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Great Lakes Daily News: 20 January 2005
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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Rule eased for some emissions at three refineries
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The metropolitan areas of Toledo and Lima, Ohio, probably will have to work harder to meet the federal government's tough new standard for smog-forming ozone because of the federal and Ohio EPAs' willingness to ease up on regulations for a certain type of refinery boiler. Source: The Toledo Blade (1/20)


Sunken barges jam dams
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Traffic on a 42-mile stretch of the Ohio River was restricted Tuesday because gates used to control the water level were jammed in the open position by wrecked barges. Source: The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette (1/19)


1% bed tax is considered to tout tourism, travel in Ohio
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Gov. Bob Taft's administration is considering a 1 percent statewide bed tax to help promote Ohio travel with fewer general-fund dollars, but lodging operators and tourism officials in northwest Ohio think the state should look elsewhere for the money. Source: The Toledo Blade (1/19)


Lawn-care opponents mark turf
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Fearing that the Canadian movement to ban the use of pesticides on lawns will take root in the United States, the American lawn-care industry has thrown down the gauntlet. Source: The Globe and Mail (1/18)


Plan to convert sewage gases into electricity could prove expensive
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City councillors agreed to allow Utilities Kingston to move ahead with an electric cogeneration project that would be fuelled by the burning of methane gas produced at the Ravensview sewage treatment plant. Source: The Kingston Whig-Standard (1/18)


Ottawa chided on approach to Kyoto
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Environmental groups accused the federal government Tuesday of letting industry "off the hook" on its Kyoto targets while encouraging citizens to cut their energy use. Source: The Globe and Mail (1/18)


West Chicago gushes over new water plant
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With the ceremonial turn of a large blue valve, West Chicago Mayor Michael Fortner and other local leaders celebrated the completion of a new water treatment plant Monday. Source: The Daily Herald (1/18)


Ship subsidies possible, foes say
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As Milwaukee County moves toward decision day on plans for a floating naval museum on the lakefront, opponents Tuesday tried to fan fears that public subsidies might eventually have to bail out what backers say is a privately funded venture. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (1/18)


Remediation efforts may get White Lake off toxic list
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It may not be like the FBI's Most Wanted list, but getting White Lake off a similar unsavory list, the one that says it is an environmental Area of Concern in the Great Lakes Basin continues to get scientific and public attention. Source: The White Lake Beacon (1/17)


EDITORIAL: Reduce water woes by saving wetlands
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Indiana needs not only to protect its remaining wetlands but also to restore more of those that have been lost. Source: The Indianapolis Star (1/17)


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