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Great Lakes News: 17 February 2004
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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Cuts leave pollution program 'a paper tiger'
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Funding and staff shortages have stalled Wisconsin's program to curb runoff
pollution nearly two years after it became law, conservationists say.
Source: Green Bay Press-Gazette (2/17)


Illinois hopes rivers can help plug state's job leak
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Commerce officials think riverfront ports can boost Illinois' teetering
economy, helping plug a leak that has seen more than 200,000 jobs stream out
of the state over the last four years. Source: The Northwest Indiana Times
(2/17)


Border guards add firepower
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The U.S. Bureau of Customs and Border Protection plans to station armed
agents in Rochester, N.Y., to help patrol Lake Ontario against potential
terrorists and drug runners. Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (2/17)


Townships fight gas pipeline
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A gas company's plan to lay a new pipeline that would cut a 100-foot swatch
though environmentally sensitive areas has Oakland County residents and
township leaders up in arms. Source: The Detroit News (2/17)


Bill to make mourning doves legal prey stirs passions on both sides
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A proposed law to allow dove hunting in Michigan is a springboard for
threats, protests, political sleight of hand and exhaustive lobbying efforts
unlike any seen since, well, the last time it was proposed. Source: Detroit
Free Press (2/17)


Great Lakes provinces and states want border reopened to Canadian cattle
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Great Lakes states and provinces are urging Canada and the United States to
quickly reopen their borders to live cattle to help restore public
confidence in food safety. Source: The Canadian Press (2/16)


EDITORIAL: Clean water in Minnesota
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In the current fiscal and political climate, even the smartest and most
reasonable of public solutions to problems can fall by the wayside. Source:
St. Paul Pioneer Press (2/16)


Fear of mercury pollution fuels debate over Zion incinerator
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It's not the fear of dirty air, but of mercury-contaminated fish that has
residents of a Chicago-area community opposing plans for a sludge
incinerator. Source: Chicago Sun-Times (2/15)


Road salt poses big threat to suburban ecosystems
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Ecologists are warning that the accumulation of road salt appears to be
gradually transforming suburban woods and wetlands, even well away from
pavement. Source: Arlington Heights Daily Herald (2/14)

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