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Great Lakes Daily News: 23 January 2004
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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Bacteria solution explained
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Two companies pushing a bacteria solution to the polychlorinated biphenyls
(PCB) contaminated Fox River have asked regulators for a local test of the
cutting-edge cleanup technology. Source: Green Bay Press-Gazette (1/23)


COMMENTARY: Keep Great Lakes clean, safe
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According to Gov. Granholm, the question before us is how to lay a
foundation of water protection, preservation and restoration that future
generations can build upon. Source: Detroit Free Press (1/23)


Ohio's waters more polluted
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More Ohio waterways are imperiled by pollution than two years ago, and only
one river in the state meets federal clean water standards for swimming,
fishing, boating and other recreational uses. Source: The Cincinnati
Enquirer (1/23)


Hydro-Québec faces power shortfall
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Both the Québec government and the utility Hydro-Québec have said the
province's dwindling power supply has created an urgent need for more
electricity, prompting controversial plans for a natural-gas
power-generating station near Montreal. Source: The Globe and Mail (1/23)


Great Lake Aquarium gets out from under $6.5 million of debt
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Duluth city officials are wiping $6.5 million off the books of the Great
Lakes Aquarium, a move they say will make the tourist attraction a better
candidate for private donations. Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune (1/23)


Groups sue over taconite plant mercury rules
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Environmental groups have filed suit against the federal Environmental
Protection Agency, saying new air pollution regulations don't address the
problem of mercury pollution from taconite plants. Source: Duluth News Trib
une (1/23)


More Lake Michigan ferries to join veteran Badger
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The new Lake Michigan ferries are young, fast, fancy and -- unlike the
Badger -- planning to hit ports in major metropolitan areas. Source:
Detroit Free Press (1/23)


Natives file new claim to huge water, land area
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The Saugeen Ojibway Nation has filed a new claim to a vast expanse of water
and the bed of Lake Huron and Georgian Bay and a section of shoreline.
Source: The London Free Press (1/22)


Wind farm firm sets sights on breezy Benton County
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A California-based energy company owned by a French firm is looking at
building Indiana's first wind farm near Fowler in Benton County. Source:
Lafayette Journal and Courier (1/22)


Tourism effort brings an additional $29 million to region
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Efforts to sell the West Michigan region as a tourist destination apparently
have worked, a new report says. Source: Muskegon Chronicle (1/22)

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