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November 2007
Stricter standards apply to coal plant, judge rules
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (11/30)

150 global firms seek mandatory cuts in greenhouse gas emissions
The Washington Post (11/30)

COMMENTARY: Protections fall short on groundwater
Detroit Free Press (11/29)

EDITORIAL: Protecting a vital resource
The Cincinnati Post (11/29)

COMMENTARY: Great Lakes Compact, two points of view
Detroit Free Press (11/29)

EDITORIAL: Prevent diversion of our water supply
Chicago Daily Herald (11/29)

Group aims to restore warship
The London Free Press (11/29)

Officials say federal funding for beach monitoring is unfairly allocated
The Bay City Times (11/29)

Minnesota joins lawsuit against EPA rule change
Star Tribune (11/29)

Great Lakes roundtable discussion
Western New York Media Network (11/29)

Questions remain as experts sift through numbers
The Saginaw News (11/29)

Conservation groups warn of bird crisis
Duluth News Tribune (11/29)

COMMENTARY: Without compact, lakes will be vulnerable
The Detroit Free Press (11/29)

Lowly algae are fueling a new renewable energy research boom
St. Paul Pioneer Press (11/29)

How much Minnesota fish is safe to eat?
Rochester Post-Bulletin (11/28)

Great Lakes face trouble on two fronts
The Buffalo News (11/28)

COMMENTARY: Despite past successes, legislators are failing to see serious threats to rivers
The Beacon News (11/28)

Global warming predictions rouse Great Lakes lobbying
The Toledo Blade (11/28)

Enviro group calls for Oberstar's support on carbon bill
Duluth News Tribune (11/28)

Aging dams a growing threat
WOOD TV - Grand Rapids, Mich. (11/28)

Public gets a look a Marquette Plan for region shoreline
Chesterton Tribune (11/28)

Wind farm project bonus for local concrete suppliers
Leamington Post (11/28)

COMMENTARY: Protecting history in Great Lakes
Escanaba Daily Press (11/27)

Michigan mayor makes YouTube plea to GOP contenders
Muskegon Chronicle (11/27)

COMMENTARY: Voluntary compliance didn't serve Fox
Appleton Post-Crescent (11/27)

Lowering of Lake Orion lets trout thrive, residents repair shoreline
The Detroit News (11/27)

Climate change makes Great Lakes compact more urgent
Associated Press (11/27)

Lakes coal trade down 16 percent in September
Business North (11/27)

An energy model for all to see
Star Tribune (11/27)

New report says global warming will lead to more phragmites along our shoreline
The Grand Rapids Press (11/27)

Cities brace for global warming
The Environment Report (11/26)

Greenwashing alive and well
The Environment Report (11/26)

In miles of alleys, Chicago finds its next environmental frontier
The New York Times (11/26)

Dioxin contamination in Saginaw River site worst ever, EPA says
WOOD Grand Rapids (11/26)

Feeling the pinch of low-water levels
The Belleville Intelligencer (11/26)

Water royalties coming soon: Quebec eyes B.C. and Ontario models
The Montreal Gazette (11/26)

The proof is in the tree bark
Science Daily (11/26)

COMMENTARY: Harnessing Niagara current is a good idea
The Buffalo News (11/26)

Clean Water Act inadequate to protect Great Lakes from non-indigenous species
Business North (11/26)

Wisconsin agrees to clean up coal-fired power plants
The Milwaukee Business Journal (11/26)

History is crumbling on islands
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (11/25)

Are your products safe? You can't tell
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (11/25)

Blue, blue Canada
The Montreal Gazette (11/25)

Quebec City's big 400
Chicago Tribune (11/25)

In search of the American beam
St. Paul Pioneer Press (11/24)

The St. Lawrence River is mighty fragile
The Montreal Gazette (11/24)

BP struggling to find ways to reduce waste sent to lake
The Indianapolis Star (11/23)

Invasive mussel hurting Great Lakes fish population
WWMT Kalamazoo (11/23)

Dead birds spread fears of botulism
Erie Times-News (11/23)

COMMENTARY: Call Michigan a bottom feeder state
The Grand Rapids Press (11/23)

Bottled-water tax idea flows
National Post (11/21)

EDITORIAL: Great Lakes smart to guard water resource
Erie Times-News (11/21)

EDITORIAL: Uncomplicate this deal
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (11/21)

Report looks at ways to improve troubled harbor
The Holland Sentinel (11/21)

Mich. DNR says it expects a happy hunting season
Dearborn Press & Guide (11/21)

COMMENTARY: Democrats pushing bills to protect Michigan waters
Lansing State Journal (11/20)

EDITORIAL: Alternative energy could be big job-maker for Michigan
Battle Creek Enquirer (11/20)

Turkeys from assembly lines
Detroit Free Press (11/20)

Indiana proposes controls for polluted runoff
Merrillville Post-Tribune (11/20)

Huge windmill farm sprouts from Michigan's Thumb
Detroit Free Press (11/20)

COMMENTARY: Do Minnesotans buy ethanol because they have to?
Minnesota Public Radio (11/20)

Could nuclear power be the answer to fresh water?
ScienceDaily (11/20)

Two Minnesota divers make Lake Michigan history
Star Tribune (11/20)

Lake levels up for foreseeable future
The Daily Mining Gazette (11/20)

Great Lakes water-compact backers, foes stand ground on water diversion limits
The Toledo Blade (11/19)

Common reed spreading in Canada
The London Free Press (11/19)

New flame retardants show up in wildlife
The Environment Report (11/19)

COMMENTARY: The whole world pollutes Lake Superior
The Detroit Free Press (11/19)

Canadian government to build permanent home for Marine Museum
The Kingston Whig-Standard (11/19)

Milwaukee reaching out with water sales
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (11/19)

BP under gun to expand production, limit pollution
Chicago Tribune (11/19)

Wind power will help wean Ontario off coal, company official says
The Associated Press (11/19)

Milwaukee reaching out with water sales
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (11/19)

Exploring the environmental cost of bottled water
WBBM Chicago (11/19)

COMMENTARY: Great Lakes loom as issue in '08 race for White House
The Toledo Blade (11/18)

Sand bar may signal end to Holland's shipping season
The Holland Sentinel (11/18)

Erie’s $100 million windfall
The Buffalo News (11/18)

Partisans lobby for Great Lakes funds
The Detroit News (11/17)

Daley wins on water regardless of source
Merrillville Post-Tribune (11/16)

Grant to fund Great Lakes Ph.D.
The Syracuse Post-Standard (11/16)

East Toledo site intrigues ferry operators
The Toledo Blade (11/16)

Lake level push 'appalling'
The London Free Press (11/16)

Mystery of the Michigan Triangle
Lansing State Journal (11/16)

Midwest governors to sign energy pact to cut use, build resources
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (11/15)

EDITORIAL: Great Lakes health a campaign issue
The Sheboygan Press (11/15)

Winds of Change: Thumb township fights spread of energy turbines
The Detroit News (11/15)

War of the species
Detroit Free Press (11/15)

Sky-high dioxin level taints Saginaw River
Detroit Free Press (11/15)

Scientists examine bird deaths on Great Lakes
WGRZ-TV Buffalo (11/15)

Great Lakes carp barrier gets go-ahead
Owen Sound Sun Times (11/15)

Low water leaves boats stuck in the muck at Ottawa County marinas
Port Clinton News Herald (11/15)

Former president of Terre Haute firm sentenced on environmental charges
The Indianapolis Star (11/15)

Former Denison property takes center stage at land-use forum
The Holland Sentinel (11/15)

Manufacturing seen boon, bane to Great Lakes states
Reuters (11/15)

Groups fight water-withdrawal bill
Detroit Free Press (11/14)

EPA orders start to Fox River cleanup
Green Bay Press-Gazette (11/14)

Bay County, Michigan, approves ban on phosphorus
The Bay City Times (11/14)

Japan emperor's woe over U.S. fish
BBC News (11/14)

Tests show Thumb muck contains human waste
The Bay City Times (11/14)

Low water casts deep trouble on Great Lakes
Merrillville Post-Tribune (11/14)

Clean water Initiative nearing end
C&G Newspapers (11/14)

Wanted: Tipster to rat on person who released pigs on Snake Island in Michigan
The Associated Press (11/14)

Port Hope's residents test positive for uranium contamination
The Globe and Mail (11/13)

Presidential candidates evade water politics
Traverse City Record-Eagle (11/13)

Tribal-state consent decree signed
Leelanau Enterprise (11/13)

Off endangered list, but what animal is it now?
The New York Times (11/13)

More dead birds wash up on GT Bay
Traverse City Record-Eagle (11/13)

EDITORIAL: At last, clean water
National Post (11/13)

Factory farms--water pollution
The Environment Report (11/12)

How a mussel shut down a nuke
The Syracuse Post-Standard (11/12)

COMMENTARY: Water agreement a bad deal
Escanaba Daily Press (11/12)

Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald still an intriguing mystery
USA Today (11/12)

Ohio Senate makes subtle but important changes to gov.'s energy plan
WCMH - NBC 4 (Columbus, OH) (11/12)

Climate and plant extinction
The Environment Report (11/12)

We have 10,000 lakes, but do we have enough of these?
Star Tribune (11/11)

Carthage professor speaks about the Great Lakes’ ecosystem
The Racine Journal Times (11/11)

Powerful November storms are part of Great Lakes history
The Holland Sentinel (11/11)

COMMENTARY: Emerging energy plan could carry high costs
Toledo Blade (11/11)

Scientist dredges up way to put topsoil to good use
The Champaign News-Gazette (11/11)

Economy depends on health of the Great Lakes
Muskegon Chronicle (11/10)

EDITORIAL: The tap water's fine
The Philadelphia Inquirer (11/10)

Clean water fight stagnant in Michigan
The Detroit News (11/10)

Hamilton closer to cleaning up its image: Ottawa promises $30m to cap toxins at Randle Reef
The Hamilton Spectator (11/10)

Hands off our water, legislators say
The Detroit Free Press (11/9)

COMMENTARY: Joint defense on the Great Lakes
Ottawa Citizen (11/9)

Great Lakes states woo presidential candidates
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (11/9)

Shipwreck memorials on tap
Cheboygan Daily Tribune (11/9)

A gathering of the tribes
The Detroit Free Press (11/9)

Minister calls for better pollution reporting from mining industry
The Kingston Whig-Standard (11/9)

Q&A with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Metromode (11/8)

Giant ozone tongues lick Earth's surface
CanWest News Service (11/8)

Senate overrides Bush's water bill veto
CNN (11/8)

Ohio legislators urge wind-power goals
The Toledo Blade (11/8)

Pollutants in wild freshwater fish pose public health risks
Environment News Service (11/8)

Senate defies Bush, enacts $23 billion water resources bill
The Detroit News (11/8)

Water bill becomes law with Senate override
Duluth News Tribune (11/8)

Biologist unearths way to reduce carp
The Detroit News (11/8)

Number of dead bluebills doubles
Duluth News Tribune (11/8)

Fishing for funds
Niagara Gazette (11/8)

House overrides Bush's veto on water projects
Detroit Free Press (11/7)

COMMENTARY: Pier jumping bill will help save lives
Lansing State Journal (11/7)

COMMENTARY: Wade in to protect the Great Lakes
Detroit Free Press (11/7)

Winds halt ships
The Port Huron Times-Herald (11/7)

Group urges ballast law to protect Great Lakes
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (11/7)

Canadian government sued over enforcement of pollution law
CanWest News Service (11/7)

COMMENTARY: Who will step up as Wisconsin's savior of Great Lakes?
The Capital Times (11/7)

Renewable energy manufacturing could create 35,000 jobs in Michigan
Gongwer News Service (11/7)

Zebra mussels nabbed trying to hitch ride across Minnesota
Star Tribune (11/7)

Get the cake ready
The Montreal Gazette (11/7)

COMMENTARY: Veto of national water project funding endangers the health of the Great Lakes
Detroit Free Press (11/6)

COMMENTARY: Better to address lake threats now than respond to catastrophe later
Detroit Free Press (11/6)

Wonderful Walpole
Detroit Free Press (11/6)

COMMENTARY: Rochester's water supply might be our greatest asset
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (11/6)

Ethanol under fire; Environmental group scrutinizes emissions
The Kingston Whig-Standard (11/6)

Great Lakes review lagging
The Associated Press (11/6)

Climate change said to be a public health issue
Reuters UK (11/6)

Tips to save the Great Lakes
The Oakland Press (11/6)

Lake ferry in dry dock for maintenance
The Grand Rapids Press (11/6)

EDITORIAL: Worthy water projects can beat Bush veto
The Detroit Free Press (11/5)

COMMENTARY: Minnesota has made great strides in conservation issues
St. Cloud Times (11/5)

Rain barrels and rain runoff
The Environment Report (11/5)

Program recycles boat wrap
Port Clinton News Herald (11/5)

State of Superior: Scientists offer mixed prognosis
The Ashland Daily Press (11/5)

As U.S. water worries emerge, all eyes are on the Great Lakes
Star Tribune (11/4)

COMMENTARY: Great Lakes, Great Stakes
The Oakland Press (11/4)

Finding Minnesota: Split Rock Lighthouse
WCCO Minneapolis (11/4)

Tapped in: Evart sits on precious commodity
The Grand Rapids Press (11/4)

Lake Huron water levels spell deep trouble
The Toronto Star (11/3)

Warmth, wind speeds lower Lake Superior
The Detroit Free Press (11/3)

Time to plug the drain?
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (11/3)

Wind farm helps bring new life to a derelic urban steel mil
Engineer Live (11/2)

Botulism suspected in bird die-off
Traverse City Record-Eagle (11/2)

St. Clair River erosion doubted
The Detroit News (11/2)

Falling U.S. water levels hurt bottom line of firms like Boralex Power
The Thunder Bay Chronicle-Journal (11/2)

Bush vetoes water money
The Detroit News (11/2)

Thumb-area township may halt windmill development over concerns for migratory birds
The Bay City Times (11/2)

Activists push for water agreement on Great Lakes
Detroit Free Press (11/1)

Expert: Investment in lake a first step to growth
Duluth News Tribune (11/1)

EDITORIAL: Hands off our water
The Toledo Blade (11/1)

Senators call for compromise on Great Lakes bills
Fond Du Lac Reporter (11/1)

Levin proposes expansion of underwater park
The Detroit News (11/1)

Port of Toledo chosen to handle heavy cargo
The Toledo Blade (11/1)

Scientists: No evidence erosion causing lower Great Lakes levels
Booth Newspapers (11/1)

COMMENTARY: Can our Great Lakes water be stolen?
The Niles Star (11/1)

Experts hope fish, bird die-off skips Erie this year
The London Free Press (11/1)

Friends gather to protect important Pennsylvania hatchery
Erie Times-News (11/1)

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