Wednesday, February 02, 2005

= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
Support GLIN Daily News: http://www.glin.net/news/sponsor/
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =

Great Lakes Daily News: 31 January 2005
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

For links to these stories and more, visit http://www.great-lakes.net/news/


How far will Dow Chemical cleanup go?
----------------------------------------
Dow Chemical has agreed to clean the area contaminated with dioxin, though it's not clear how thorough the restoration will be. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (1/31)


New agreement with large-animal farms
----------------------------------------
Environmentalists don't like a new agreement between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the livestock industry, which provides limited immunity from environmental laws to some livestock farms while the EPA measures pollution on their farms. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (1/31)


Truck ferry between Erie and Canada a go
----------------------------------------
A ferry from Erie to Canada could begin carrying tractor-trailers across Lake Erie as soon as next year, according to the head of the Erie-Western Pennsylvania Port Authority. Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (1/31)


Freighter food still a draw, sailors say
----------------------------------------
Even as cutbacks reduce staffing and sometimes require long hours, crewmen still say the food is one of the top benefits of working aboard a Great Lakes freighter. Source: Detroit Free Press (1/31)


Lake Michigan greenway plan a step closer
----------------------------------------
The proposed Marquette Greenway Plan seeks to recapture at least 75 percent of the Lake Michigan shoreline in Indiana to create an area for public use, including a beachfront and riverwalk. Source: The Northwest Indiana Times (1/30)


Dumped sewage risks health
----------------------------------------
Metro Detroit wastewater treatment plants have released more than 40 billion gallons of raw or only partially treated sewage into area waterways over the past three years, a volume so large that it surprised some environmentalists. Source: The Detroit News (1/30)


Sites get green light from Ontario MNR
----------------------------------------
The Ministry of Natural Resources has approved proposals for possible wind power development on 21 Crown land sites including four in Northwestern Ontario. Source: The Chronicle-Journal (1/30)


EDITORIAL: Great Lakes are ours to save
----------------------------------------
No matter what special interests drive use and abuse of the Great Lakes, the overriding goal must be to restore, preserve and protect the largest freshwater system on earth. Source: Green Bay Press-Gazette (1/30)


Mohawks, New York foresee land deal
----------------------------------------
The St. Regis Mohawk Tribe and Gov. George Pataki will sign a formal land claim settlement as early as Tuesday, allowing the Mohawks to buy more land for their Akwesasne Reservation along the St. Lawrence River at the Canadian border. Source: The Albany Times Union (1/30)


'Seiche' phenomenon hits often, sometimes kills
----------------------------------------
Created by high winds or squall lines that exert intense downward pressure, seiches can make the Great Lakes slosh back and forth, sending powerful waves racing to the shorelines. Source: Muskegon Chronicle (1/30)


Did you miss a day of Daily News? Remember to use our searchable story
archive at http://www.great-lakes.net/news/inthenews.html
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
Great Lakes Daily News is a collaborative project of the Great Lakes
Information Network (www.glin.net) and the Great Lakes Radio Consortium
(www.glrc.org), both based in Ann Arbor, Mich.

TO SUBSCRIBE and receive this Great Lakes news compendium daily, see
www.glin.net/forms/dailynews_form.html

TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Send a message to majordomo@great-lakes.net with the
command 'unsubscribe dailynews' in the body of the message.

TO SUBMIT A NEWS STORY: www.glin.net/forms/news_form.html
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =

No comments: