Iron Range revives to meet booming demand in China
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China's exploding steel demand has created a new market for American ore and
brought jobs back to Minnesota's struggling Iron Range, the center of U.S.
iron ore mining. Source: Booth Newspapers (2/15)


Michigan forfeits Metro trees to Asian beetle
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After a two-year battle between southeast Michigan and the emerald ash
borer, the bug has won, ending any lingering hope that the area's 12 million
ash trees may be saved. Source: The Detroit News (2/15)


When it rains, EPA would let waste pour
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The Bush administration wants to make it easier for cities to release
partially treated sewage during heavy rains and snowmelts, a policy shift
that could boost levels of disease-causing pathogens in Lake Michigan and
other waterways. Source: Chicago Tribune (2/15)


Storm brewing over Niagara's famed mist
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Locals say the mist spraying from Niagara Falls is chilling the bones of
visitors with increasing frequency and suggest a recently constructed wall
of high-rise hotels may be the culprit. Source: The Globe and Mail (2/14)


Proposed water rules may present problems for small towns
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Proposed rules designed to further safeguard drinking water may become the
bane of existence for small northwestern Ontario towns already grappling
with a multitude of new regulations in the wake of the Walkerton tragedy.
Source: The Thunder Bay Chronicle-Journal (2/14)

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