Testing Chicago Fish Opens Door Into Big National Story
By MIKE DUNNE
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Projects in 12 States Share Wildfire Funding
$15 million of Stimulus funding for 55 projects, designed to help reduce wildfire hazards and reclaim burned lands, could be of substantial interest in the receiving communities.
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New Trails Are in 13 States
Twenty-two new National Recreational Trails, covering more than 525 miles, provide a good opportunity to cover outdoor recreation topics.
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Glacial Rebound Affects Great Lakes Levels
"Even today the Great Lakes landscape is bouncing back from the glaciers that retreated 10,000 years ago. A key question researchers recently sought to answer is whether that has anything to do with fluctuating lake levels."
Source: Great Lakes Echo, 06/09/2009
"S.S. Badger Coal Ash Dumping Surprises Many"
A historic ferry that carries cars and passengers across Lake Michigan is still dumping ash from its coal-fired engines into the Lake -- legally.
Source: Muskegon Chronicle, 06/08/2009
EPA Cites BP Whiting Refinery
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday cited the BP Whiting Refinery for violating federal air standards by releasing a cancer-causing toxin in waste from 2003 to 2008, which at times reached 16 times the acceptable limit, EPA officials said."
Source: NWI Times, 06/03/2009
"Tight Credit Markets Becalm Minnesota Wind Industry"
Development of wind power in Minnesota is being frustrated by a clogged up capital market.
Source: MinnPost.com, 06/02/2009
"Great Lakes Water Diversion Praised and Blasted"
Wisconsin's landmark out-of-basin diversion of the Great Lakes is getting both praised and blasted by water watchers.
Source: Great Lakes Echo, 05/25/2009
MI, IL, NY Mull Alt-Energy Incentives for Schools
"The Michigan Legislature may soon create a fund to loan schools money to build windmills, solar panels or other sources of alternative energy."
Source: Great Lakes Echo, 05/22/2009
"Researchers Shine New Light on Old Great Lakes Contaminant"
Canadian scientists are taking a closer look at dioxin-like contaminants in the Great Lakes called polychlorinated naphthalenes. They accumulate in fish and are toxic to humans.
Source: Great Lakes Echo, 05/20/2009
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