Wednesday, November 02, 2005

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Great Lakes Daily News: 21 October 2005
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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Bill would allow gas drilling in Lake Erie
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Senate Bill 193, which would allow companies to drill for natural gas in state
parks and in Lake Erie, made its first steps onto the Senate floor Wednesday.
Source: The Morning Journal (10/21)


Sewage pipe plan raises water fears
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Drinking water for millions of people could be poisoned and some of the most
sensitive ecology in southern Ontario damaged if part of a 100-kilometer sewer
system between Lake Simcoe and Lake Ontario is built, critics said yesterday.
Source: The London Free Press (10/21)


EDITORIAL: Valid questions over nuclear plant
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Officials have warned that brownouts and blackouts are probable over the next
two years until new sources come online. At the same time, Premier Dalton
McGuinty is still promising that Ontario will phase out all its coal-generated
power plants by 2009. Source: The Toronto Star (10/21)


Damn the critics! Full speed ahead!
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Hamilton Mayor Larry Di Ianni joins Hamilton East-Stoney Creek Liberal MP Tony
Valeri and various others, as they reveal the city will be receiving a
$105-million funding injection for infrastructure projects and the cleanup of
Hamilton Harbour. Source: Stoney Creek News (10/21)


Tamer waterfront regs approved
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Three proposed amendments for waterfront property owners that involve minor
changes from what's now in place have been approved by the Cheboygan County
Planning Commission and will go to the Cheboygan County Board of Commissioners
for adoption. Source: Cheboygan Daily Tribune (10/21)


Mackinaw passes with flying colors
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If you happened to drive past the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Mackinaw this week,
you may have noticed a broom attached to the ship's mast. Source: Cheboygan
Daily Tribune (10/21)


Wind farm fate in hands of Ontario Municipal Board
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The fate of a wind farm along the shores of Lake Erie now rests with the Ontario
Municipal Board. On Oct. 18, councilors for Norfolk County reviewed three
letters of appeal to zoning bylaw amendments that would have permitted
construction of wind turbines within the county. Source: Tillsonburg News
(10/21)


Activists aim to undercut sand-mining expansion
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Nugent Sand Co. has applied for a state permit to continue its sand-mining
operation in Norton Shores dunes through 2012, and environmentalists are crying
foul. Source: The Muskegon Chronicle (10/20)


DEQ says plan to manage river toxins will endanger public
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Michigan Department of Environmental Quality officials are critical of a
management plan for toxic spoils from a Saginaw River dredging project, saying
the plan as written will endanger public health and wildlife. Source: The Bay
City Times (10/20)


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