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Daily News:
May 9, 2008
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In the News Virus linked to carp deaths in Ontario The Peterborough Examiner (5/9) A fish virus new to Ontario has been identified as one cause of the carp die-off that littered area lakes with 12,000 to 24,000 fish last summer. EDITORIAL: Stowaway species Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (5/9) Congress finally is moving to protect the Great Lakes and other waterways from invasive species in ballast water. The House has acted. Now, it's up to the Senate. Underground power plant eyed in Ontario Watertown Daily Times (5/9) A Canadian utility developer has proposed building an underground power plant capable of generating up to 1,000 megawatts of electricity. Niagara Falls heritage area signed into law The Buffalo News (5/9) President Bush on Thursday signed a bill creating a national heritage area in Niagara Falls. Cost of sewer repairs to affect most of Duluth Duluth News Tribune (5/9) The Duluth City Council is set to discuss a resolution Monday that would see the elimination of all sanitary sewer overflows at a cost that would affect nearly all residents and businesses. Ontario needs to follow Quebec's pesticide lead The Windsor Star (5/9) The Ontario government's decision to ban the sale and cosmetic use of pesticides is a step in the right direction, but does not go far enough. DNR reissues permit for Oak Creek power plant Chicago Tribune (5/8) The Department of Natural Resources reissued a water pollution permit Thursday for a power plant that environmental groups contend would harm Lake Michigan by using vast amounts of lake water for cooling. Great Lakes compact interest dries up Ashland Times-Gazette (5/7) Local activists want to make a splash about the Great Lakes Compact, yet recent efforts have attracted little community interest. Quebec has accepted wind power proposal CBC News (5/5) Hydro-Quebec has accepted 15 bids to provide a total of 2,004 megawatts of wind-generated electricity, which will come on stream between 20011 and 2015.
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