Thursday, September 30, 2004

GLIN NEWS: 30 September 2004

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Great Lakes Daily News: 30 September 2004
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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Rochester area awaits ferry decision
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Financial backers are deciding this week and next whether the Lake Ontario
ferry is a viable business and should continue operating between Rochester
and Toronto. Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (9/30)


Meeting looks at Great Lakes water use
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The international Great Lakes Water Management Initiative is attempting to
answer such questions as: Who does Great Lakes water belong to? Who has the
authority to grant a permit to take the water? How much water can they take
before it affects water levels? Source: Green Bay Press-Gazette (9/30)


Maritime chief says port can grow
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A stronger short-sea shipping system would reduce inland traffic congestion
and pollution, and help rejuvenate Great Lakes ports such as Cleveland,
according to the top maritime official of the U.S. Department of
Transportation. Source: The Plain Dealer (9/30)


Navy to cease operation of controversial transmitters
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The Navy plans to shut off its extremely low frequency, or ELF, radio
transmitters in northern Wisconsin and Michigan, which were designed to
enable it to communicate with its submarines but now regarded as Cold War
relics. Source: Chicago Tribune (9/30)


Pollution war will now be fought on the home front
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The nation's war on water pollution is going to start hitting at home, as
the focus shifts to the cumulative effect of all the pollutants picked up by
runoff from fields, front yards and other nonpoint sources. Source: The Bay
City Times (9/29)


Feds hear earful on wolf plan
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is getting two divergent viewpoints on
what to do with timber wolves: continue to protect them or allow states,
hunters and farmers to keep them in check. Source: Duluth News Tribune
(9/29)


Data from studies spun to support different agendas
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"Sound science" is the buzzword of choice in the dioxin cleanup debate, but
even the soundest science is subject to self-serving, selective
interpretation. Source: Detroit Free Press (9/29)


Dead squirrels found in local waters a mystery
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State biologists are mystified by a massive squirrel die-off that has left
more than a hundred dead squirrels washed up on West Michigan beaches.
Source: Muskegon Chronicle (9/29)


Milwaukeeans oppose Lake Michigan water for Waukesha
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The tide of public opinion at a Tuesday hearing strongly opposed allowing
access to Lake Michigan water for many Waukesha County, Wis. communities,
with some even tying the issue to urban poverty and racism. Source: Waukesha
Freeman (9/29)


Michigan House approves water diversion constitutional amendment
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The Michigan House has signed off on a measure that would allow voters to
decide in 2006 whether to change the state constitution to ban the diversion
of water from the Great Lakes. Source: Detroit Free Press (9/29)


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