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Great Lakes Daily News: 17 September 2003
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Toronto waterfront dominates mayoral debate
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Toronto's waterfront is the main issue in the mayoral election, based on the
more than 500 people packed into a gym at the Harbourfront Community Centre
last night to question candidates on their plans for revitalizing the
waterfront. Source: The Toronto Star (9/17)


COMMENTARY: Unclear nuclear policy threatens Wisconsin
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The Wolf River Batholith, a geological feature covering more than 1,000
square miles in Northeast Wisconsin, has been proposed by the Department of
Energy as a potential site for large-scale nuclear waste disposal. Source:
The Green Bay News-Chronicle (9/17)


Montreal's drinking water is fine
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Montrealers can rest assured that the water running from their tap is safe,
say water conservation activists and city officials. Source: The Montreal
Gazette (9/16)


Dreyer completes stage 5 of Lake Michigan length swim
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Endurance swimmer Jim Dreyer has finished the fifth of 16 stages of his
attempt to swim the length of Lake Michigan. Source: Booth Newspapers (9/16)


Divers haul garbage from murky Lake Erie
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The sky cleared just in time yesterday for the 11th Put-in-Bay Underwater
Cleanup, allowing volunteer divers to retrieve just about everything in
their quest to rid the bottom of South Bass Island's main harbor of litter.
Source: The Toledo Blade (9/16)


Lake Erie shoreline battle still unresolved
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Members of the Ohio Lakefront Group, a grassroots organization started in
Sheffield Lake two years ago, spoke out against what they claim is the Ohio
Department of Natural Resource's recent practice of declaring coastal
property up to the "ordinary high water mark." Source: Port Clinton News
Herald (9/16)


Fast ferry getting closer to reality
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Rochester's fast ferry is about eight months away from hitting the water.
Source: WHEC-TV Rochester (9/16)


COMMENTARY: Restoring the Great Lakes
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According to Sen. Carl Levin, we must ensure that the federal government
meets its ongoing obligation to protect and restore the Great Lakes. Source:
The White Lake Beacon (9/15)


States say feds falling short on invasives
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State officials say the federal government is failing to do enough to stop
invasive species of plants and animals from damaging the environment and
economy. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (9/15)


Coast Guard and auxilliary patrol 3,000 miles of shoreline
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As the lead agency in maritime homeland security, the U.S. Coast Guard in
Michigan keeps busy protecting more than 3,000 miles of shoreline and
waterways and patrolling borders. Source: The Macomb Daily (9/15)


Ohio ranks high nationwide in hazardous material spills
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Ohio ranked second last year in the number of hazardous-material spills on
highways, railways and in the air - the 10th consecutive year that it has
either had the highest or second highest number of spills, according to the
U.S. Department of Transportation. Source: Dayton Daily News (9/14)

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