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June 2009
COMMENTARY: Collaboration, not competition, is critical
The Buffalo News (6/30)

EDITORIAL: Politics have no place in river study
The Times Herald (6/30)

Reviving a fishing tradition
Indian Country Today (6/30)

Minnesota’s environment, arts tax begins Wednesday
Duluth News Tribune (6/30)

Ontario shelves costly nukes
The Toronto Star (6/30)

COMMENTARY: Green jobs are growing Michigan's future
News/Talk 760 WJR, Detroit, MI (6/30)

Windsor No. 3 raw sewage offender
The Windsor Star (6/30)

Michigan says it's trying to settle shipwreck case
Petsokey News-Review (6/30)

EDITORIAL: Great Lakes deserve attention, funding
Erie Times-News (6/30)

New Soo Lock holds key to shipping
The Detroit News (6/29)

Will the rust belt become the green belt?
GreenTech Media (6/29)

Michigan may reunite two environmental agencies
The Detroit News (6/29)

Great Lakes wolves returning to endangered list
Star Tribune (6/29)

EPA, Dow Chemical resuming dioxin talks
Associated Press (6/29)

COMMENTARY: Forgotten passage
Financial Post (6/29)

City seeks pipeline opinion
The Sarnia Observer (6/29)

Mercury still subtly hazardous
The Bay View Compass (6/29)

On St. Lawrence Seaway's 50th, big waves
The Detroit Free Press (6/28)

'Women of Wind Energy' Michigan chapter forming
WWJ Newsradio 950 (6/28)

State's wind energy biz gets big lift: $100 million GE investment key to building supply chain
Crain's Detroit Business (6/28)

Working through hard times
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (6/28)

U.S. House approves $475M for Great Lakes restoration
The Detroit News (6/27)

An Erie odyssey - part 2
The Niagara Falls Review (6/27)

Reed's spread alarms officials
Owen Sound Sun Times (6/27)

Officials target big trucks in national forests
The Grand Rapids Press (6/27)

Chicago's second waterfront: riverwalk improved, but hurdles remain
The Chicago Tribune (6/27)

Residents cry foul as city opens temporary dump sites
The Globe and Mail (6/26)

Hot weather brings harmless but ugly 'scum' to Lake Michigan shoreline
The Muskegon Chronicle (6/26)

COMMENTARY: Stimulus cash needs to go right down the drain
The Globe and Mail (6/26)

Dune stewards posting new blog
Watertown Daily Times (6/26)

Family of ospreys take up residence atop St. Lawrence Seaway crane
The Cornwall Standard Freeholder (6/26)

Duluth's sewage overflow solution gets feds’ official OK
Duluth News Tribune (6/25)

Building a better lamprey trap
The Sault Star (6/25)

Bayham pushes for Lake Erie ferry
The London Free Press (6/25)

Environmental groups want changes in St. Lawrence Seaway
The Montreal Gazette (6/25)

Genesee County drain commissioner says county should join regional authority, build water pipeline
The Flint Journal (6/25)

Catch of the day: Lake sturgeon
Erie Times-News (6/25)

Pollen leaves water yellow
The Port Huron Times Herald (6/25)

A Duluth icon turns 50
Duluth News Tribune (6/25)

GE clean technology center bringing jobs to Michigan
Detroit Free Press (6/25)

2 key FutureGen partners drop out, leaving Ill. project looking for more
Chicago Tribune (6/25)

Report: Genesee County water pipeline would cost $600 million, save area $200 million
The Flint Journal (6/25)

Dredging begins: Stimulus money used to dredge harbor deeper than usual
Ludington Daily News (6/25)

Strategies for reducing sewage overflows
WUWM Milwaukee (6/25)

Swimming with E. coli
The Economist (6/25)

Bald eagle sightings soaring
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (6/25)

Economy forces many charters to stay docked
WBAY-TV Green Bay (6/25)

Evolution of a contraceptive for invasive sea lamprey
Science Daily (6/25)

Chippewa group celebrating 25th anniversary
The Chicago Tribune (6/25)

Microbes may be answer to invasive mussels
The St. Catharines Standard (6/24)

Feds, province spending $9M on sewage plant
The Cornwall Standard Freeholder (6/24)

COMMENTARY: Michigan shouldn't cede wetlands responsibility
The Port Huron Times Herald (6/24)

Egrets? We have a few
The Collingwood Enterprise-Bulletin (6/24)

Mich. high court won't hear appeal on manure rules
CNBC (6/24)

COMMENTARY: What do we owe the Chicago River? Disinfection
The Huffington Post (6/24)

Clean water is good for business — say experts
C & G News (6/24)

Great Lakes Legacy Act passes out of committee
Petoskey News-Review (6/23)

Obama administration announces $33 million for Michigan energy projects
The Bay City Times (6/23)

Combined sewer overflow nearly 1 billion gallons Friday
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel (6/23)

Wisconsin DNR considers wolf-hunting season to control population
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel (6/23)

COMMENTARY: Michigan must say no to dirty coal, and yes to opportunity
Detroit Free Press (6/23)

First offshore wind leases issued
The New York Times (6/23)

Study says Mackinac Island boat race aids economy
Detroit Free Press (6/23)

St. Lawrence Seaway at 50: a bypass for Buffalo’s port
The Buffalo News (6/22)

Proposed federal legislation would mean real-time data about beach bacteria
The News-Herald (6/22)

Journeys explored
The Thunder Bay Chronicle-Journal (6/22)

One tank trip: exploring the legacy of a historic shipping route
The Buffalo News (6/22)

Diving into the past
The Kingston Whig-Standard (6/22)

Wayward peregrine falcon chick leads to discovery of another nest
The Buffalo News (6/22)

House resolution targets water withdrawals
Petoskey News-Review (6/22)

Ontario has 'come along very quickly' in terms of wind power
The Brantford Expositioner (6/22)

Looking for ways to protect species at risk
The Brantford Expositioner (6/22)

Sarnia, Ontario, mayor predicts Genesee County water pipeline won't be built
The Flint Journal (6/22)

Great Lakes require great changes
Detroit Free Press (6/22)

Michigan watershed group wins statewide award
The Mining Journal (6/22)

Patrols guard against smugglers on Michigan-Ontario border
Detroit Free Press (6/22)

Climate change bill's effect on Midwest debated
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (6/21)

Many roadblocks to getting wind energy going on Great Lakes
The Muskegon Chronicle (6/21)

U.S. EPA: Cuyahoga River has made strides but stays on list of polluted North American waterways
The Plain Dealer (6/21)

From the ashes of ’69, a Cleveland river reborn
The New York Times (6/20)

Chicago, city without limits
Wall Street Journal (6/20)

Great Lakes study's lack of clarity muddies issue of water levels
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (6/20)

Michigan's bid for green economy faces hurdles
Dallas Morning News (6/20)

Siege at Niagara
The Guelph Mercury (6/20)

Sustainable fuels generate excitement at energy fair
The Wausau Daily Herald (6/20)

Power-line corridors get the once-over for effect on at-risk species
The Sault Star (6/20)

'Hula blessing' greets dive bomber pulled from lake
Lake County News-Sun (6/20)

Water pipeline coming, says U. S. official
The Observer (6/19)

An Erie odyssey
The Kingston Whig-Standard (6/19)

New group to target water pollution
The Buffalo News (6/19)

Wind power in northeast Wisconsin gets lift from Wisconsin grants
Appleton Post-Crescent (6/19)

Hobart studies alternative water treatment system
Merrillville Post-Tribune (6/19)

Group says MPCA misled public
Superior Telegram (6/19)

Cleveland Aquarium Inc. plans downtown facility, rivaling Jacobs Investment Group proposal
The Plain Dealer (6/19)

Looking for something fishy in our waterways
Joliet Herald News (6/18)

EPA delivers strong words on Dow dioxin cleanup, but work may stretch to 2018
The Bay City Times (6/18)

Great Lakes cities tackle pharmaceutical pollution
WXXI Rochester (6/18)

Senators move clean water fight out of committee
Environment News Service (6/18)

Cashing in on crayfish
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (6/18)

On whales, drinking water and the Great Lakes
GlobalPost (6/18)

EPA officials pledge transparency with long-term dioxin cleanup plans
The Michigan Messenger (6/18)

Great Lake mayors want to be part of Water Quality Agreement
SooNews.ca (6/18)

Water diversion draws fire
The Sarnia Observer (6/17)

Water problems becoming more widespread
The San Diego Union-Tribune (6/17)

Chicago to Michigan City: Intrepid kayakers open water path along 44 miles of Lake Michigan shoreline
Chicago Tribune (6/17)

Chicago cites White House support and financial guarantees for 2016 Olympic bid
Chicago Tribune (6/17)

EDITORIAL: 'Czar' a gain for the Great Lakes
South Bend Tribune (6/17)

Nearly $40 million in funding for secondary sewage treatment plant
Timmins Daily Press (6/17)

Cobourg explores purchase of harbour-dredging equipment
Northumberland News (6/17)

St. Clair fish dying from bacteria
WDIV Detroit (6/17)

Northland wastewater projects receive funds
Duluth News Tribune (6/17)

Changes to state park fee system stalled
Traverse City Record-Eagle (6/17)

COMMENTARY: Great Lakes goals are specific, clear
Detroit Free Press (6/17)

Wastewater treatment plant to get $33.4-M facelift
Oakville Beaver (6/17)

COMMENTARY: Tending the northern border
Milwaukee Biz Blog (6/16)

EDITORIAL: Carferry should speed up plans to stop dumping in Lake Michigan
Muskegon Chronicle (6/16)

Recall raises questions: U.S. Steel production limited to south of border
The Hamilton Spectator (6/16)

New era in sewage treatment arrives
The Thunder Bay Chronicle-Journal (6/16)

Climate change report out today: Michigan and the Great Lakes are changing
The Bay City Times (6/16)

Bigger share of power pie for WNY?
WIVB / WNLO-TV, Buffalo NY (6/16)

Duluth Indian Commission hears case for testing DoD barrels in Lake Superior
FM 91.3 Wisconsin Public Radio (6/16)

Panelists: Michigan could export power from offshore wind turbines
Michigan Technology News (6/16)

EDITORIAL: Shoring up the rules
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (6/16)

Tribes work with Michigan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Petoskey News-Review (6/16)

NYPA: Wind farm project moving quickly
Niagara Gazette (6/16)

EDITORIAL: A vital partnership
Battle Creek Enquirer (6/16)

U. S., Canada agree to update pact on water quality
The Buffalo News (6/15)

Tainted Cuyahoga River sees sporadic return of recreation
The Plain Dealer (6/15)

Owen Sound gets $30 million for sewage
Owen Sound Sun Times (6/15)

Not one, but two kinds of males found in the invasive round goby
Science Daily (6/15)

Gray wolves of the western Great Lakes back in court
Environment News Service (6/15)

Turning Michigan manufacturers into wind suppliers
WWJ Newsradio 950, Detroit (6/15)

EPA downplays dredging risk to Bay City, MI water supply
The Michigan Messenger (6/15)

Blue Green Alliance: National renewable standard could create 850,000 jobs in the United States
The Bay City Times (6/15)

Work to begin on what could become major overhaul of Soo Locks
Detroit Free Press (6/14)

EDITORIAL: Lakes effort gets a leader
The Buffalo News (6/14)

Lake Superior fish meet contamination risk
South Bend Tribune (6/14)

COMMENTARY: Great Lakes funds should address silt dredging, dumping
The Toledo Blade (6/14)

City, community working to revive Little Manitowoc River wetland
Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter (6/14)

COMMENTARY: Make Michigan nation's clean energy powerhouse
Detroit Free Press (6/14)

More studies of wind farm requested
Watertown Daily Times (6/14)

EPA unveils cleanup plan for Ashland Superfund site
Duluth News Tribune (6/13)

Ontario leaps before it looks with proposed wind-turbine rules
The Toronto Star (6/13)

No ocean, but Chicago moves to legalize surfing
Time (6/13)

Quagga mussels overtaking zebra mussels in Great Lakes
Madison Capital Times (6/13)

Mohawk men: PCBs in native foods may be reducing testosterone
Environmental Health News (6/12)

Pendills Creek Fish Hatchery awarded $45k in American Recovery funds
Bay Mills News (6/12)

Field Museum presents 'Water' in great depth
Chicago Sun-Times (6/12)

COMMENTARY: In grand scheme, every warbler's chip-chip counts for something
Detroit Free Press (6/12)

A precious natural resource
Toronto Sun (6/12)

EDITORIAL: Tough ballast regulations protect Great Lakes
Superior Telegram (6/12)

Obama launches ocean protection plan
Reuters (6/12)

Fishing for solutions in Lake Huron
Detroit Free Press (6/11)

EDITORIAL: Cheboygan issues absurd threat to stop proposed Genesee water pipeline
The Flint Journal (6/11)

Wind turbine noise is rattling some residents in Michigan's Thumb
The Bay City Times (6/11)

U.S., Canadian agencies train for mistake on lake
Fremont News-Messenger (6/11)

Support for ferry plan grows
The London Free Press (6/11)

Michigan planning to kill Canada geese this year
Detroit Free Press (6/11)

Asian carp could be getting weaker in Illinois
The Pantagraph (6/11)

Fishing for solutions in Lake Huron
Detroit Free Press (6/11)

Mackinac sailboat race registrations up slightly
The Times Herald (6/11)

Water diversion questioned
The Sarnia Observer (6/10)

EDITORIAL: Canada, U.S. work well on our waters
The Port Huron Times-Herald (6/10)

Not so windy: Research suggests winds dying down
The Detroit News (6/10)

Crank up conversation about wind power
Erie Times-News (6/10)

Invasive creatures spread to Fox River, Chain O’ Lakes
Northwest Herald (6/10)

Twin Ports harbor reports first beach advisory of season
Duluth News Tribune (6/10)

World War II planes still at rest on Lake Michigan's floor
Petoskey News-Review (6/10)

Wind turbines could be on Great Lakes in 3 years
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (6/10)

Initiative focusing on Great Lakes moving forward
Port Huron Times-Herald (6/10)

Tougher shoreline building rules proposed in Wisconsin
Green Bay Press-Gazette (6/10)

Divers hope to identify 1812 warship in Lake Ontario
The Windsor Star (6/10)

Manitowoc greets idea of marine sanctuary with open arms
Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter (6/10)

DNR investigates fish kill in Lake St. Clair
The Detroit News (6/9)

Port of Green Bay, Great Lakes feel shipping downturn
Green Bay Press-Gazette (6/9)

Gravel is gold for area
The Windsor Star (6/9)

The last four miles: Friends of the Parks unveils a plan for an entirely-open Chicago lakefront
Chicago Tribune (6/9)

Kalamazoo River's renewal marked as more work lies ahead
Kalamazoo Gazette (6/9)

First tests of soil come up clean in Crestwood
The Southtown Star (6/9)

Wind turbine opposition reaches legislature
Learnington Post (6/9)

Lake level concerns depend on location
The Muskegon Chronicle (6/9)

IJC hosts Superior hearing on lake water levels
Superior Telegram (6/9)

Scientists: Global warming has already changed oceans
Bradenton Herald (6/9)

Bacteria lurk as swimmers hit Lake Erie
The Toledo Blade (6/8)

Arn Boezaart appointed to Great Lakes Wind Council
The Muskegon Chronicle (6/8)

Ohio can ride wind trend
Akron Beacon Journal (6/8)

Cleveland's Cuyahoga River, which once burned, now showing more diverse fish life
Fox 8 News (6/8)

Cheboygan County threatens lawsuit to stop Genesee County water pipeline
The Flint Journal (6/8)

Ancient caribou-hunting camp may lie at bottom of Lake Huron
The Windsor Star (6/8)

Monroe harbor dredging to begin soon
The Monroe Evening News (6/8)

There's nothing fishy about big, numerous steelhead
Detroit Free Press (6/8)

Making solar panels requires old-fashioned coal-fired power
The Bay City Times (6/7)

COMMENTARY: Boundary waters
The Buffalo News (6/7)

Senator urges Corps to fund dredging of channel
Watertown Daily Times (6/7)

S.S. Badger coal ash dumping surprises many
The Muskegon Chronicle (6/6)

Eels edging toward extinction in Lake Ontario
Newsday (6/6)

Fighting Island: Lake sturgeon are spawning on constructed reef
The News-Herald (6/6)

President Obama names Great Lakes czar to oversee cleanup efforts
Sandusky Register (6/5)

American government advances funding for the repair of Poe Lock
The Sault Star (6/5)

Study: Climate change altering lake levels
Muskegon Chronicle (6/5)

Eaglet placed with foster parents
The News-Messenger (6/5)

Love Canal activist blasts EPA dioxin plan as a continuation of Bush-era policy
The Michigan Messenger (6/5)

Thousands of shorebirds flocking to area lakefront
Northumberland Today (6/5)

McGuinty's `NIMBY' ban sparks rebellion
The Toronto Star (6/5)

Waukesha asked not to apply for lake water until rules in place
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (6/5)

Obama names overseer for Great Lakes
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (6/4)

Stressers changing Lake Ontario fish
The Kingston Whig Standard (6/4)

Ludington's S.S. Badger ferry under fire from EPA
The Muskegon Chronicle (6/4)

Twin Ports meeting on Upper Great Lakes water levels study
Duluth News Tribune (6/4)

COMMENTARY: Bottled water loophole? Or Excalibur?
Freemont News-Messenger (6/4)

New book examines foreign species' effects on lakes
The Muskegon Chronicle (6/4)

Best spots in Michigan for wind turbines: Along Lake Michigan, atop Thumb
Detroit Free Press (6/4)

Lawmakers ask EPA for answers on BP facilities
Chicago Tribune (6/4)

Best spots in Michigan for wind turbines: Along Lake Michigan, atop Thumb
Detroit Free Press (6/4)

COMMENTARY: Let's promote new green jobs while working to keep the ones we have
The News-Sentinel (6/4)

Beaches meet water quality standards
The Northwest Indiana Times (6/4)

Stressers changing fish
The Whig Standard (6/4)

Midges return to Lake Erie, Northeast Ohio with a vengeance
The Plain Dealer (6/3)

100 years as boundary waters partners
The Buffalo News (6/3)

Crashed WWII plane to return to Hawaii
The Honolulu Advertiser (6/3)

BP in Whiting cited for high benzene release
Post-Tribune (6/3)

Bill could allow oil drilling in Ohio parks
The Toledo Blade (6/3)

Tunnel vision at island airport
The Toronto Star (6/3)

Ships at St. Lawrence Seaway being checked for invasive species
Detroit Free Press (6/3)

Waukesha may need less Lake Michigan water than predicted
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (6/3)

Soo Locks get stimulus funds
WPBN TV (Traverse City, Mich.) (6/3)

UW-Whitewater, Milwaukee 7 Water Council to jointly train students
The Business Journal (6/2)

Environment law 'hostile' for business: Shipping firms
Canwest News Service (6/2)

Dry month slows Lake Superior rise
Duluth News Tribune (6/2)

S.S. Badger must stop dumping ash by 2012
Ludington Daily News (6/2)

Dry docks land $2.7M contract
Welland Tribune (6/2)

City, port get $8.8M
Erie Times-News (6/2)

Shippers lose ballast ruling
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (6/2)

Outdoors: State stresses protection of lake sturgeon
The Ithaca Journal (6/2)

Wind turbine components begin arriving in Indiana
WIBC 93.1FM (6/2)

A river ... runs through it
Toronto Sun (6/1)

U.S.-Canada border closed by Akwesasne protest of guns at crossing
The St. Catharines Standard (6/1)

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