Tuesday, February 19, 2008

GLIN NEWS: 19 February 2008

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Great Lakes Daily News: 19 February 2008
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Interim report focuses on cutting energy use
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A Wisconsin task force made recommendations in an interim report to invest more resources in combating global warming. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (2/19)


Disease risk high near toxic waters
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More than a dozen Michigan communities in the Great Lakes basin show higher than normal rates of health problems, according to a federal report that has been withheld over concerns about how it was conducted. Source: The Detroit News (2/19)


Huron County eagles get head start
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A pair of bald eagles in Huron County have the distinction of being the first in Ohio to begin incubation of eggs, officially kicking off the 2008 nesting season. Source: The Toledo Blade (2/19)


Burns Ditch dredging awaits study by Corps
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Action to clear Burns Ditch of sand brought in by last summer's severe storms is in the works, but can't come any time soon, boat owners with slips in the Portage Marina have been told. Source: Merrillville Post-Tribune (2/19)


Mayor won't release appraisal
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An appraisal of a Town of Waukesha parcel that could provide a new and disputed water source for the city is in the hands of Mayor Larry Nelson, who was refusing Monday to make its findings public. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (2/19)


EDITORIAL: Don't scuttle good plan to protect Great Lakes water
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Wisconsin lawmakers should realize that protecting the Great Lakes - even with a pact that is not perfect in everyone's eyes - is much better than having no protection at all. Source: The Sheboygan Press (2/19)


New method could harm river cleanup efforts
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A shift in how Indiana compiles a federally mandated list of its polluted waterways has removed about 800 stretches of rivers and streams from that list, leaving environmentalists worried that it could hamper watershed restoration efforts. Source: Indianapolis Business Journal (2/18)


Delay of report is blamed on politics
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The lead author and peer reviewers of a government report raising the possibility of public health threats from industrial contamination throughout the Great Lakes region are charging that the report is being suppressed because of the questions it raises. Source: The Washington Post (2/18)


Group aims to improve White Lake's pollution rating
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Members of the White Lake Public Advisory Council are hoping to make substantial progress this year on fixing some of the problems that caused the lake to be on the list of the Great Lakes' worst pollution sites. Source: Muskegon Chronicle (2/18)


COMMENTARY: The Great Lakes states need their own regional strategy
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Almost 40 years ago, faced with the prospect of their hidebound region being left permanently behind by a changing economy, the governors of 13 states got together to fix it. The Great Lakes should follow that example. Source: Detroit Free Press (2/17)


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