Celebrities stump for Kucinich

By the Gazette-Times

Actor and activist Mimi Kennedy, who plays "Abby" on the television show "Dharma & Greg," will appear with Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Dennis Kucinich during a visit to Corvallis on Tuesday.

Kennedy is one of several celebrities...(Full Story)
- posted by Daniel @ 9:25 PM

 
Kucinich lays out plan to extract troops from Iraq
Ohio congressman is still campaigning against John Kerry.

By Hal Marcovitz
Of The Morning Call

Presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich brought his anti-war message to Bucks County on Friday, promoting a plan to withdraw troops from Iraq within 90 days and insisting that he can still influence the Democratic Party's platform.

Kucinich, a Democrat, met with about 50 supporters at a fund-raising breakfast in Newtown then spoke to about 750 students and faculty members at the nearby George School. The students at the traditionally Quaker school were an enthusiastic audience, interrupting him with their applause whenever he spoke against the war in Iraq, which was quite often.

''It was wrong to go in,'' he said. ''The question is, now that we're in, how do we get out?''

The answer, Kucinich said, is to...(Full Story)
- posted by Daniel @ 9:19 PM

 
Kucinich calls for suspension of electronic voting

Kucinich press release

Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich, who has been sounding warning alarms regarding electronic voting systems since he began his campaign last year, today called on federal, state and local election officials “to suspend immediately the implementation of any voting systems that do not provide a 100 percent reliable paper-trail back-up to corroborate results.”

A decision yesterday by the eight-member California Voting Systems and Procedures Panel that 15,000 electronic voting machines in four counties be banned in the November election because of “glitches” in the March primary election “is more than enough evidence that these systems could undermine the integrity and affect the results of November’s general election,” Kucinich said.


Especially in terms of the Presidential election, Kucinich said, “we cannot entrust the future of our country to technologies that are flawed, suspect, and proven to have failed, especially when those technologies have been developed by companies that have their own political agendas.”


Diebold Election Systems, which came under the harshest criticism from the California elections panel, is headed by Chief Executive Officer Walden O'Dell, who last year became active in the re-election effort of President Bush, even attending a strategy meeting with wealthy Bush benefactors at the President's private ranch in Texas. Soon after, O’Dell wrote a fundraising letter where he said he was "committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the president next year."


Although Diebold is the most embattled voting equipment company, Newsday reported that “paperless systems made by Sequoia Voting Systems Inc. and other competitors also expose elections to malicious attack, software glitches and mechanical errors that could delete or alter millions of ballots.” The story went on to report a variety of other problems in Indiana, Maryland, and other states. According to Newsday, “Because votes that only exist in electronic form can be altered or deleted, Oregon, New Hampshire and Illinois require paper ballots; and California, Missouri and Nevada will require paper backups on touchscreen terminals by 2006.” The newspaper also reported that “Secretaries of state in Washington and West Virginia are calling for paper trails, while Ohio is reconsidering the switch to new machines.”


Kucinich said he will take his challenges to the newly created federal agency charged with overseeing electronic voting, the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, established in January, which will conduct a May 5 public hearing in Washington, D.C. on May 5.

“The technological problems are real,” Kucinich said, “and the potential for further problems, mischief, and outright fraud is equally real, and far more dangerous.”

(Extensive information on electronic voting systems is available at http://www.kucinich.us/e-voting/intro.php)

For information about the National campaign: http://www.kucinich.us
For Congressman Kucinich's Schedule: http://www.kucinich.us/schedule.htm
To schedule an interview with Kucinich or spokesperson: interviews@kucinich.us
- posted by Daniel @ 9:16 PM

 
Kucinich Still Resisting PATRIOT Act

In the last week, the Bush Administration has launched a public relations blitz in an attempt to improve the image of the widely-detested PATRIOT Act, arguing the act is necessary to protect American in the war on terror. Fortunately, the American people know better and the civil liberties-shredding legislation has been met with impressive resistance. Providing an excellent example of what citizens can do to better their government, resolutions opposing the PATRIOT Act have been passed in 291 communities, in 39 states, including four state-wide resolutions; representing 49.8 million people.

Despite this resistance, few Democratic leaders have insisted on repealing the legislation. Kucinich, campaigning in Oregon, said "It's unmistakably clear" from his travels across the nation "that there is an almost universal rejection of the PATRIOT Act. He called on his own Party to end its silence, "show some backbone," and call for the law's repeal. [Read press release]

Watch PATRIOT Act video from Oregon


PETITION THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY

Join us in our campaign to petition the Democratic Party on the PATRIOT Act and other key issues! To help align the party platform with the values of most Democratic voters, we are collecting signatures for 5 petitions, reflecting our most urgent national priorities:
Iraq
Health Care
The PATRIOT Act (Civil Rights)
Jobs/Trade (NAFTA/WTO)
A Department of Peace and Non-Violence


Our goal is to present a million signatures to the Democratic Party Platform Committee when they meet at the end of June, as a complement to our efforts on the ground at the Democratic National Convention in Boston. As a Democratic candidate, Dennis Kucinich is in a unique position to be a voice for these issues inside the Convention, when they might otherwise only be seen in protest zones outside. Help us reach one million signatures! Click here to sign or download these petitions and to learn more about our petition campaign. http://www.kucinich.us/VolunteerAction/petitions.php

GREAT OPPORTUNITIES TO GATHER PETITIONS AND STAND UP FOR GOOD CAUSES IN WASHINGTON, D.C. THIS WEEKEND

Many Kucinich supporters have headed to Washington, D.C. this weekend to attend several important protests including The March for Women's lives, World Bank/IMF, and the "Teach-In To Congress" for Middle East Peace. [Read the letter ]

CALL OREGON VOTERS

Another way you can help the campaign is by making calls to registered voters in Oregon in preparation for their May 18 primary. Oregon has a "vote by mail" system and the ballots get mailed out on April 28. Help us reach as many voters as possible before they mail them in. You can download 25 or 50 names with script and instructions by going to http://www.kucinich.us/calls or clicking on the graphic on the top right-hand corner of our site.

KUCINICH: SEPARATE BUT EQUAL, HAS ALWAYS PROVEN TO BE UNEQUAL

Congressman Kucinich has also been outspoken in his opposition to new legislation in Oregon that places a ban on gay marriage. Kucinich recently attended the wedding of Bonnie Tinker and Sara Graham in Oregon. The newly married couple said: "As one of the few lesbian couples in this country whose marriage is legally recognized, we urge you to support Dennis in carrying this vision to voters." For more info and pictures from the wedding click here: http://www.kucinich.us/lgbt/

[Read Kucinich statement on the Oregon legislation: http://www.kucinich.us/pressreleases/pr_042004.php]


NORTH CAROLINA AND COLORADO RESULTS ARE IN

Kucinich had an impressive showing in Colorado, garnering between 31 and 35% in Boulder, Larimer, and El Paso counties. A large percentage of the county level delegates are uncommitted and final results are not yet in, but Kucinich is expected to pull delegates. In North Carolina, Kucinich beat both Senator Kerry and North Carolina's own Sen. John Edwards in three counties: Watauga, Orange, and Buncombe. In Watauga County, Kucinich received just over 50 percent of the votes, easily outpacing Kerry, who had 20.6 percent and Edwards, who had 21.2 percent. Kucinich is likely to pick up three convention delegates from North Carolina. [read press release: http://www.kucinich.us/pressreleases/pr_041704a.php] Watauga Democrats took their politics one step further and adopted ten resolutions intended to reflect their positions on national and local issues including endorsing Kucinich's positions on Iraq, Universal Health Care, trade, and the PATRIOT Act. [Read more: http://www.kucinich.us/grassrootsdemocracy.php]


SPECIAL REPORT FROM A CHOSEN NATIONAL DELEGATE IN MINNESOTA
Faith Kidder, our Minnesota State Coordinator, discusses events in Minnesota and tells how she was chosen as a delegate in this audio postcard: http://members.audiogenerator.com/postcards/?3147237


NEXT MEETUP IS THURSDAY, MAY 6th AT 7 PM

MeetUps continue to provide a great opportunity to connect with other Kucinich supporters in your area and plan local actions. Even if your state has already held its primary or caucus, there is still plenty you can do to help this campaign move forward such as gathering petition signatures, calling Oregon, or planning to go to Boston for the Convention. The next Kucinich MeetUp is scheduled for Thursday, May 6 at 7 p.m. If you haven't done so already, sign up with MeetUp.com at http://kucinich2004.meetup.com/


PÁGINA LATINA/ LATINO PAGE

Si desea obtener información en español, le invitamos a visitar nuestra página Latina en http://www.kucinich.us/latino/ donde encontrará mucha de la misma información de las páginas en inglés, pero en el hermoso idioma español.

If you would like to obtain information in Spanish, we invite you to visit our Latino page at http://www.kucinich.us/latino/ where you will find much of the same information as the home page, but in the beautiful Spanish language.


KUCINICH TO INVITE SUPPORTERS TO WEBCAST

Dennis will address his supporters directly in a webcast from our website sometime in the next week. Stay tuned to www.kucinich.us for more details.

SHOP AT THE "DENNIS STORE"
GET T-SHIRTS, BUTTONS, STICKERS, AND HATS
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A fun way to contribute to the campaign is to order official campaign merchandise from our store. We still have a very limited stock of our original t-shirt designs in blue and white for only $5 each. We've also got great deals on hats, buttons and stickers. You'll also find posters and autographed "Announcement" programs at fantastic prices.

VISIT THE CAMPAIGN STORE: http://www.kucinich.us/store.php


Click here to contribute to Kucinich for President online.

Contact us:
Kucinich for President
11808 Lorain Avenue - Cleveland, OH 44111
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http://www.kucinich.us

KUCINICH TO INVITE SUPPORTE
- posted by Daniel @ 2:37 PM

 
Kucinich plans stops in Newberg, Mac

Published: April 24, 2004

By DAVID BATES
Of the News-Register

Dennis J. Kucinich, Ohio congressman and Democratic presidential candidate, has added Newberg and McMinnville to his list of political stops during a monthlong tour of Oregon leading up to the state's May 18 primary.

During a Monday swing down the valley, he plans to visit George Fox University from 1 to 2 p.m. in the Campus Quad and Linfield College from 2:30 to 4 p.m. in Riley Hall, room 201. The visit is sponsored by the college's political science department.

De-scribed by Ohio's Republican Party chairman as among "the most liberal Democrats in Congress," Kucinich is the last rival still challenging presumed Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry of Massachusetts

(Full Story)
- posted by Daniel @ 2:20 PM

 
ENN Environmental News Network
E-mail Edition 04/23/2004

Eco-friendly furniture that's beautiful and functional
If you were to dissect a typical living-room couch, you would likely find an environmental disaster: a frame made of unsustainably harvested wood that is treated with formaldehyde and varnish that can pollute indoor air; unrecyclable foam cushions dosed with flame-retardant chemicals that accumulate in fish when released into the environment; and upholstery colored with chlorine-based dyes and tacked on with toxic glues.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-23/s_12992.asp

Tyco subsidiary must pay fine for illegal dumping
A Tyco International subsidiary will pay $10 million in federal environmental fines for dumping wastewater into a Connecticut town sewer system, the Associated Press has learned.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-23/s_23133.asp

New York to protect 260,000 Adirondack acres for public recreation
Nearly 260,000 acres of Adirondack wilderness owned by a major paper manufacturer will be permanently protected from development — and much of it will be opened to recreation — under a deal announced Thursday with the state.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-23/s_23132.asp

Schwarzenegger's plan to retrofit Hummer pushed 'down on priority list'
Labeled an environmentalist-come-lately as a candidate, Arnold Schwarzenegger answered his critics by announcing plans to retrofit one of his gas-swilling Hummers to run on eco-friendly hydrogen power.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-23/s_23135.asp

Gas leaks and blasts in China kill 21 in a week
Seven poisonous gas leaks or explosions have killed 21 people in China in a week, the latest in a wave of chemical and mine disasters to hit the country, Xinhua news agency said.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-23/s_23127.asp

Bush hails his environmental record on Earth Day
President Bush, who withdrew from the Kyoto environment accord, sought to counter critics who accuse him of trying to reverse decades of environmental progress in an Earth Day appearance at a wetlands area near his family's Maine estate.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-23/s_23126.asp

Monitors of California's largest lake endorse $730 million restoration plan
The agency that oversees California's largest lake endorsed a $730 million plan this week to create a smaller but healthier body of water by shrinking it to less than half its current size.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-23/s_23131.asp

In Sweden's capital, tolls on car to be implemented to reduce traffic
Motorists will have to pay a toll of between $1.30 and $2.60 to get into increasingly congested Stockholm during a trial period beginning next year, officials said Thursday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-23/s_23134.asp

EPA drops plan to ease gasoline pollution rules
The Environmental Protection Agency dropped a proposal on Thursday to temporarily ease sulfur air pollution rules for gasoline that would have allowed more imports to supply a tight U.S. market, the agency said.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-23/s_23128.asp

G8 rallies in United States to carry price tag, activists fume
Antiglobalization activists planning to protest at this summer's Group of Eight summit in Georgia had better bring some cash. And it's not just for bail to get out of jail.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-23/s_23129.asp



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Monterey Bay Aquarium:
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Solar Energy Benefits Thousands of Burmese Refugees

WWF-US Communications:
WWF Chemical Testing Reveals Contamination of European Lawmakers

Marine Stewardship Council:
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African Wildlife Foundation:
African Wildlife Foundation Donates Equipment to Zambia Wildlife Authority

Imperial College London Distance Learning Programme:
Global Community of Learners Celebrates Earth Day

Alliance to Save Energy:
Energy Efficiency Can Help Counties Meet EPA Smog Rules, Industry Save Money, Says Alliance to Save Energy

Project NatureConnect, Institute of Global Education:
Earth Day 2004: Addressing Our Ecological Craziness as the Risk to Earth and its People Increases

Earthwatch Institute:
Crocodile Relocation Spurs Conservation in Botswana
- posted by Daniel @ 2:18 PM

 
ENN Environmental News Network
E-mail Edition 04/15/2004

Environmental responsibility can be profitable, study shows
A new study by Winslow Management Company adds to the evidence that companies that are good to the environment are also good to their shareholders.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-15/s_22558.asp

Global energy demand to rise 54 percent by 2025, says U.S. EIA
World demand for all forms of energy is expected to grow by 54 percent over the next two decades, with oil consumption alone jumping by 40 million barrels a day, the U.S. government said Wednesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-15/s_22838.asp

Ranchers, conservationists agree on Idaho wilderness plan
An unusual alliance of ranchers, politicians, and environmentalists rolled out a plan on Tuesday to preserve a half-million acres of wilderness in southwest Idaho's spectacular high desert.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-15/s_22848.asp

EPA requires smog reductions in 31 states
Smog cleanups affecting about 470 counties in 31 states are being set in motion Thursday now that the government, after years of court wrangling, is deciding where and how to require compliance with tougher air quality standards.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-15/s_22844.asp

Watering restrictions sweep Colorado
After yet another disappointing Colorado snow season, Denver water utility officials voted Wednesday to restrict water use for the third straight summer.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-15/s_22843.asp

When looking for sex, young bowerbirds prefer blue
In the search for sex, young female bowerbirds prefer blue, while their older sisters go for flamboyant strutting and loud squawks, scientists reported Wednesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-15/s_22835.asp

Japan passes oil pollution law that could affect North Korean ships
In a move apparently aimed at keeping out uninsured North Korean ships, Japan approved a law on Wednesday requiring vessels entering its ports to have oil damage insurance.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-15/s_22847.asp

Dominican Congress passes resolutions requesting Puerto Rican waste shipment be returned
The Dominican Congress has passed resolutions requesting that a 50,000-ton (45,500-metric ton) shipment of waste be returned to Puerto Rico after a commission determined that it contained unsafe levels of toxins.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-15/s_22846.asp

Got fish? Canadian cows eat herring for new milk
Some landlocked Canadian cows are enjoying a little seafood with their hay and grain so they can produce a new kind of milk being touted for its benefits for the brain, eyes, and nerves.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-15/s_22788.asp

Basinger to sell gems to aid old circus animals
Actress Kim Basinger will auction off her 3.7-carat diamond engagement ring from ex-husband Alec Baldwin and other jewelry next week to raise money for retired circus animals, Christie's said Wednesday.
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Earth Tones, The Environmental Internet & Phone Co., the only long distance service or Internet company to donate 100% of its profits to environmental organizations. Learn more about Earth Tones, The Environmental Internet & Phone Co.

Green Pet Products Inc., specializing in environmentally-safe pet products from renewable and readily available resources. Learn more about Green Pet Products Inc.

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Natural Resources Defense Council:
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Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society:
CPAWS Education Wins National Award

Earth Policy Institute:
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World Resources Institute:
Restoring Rhinos in the Selous Reserve

University of North Carolina at Wilmington:
Environmental Humor Featured in Ocean Comedy Films from Shifting Baselines and The Groundlings

American Rivers:
Spokane River "Most Endangered"

American Rivers:
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American Rivers:
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Natural Resources Defense Council:
Better Gas Mileage: The Only Message OPEC Will Understand

International Fund for Animal Welfare:
140,000 Harp Seals Likely Slaughtered Over 48 Hours

Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Accounting:
Carbon trading in Australia

Earth Policy Institute:
Saudis Have U.S. Over a Barrel: The Shifting Terms of Trade Between Grain and Oil

Biodegradable Products Institute:
Cortec's Eco Film(TM) & Eco Works(TM) Receive BPI Certification

Project NatureConnect, Institute of Global Education:
Earthday 2004: Doubling of Human Carbon Omissions Can Be Reduced by Nature-Connected Psychology
- posted by Daniel @ 2:08 PM

 
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Road Kill in Our National Forests?
From:
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Date:
22 Apr 2004 06:38:34 -0000


Check out the News you can use:
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2. Road Kill in Our National Forests?
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Increasingly, environmental protections are won and lost in our court system, and every new, environmentally hostile judge appointed to a lifelong post risks a lifetime of losses for the environment. We need your help defeating the nomination of lifelong industry-advocate William Myers to the 9th Circuit Court, to avoid a lifetime of environmentally unfriendly decisions. Please sign this petition: http://www.care2.com/go/z/13581

Here's an example of how the courts decide environmental policy: Recently, the 9th Circuit Court determined that "wild" (not farmed) Oregon Coast coho salmon were not eligible for "threatened" status under the Endangered Species Act. Because ESA protections no longer apply, it will be much easier to damage salmon habitat.
Sign here to help defeat Myers and protect the environment: http://www.care2.com/go/z/13581
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Did you know that road kill is the #1 way that Americans kill wildlife every year? In fact, collisions with cars have pushed some species, like the grizzly bear, closer to extinction. How does it make sense, then, to open our national forests to MORE ROADS?

You have probably heard about this threat before, but that's because it is such an important one. If we give up now, national forests across the US could forever lose Roadless Rule protections that provide clean drinking water, safe wildlife habitat, and endless recreational opportunities. We will be paving the way, quite literally, for opening pristine wilderness to logging and habitat fragmentation.

If you have not signed our petition to urge your governor to oppose the Bush Administration's plan to allow governors in the Lower 48 states to seek exemptions from the Roadless Rule, please do so now.

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- posted by Daniel @ 12:50 PM

 
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Unanimous California Voting Systems Panel Weighs in Against
Paperless Diebold Electronic Voting Machines

California's Voting Systems Panel has just voted unanimously
that the Diebold TSx paperless electronic voting system be
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is up to California Secretary of State Kevin Shelley, he is
expected to follow the recommendation of the board before
April 30, 2004.

The Voting Systems Panel did not recommend against continued
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Link to full story: ( http://news.com.com/2100-1028-5197870.html?part=dht&tag=ntop ) has links to additional related CNET stories on this subject....


California votes against Diebold

Last modified: April 22, 2004, 1:06 PM PDT
By Paul Festa
Staff Writer, CNET News.com

update SACRAMENTO, Calif.--California election officials on Thursday recommended banning some Diebold Election Systems voting machines and referred an investigation into the company to the attorney general for possible civil and criminal sanctions.

California's Voting Systems and Procedures Panel unanimously voted to send its recommendations to the secretary of state in a second morning of contentious hearings, during which Diebold's president apologized to the panel and admitted that the company's errors had prevented some Californians from voting.

But panel members said Thursday morning that the company's apologies were insufficient, and they expressed frustration with and distrust of the electronic-voting vendor.

"I'm disgusted by the actions of this company," said panel member Marc Carrel, assistant secretary of state for policy and planning. "And I think we should forward our recommendations to the attorney general, because I can't believe that a lot of the statements made yesterday were accurate."

The panel could have decertified all of Diebold's equipment but opted instead to revoke only the conditional certification, issued in November, that allowed the company's TSx touch screen system to be used in the March Super Tuesday primary election.

The TSx, used in March by San Diego, Solano, San Joaquin and Kern counties, is the successor to Diebold's older TS machine, used in the election by Alameda, Los Angeles and Plumas counties. The TS version was not covered by the panel's vote.

Diebold President Bob Urosevich said the panel's recommendation to decertify the TSx was unsurprising, given that it had been certified only for the March election.

"We have other combinations of equipment the counties can work with," Urosevich said in an interview with CNET News.com. "This was somewhat expected, after the one-time certification the secretary of state was kind enough to give us."

Like others at Diebold, Urosevich declined to comment on the recommendation to send the report to the attorney general.

Diebold and its handful of competitors are under intense scrutiny, as states across the nation struggle to upgrade their voting systems in time for the November presidential election. After the 2000 election, which was decided by merely hundreds of votes and in which paper ballots proved impossible to decipher in many cases, Congress passed the Help America Vote Act to spur states into modernizing their equipment.

Simultaneously, Diebold--which on Tuesday said its net income for the first quarter rose to 40 cents a share, up from 36 cents a share a year ago--finds its elections division under fire, after a series of voting glitches, public-relations messes and legal problems.

Over the past year, the company's reputation has sustained a series of blows: Its chief executive was berated for promising in an August 2003 Republican fund-raising letter to deliver Ohio's electoral votes to President Bush. E-vote critics discovered the company's elections equipment source code sitting unprotected on a public FTP server.

That code subsequently underwent analysis by security experts who called its security measures inadequate at best. And the company undertook--and later abandoned, under public, legal and even congressional pressure--a copyright offensive against people who posted damaging internal Diebold e-mail correspondence online.

Following the panel's vote, Diebold said it would respond in writing to Secretary of State Kevin Shelley to clarify points of contention between the panel and the company.

Diebold representative David Bear said the company is "disappointed in the panel's recommendation and a little amazed and taken aback by the tone of some of the comments and the accuracy of the report."

While the panel revoked only the TSx conditional certification, Diebold had little else to comfort it during Thursday's hearing...(Full Story)
- posted by Daniel @ 6:38 PM

 
I will be publishing back issues of many news releases from various groups over the next several days covering the period I was on vacation, so you won't have missed most of it. Thank you for your understanding and patience, and also for stopping by and reading.

Dan
- posted by Daniel @ 10:59 AM

 
ENN Environmental News Network
E-mail Edition 04/16/2004


Europe's scorching summer: Was global warming responsible for the deadly heat?
By the end of Europe's staggering summer heat wave, Budapest's ornate bridges were looking strange. They stood high above the water, their supporting foundations exposed, looking as if they were all standing on tiptoes. Rarely seen boulders jutted out from the brown surface of the Danube, and grasses and tree saplings sprouted up in the dried mud at the foot of the city's stone river banks.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-16/s_12986.asp

Honduras to halt gold mine after protests
The Honduran government said Thursday it would revoke a Canadian company's right to search for gold near a nature reserve after environmental protesters blocked a major road for two days.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-16/s_22896.asp

Government, ignoring threat of legal action, says it will ship nuclear waste to Nevada
The Energy Department said Thursday it will ship radioactive waste from a Cold War-era nuclear plant in Ohio to Nevada despite that state's threat of legal action.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-16/s_22888.asp

Judge upholds government's use of obscure 1800s law in charging Greenpeace
A judge refused Thursday to throw out federal charges against Greenpeace for protesting a shipment of Amazon mahogany, setting up a trial that could serve as a test on the limits of political dissent.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-16/s_22889.asp

Pumas prowl amid people and other stories
A study of mountain lions has revealed that California's largest predator roams unnervingly close to human residences. But most cats studiously avoid human contact and stick to a diet of wild deer. The study by Walter Boyce of the University of California, Davis, and colleagues was conducted around Cuyamaca Rancho State Park near San Diego.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-16/s_22770.asp

Sunsets may help guide migrating songbirds, says study
A sunset may do more than refresh the soul. Iit could recalibrate the internal compasses of migrating songbirds, U.S. and German researchers reported Thursday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-16/s_22899.asp

U.S. Corps showcases efforts to bring sturgeon back to Missouri River
Backhoes are breaking into the earth along the Missouri River in an attempt to re-create inviting habitats for the pallid sturgeon.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-16/s_22892.asp

Spain to scrap disputed river rerouting, says Zapatero
The new Spanish government will scrap a controversial multibillion dollar plan to divert Spain's longest river to irrigate parched regions, incoming Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said Thursday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-16/s_22897.asp

U.S. Fish and Wildlife rejects trumpeter swan complaint
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has rejected a challenge to its decision keeping trumpeter swans from the Yellowstone National Park region off the endangered species list.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-16/s_22887.asp

Millions of locusts swarm toward Australian cities
Millions of locusts swarmed toward Australia's second biggest city of Melbourne on Thursday, as the insects were also reported near the southern city of Adelaide.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-16/s_22898.asp

Ontario says coal plans won't jeopardize consumers
Ontario said Thursday it would press ahead with plans to shut down its coal-fired power plants, which produce about one-quarter of the province's electricity, but not before viable alternatives are in place.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-16/s_22895.asp

In birthday wishes to Danish queen, Bardot fumes about Faeroese whaling
French film star and animal rights activist Brigitte Bardot sent birthday wishes to Danish Queen Margrethe Thursday and asked her to end whaling in the Faeroe Islands.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-16/s_22891.asp



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American Clay Enterprises, committed to protecting the environment and our quality of life. American Clay Enterprises presents Clayote, an Earth Plaster veneer made in the United States that is 100% natural earth plaster, providing an environment that is wholesome for your friends and family. Learn more about American Clay Enterprises

Earth Tones, The Environmental Internet & Phone Co., the only long distance service or Internet company to donate 100% of its profits to environmental organizations. Learn more about Earth Tones, The Environmental Internet & Phone Co.

Green Pet Products Inc., specializing in environmentally-safe pet products from renewable and readily available resources. Learn more about Green Pet Products Inc.

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Today's Press Releases (Become an Affiliate)
Direct from non-profit environmental and educational organizations.

Project NatureConnect, Institute of Global Education:
Earthday 2004: Doubling of Human Carbon Emissions Can Be Reduced by Nature-Connected Psychology

Biodegradable Products Institute:
Cortec's Eco Film(TM) & Eco Works(TM) Receive BPI Certification

American Rivers:
Spokane River "Most Endangered"

American Rivers:
Snake River "Most Endangered"

American Rivers:
Most Endangered Rivers of 2004 announced

Natural Resources Defense Council:
Better Gas Mileage: The Only Message OPEC Will Understand

International Fund for Animal Welfare:
140,000 Harp Seals Likely Slaughtered Over 48 Hours

Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Accounting:
Carbon trading in Australia

Earth Policy Institute:
Saudis Have U.S. Over a Barrel: The Shifting Terms of Trade Between Grain and Oil

Wild Salmon Center:
Wild Salmon Center Hosts Russian Delegation

American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy:
Delivering the Public Goods: New Study Documents Success of State Public Benefits Energy Efficiency Policies

Fauna & Flora International:
Survey to be Launched to Verify Existence of Previously Unrecorded Sub-Populations of Critically Endangered Cross River Gorilla

Marine Stewardship Council:
Tuna Fishery Enters Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Certification Program

- posted by Daniel @ 10:57 AM

 
ENN Environmental News Network
E-mail Edition 04/20/2004

Seven activists receive Goldman Environmental Prizes
Rudolf Amenga-Etego fought a water privatization project in Ghana. Manana Kochladze campaigned to protect the environment and residents in her native country of Georgia from a major oil pipeline. They are two of the seven activists honored Monday in San Francisco with the Goldman Environmental Prize, the best-known award for environmentalists.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-20/s_22962.asp

Brazil police recover 26 bodies in Amazon killings
The bodies of 26 diamond miners suspected killed by Indians in an Amazon jungle reserve were found by Brazilian police on Monday and the toll was expected to rise in one of the worst such massacres in South America's richest diamond region.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-20/s_22964.asp

Nearly 1 in 5 U.S. counties have unhealthy air
Americans living in nearly one in five counties nationwide are breathing unhealthy air, according to new ozone rules the Bush administration unveiled on Thursday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-20/s_22970.asp

EU hopes newcomers will meet deadline for CO2 plans
Europe's environment chief fought shy on Monday of acting against laggard EU states that failed to submit plans to cut carbon dioxide (CO2) pollution on time, saying she hoped the bloc's newcomers would fare better.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-20/s_22967.asp

Birders mourn loss of webcam falcon
Birders around the world are mourning the death of Mae, the first known peregrine falcon to nest at a power plant, who became an Internet star through a Web cam that allowed thousands to watch her during nesting season.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-20/s_22966.asp

Permit appeal halts Teck's Alaska gold development
Canada's Teck Cominco Ltd. said on Monday that construction work at its Pogo gold project in Alaska has been suspended until an appeal, against a critically important permit that the miner was previously issued, is settled.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-20/s_22963.asp

USDA won't pay full cost of animal ID system
The U.S. government may pay about one-third the estimated $550 million cost to set up an animal identification system, an Agriculture Department official said on Monday, providing the first outline of the Bush administration's financial commitment to the program.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-20/s_22965.asp

EPA plan would improve national park vistas
The Environmental Protection Agency said it plans to require dozens of states to cut haze that impairs views at U.S. national parks including the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone and the Great Smoky Mountains.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-20/s_22969.asp

U.S. may be losing fuel cell race
The United States could fall behind in using fuel cells because it already has an extensive infrastructure for other energy sources and spends fewer government dollars on alternatives, say industry officials and analysts.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-20/s_22968.asp

Warming climate disrupts Alaska natives' lives
Anyone who doubts the gravity of global warming should ask Alaska's Eskimo, Indian and Aleut elders about the dramatic changes to their land and the animals on which they depend.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-20/s_22971.asp



Environmental Marketplace Updates (Become a Member)

We'd like to encourage you to visit our Environmental Marketplace where you'll learn about some amazing environmentally-focused businesses. A few examples:

American Clay Enterprises, committed to protecting the environment and our quality of life. American Clay Enterprises presents Clayote, an Earth Plaster veneer made in the United States that is 100% natural earth plaster, providing an environment that is wholesome for your friends and family. Learn more about American Clay Enterprises

Earth Tones, The Environmental Internet & Phone Co., the only long distance service or Internet company to donate 100% of its profits to environmental organizations. Learn more about Earth Tones, The Environmental Internet & Phone Co.

Green Pet Products Inc., specializing in environmentally-safe pet products from renewable and readily available resources. Learn more about Green Pet Products Inc.

Pax World Funds, enabling investors to align their financial goals with their personal values through a selection of professionally-managed socially-responsible mutual funds. Learn more about Pax World Funds





Today's Press Releases (Become an Affiliate)
Direct from non-profit environmental and educational organizations.

Pennsylvania IPM Program :
Live, Creepy, Crawly Performances Educates Students

International Policy Network:
Roll back malaria, indeed : experts say international agencies far from achieving a "malaria-free" future

Natural Resources Defense Council:
U.S. Must Act Immediately and Decisively on National Oceans Report, Says NRDC

Competitive Enterprise Institute:
New Study on the Politics Behind Pesticides and the West Nile Virus

Marine Stewardship Council:
California Salmon Fishery Seeks Environmental Certification

Mangrove Action Project:
Late Friday News #135

Pennsylvania IPM Program :
School Reduces Pesticide Use While Educating Students

Project NatureConnect, Institute of Global Education:
Earth Day Web Site Shows Degradation of Natural Resources can be Reduced by Nature-Connected Psychology
- posted by Daniel @ 10:44 AM

 
ENN Environmental News Network
E-mail Edition 04/21/2004

Parks are only the start of conservation
Recently I discussed new studies offering further evidence that the Earth is undergoing the sixth major extinction event in its 4 billion year history, the first since the dinosaurs disappeared 65 million years ago.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-21/s_22823.asp

U.S. oceans report says coastal areas are in peril
Pollution, overfishing, and poor management have put North America's oceans in serious peril, but it is not too late to save them, the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy said Tuesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-21/s_23013.asp

Mexican intellectuals demand end to Canada seal hunt
Forty-seven Mexican writers and artists are demanding that Canada end a baby seal hunt, citing the two countries' environmental ties under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-21/s_23023.asp

Institute warns of water shortage if food production practices are not changed
A report released Tuesday warned that if more is not done to reduce the amount of water used to produce food, the effort to reduce the number of the world's malnourished people would be jeopardized.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-21/s_23025.asp

Attorneys general criticize military environmental exemptions
The attorneys general of 39 states urged Congress this week to reject a U.S. military request for exemptions from environmental laws.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-21/s_23030.asp

Schwarzenegger seeks to boost hydrogen-fueled cars
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed an executive order Tuesday aimed at making California the leader in introducing environmentally friendly hydrogen-fueled cars in the years to come.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-21/s_23017.asp

Amnesty denounces U.S. government, oil companies over rights abuses
Amnesty International denounced the United States Tuesday for funding and training Colombian soldiers in what the group claimed were efforts to protect American and European oil interests in Colombia, saying some of the troops have been accused of human rights abuses.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-21/s_23022.asp

Government lists beluga sturgeon as a threatened species
The government said Tuesday it was listing the beluga sturgeon as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act, which could lead to a reduction or ban of U.S. imports of the prized beluga caviar.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-21/s_23024.asp

Lawn chemicals linked to dog cancer, says U.S. study
A study that links lawn chemicals to bladder cancer in Scottish terriers could help shed light on whether they cause cancer in some people, U.S. researchers said Tuesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-21/s_23016.asp

Kerry says environmental efforts boost the economy, provide jobs
Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, with Tampa Bay as a backdrop, pledged on Tuesday to toughen beach and coastal protections while contending that protecting the environment improves the economy and creates jobs.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-21/s_23021.asp

U.S. is keen to rejoin global warming debate
The United States, the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases, wants to rejoin the global warming debate but is adamant that its lone approach to environmental issues is a success.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-21/s_23014.asp



Environmental Marketplace Updates (Become a Member)

We'd like to encourage you to visit our Environmental Marketplace where you'll learn about some amazing environmentally-focused businesses. A few examples:

American Clay Enterprises, committed to protecting the environment and our quality of life. American Clay Enterprises presents Clayote, an Earth Plaster veneer made in the United States that is 100% natural earth plaster, providing an environment that is wholesome for your friends and family. Learn more about American Clay Enterprises

Earth Tones, The Environmental Internet & Phone Co., the only long distance service or Internet company to donate 100% of its profits to environmental organizations. Learn more about Earth Tones, The Environmental Internet & Phone Co.

Green Pet Products Inc., specializing in environmentally-safe pet products from renewable and readily available resources. Learn more about Green Pet Products Inc.

Pax World Funds, enabling investors to align their financial goals with their personal values through a selection of professionally-managed socially-responsible mutual funds. Learn more about Pax World Funds





Today's Press Releases (Become an Affiliate)
Direct from non-profit environmental and educational organizations.

Competitive Enterprise Institute:
New Study on the Politics Behind Pesticides and the West Nile Virus

Natural Resources Defense Council:
U.S. Must Act Immediately and Decisively on National Oceans Report, Says NRDC

Pennsylvania IPM Program :
Live, Creepy, Crawly Performances Educates Students

International Policy Network:
Roll back malaria, indeed : experts say international agencies far from achieving a "malaria-free" future

Marine Stewardship Council:
California Salmon Fishery Seeks Environmental Certification

Mangrove Action Project:
Late Friday News #135

Environmental Defense :
U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy Report: Oceans in Crisis

World Resources Institute:
Boosting the Market for Sustainable Business

African Wildlife Foundation:
AWF and Tanzania Celebrate Opening of New Visitor Center

Pennsylvania IPM Program :
School Reduces Pesticide Use While Educating Students

Coast Alliance:
Coast Alliance Urges Action on Ocean and Coastal Policy in Response to National Oceans Report

Project NatureConnect, Institute of Global Education:
Earth Day Web Site Shows Degradation of Natural Resources can be Reduced by Nature-Connected Psychology

Iowa Primate Learning Sanctuary:
Great ape research center hires Setka

Earthwatch Institute:
Young Whales Flirt with Their Future
- posted by Daniel @ 10:36 AM

 
ENN Environmental News Network
E-mail Edition 04/22/2004

10 personal actions that can make a difference for the environment
Energy audits are a great way to see where the energy and energy expenditures in your house are going. Your local power company may have an energy-audit program, or you can do one yourself with the Home Energy Checkup Guide from the Alliance to Save Energy.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-22/s_22769.asp

National church group says Bush changes are weakening Clean Air Act
A national group of Christian leaders is sending a scathing letter to President Bush to coincide with Earth Day, accusing his administration of chipping away at the Clean Air Act. The National Council of Churches argued that planned changes to power plant regulations will allow major polluters to avoid installing pollution-control equipment when they expand their facilities.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-22/s_23080.asp

Many of Iraq's Marsh Arabs are reluctant to go back to their ancient lifestyle
Driven out of their homes, their wetland habitat destroyed, the Marsh Arabs rank high on the list of Saddam Hussein's victims. But now that they can start thinking about going back, many are reluctant to do so.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-22/s_23086.asp

U.S. court hears Mexican trucks environmental case
Mexican trucks should be allowed on U.S. highways without requiring a federal agency to conduct an elaborate environmental analysis, a Justice Department lawyer told the Supreme Court Wednesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-22/s_23087.asp

Canadian firm delivers less polluting bio-fuel
Canada's Iogen Corp. made its first commercial delivery of cellulose ethanol Wednesday, moving the company a step closer to larger-scale production of the alternative fuel, which has fewer harmful emissions than either gasoline or conventional ethanol.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-22/s_23089.asp

Britain cuts emissions from Sellafield nuclear plant
A new chemical treatment will cut emissions of a radioactive contaminant from the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant by 90 percent, Britain's Environment Agency said Wednesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-22/s_23085.asp

Lack of females may have done in dinosaurs, says study
An asteroid may have wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago not simply by changing the world's climate and causing years of dark skies but also by causing too many of them to be born male, U.S. and British researchers said this week.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-22/s_23011.asp

10 issues about which to write your congressperson and educate your friends and neighbors
A little compromise was made back when the Clean Air Act was first passed that lets power plants built before 1978 spew dangerous and illegal levels of pollutants until the plants are renovated.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-22/s_22960.asp

Seattle folk smell the coffee in their gardens
In Starbucks Corp.'s hometown of Seattle, even the flower beds smell like coffee, the result of a popular program to hand out spent grounds to gardeners as a nitrogen-rich mulch or compost.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-22/s_23088.asp

Study finds even tallest trees have limits to how high they can grow
Redwood trees are the tallest living things on Earth, but they are stretching up against a growth limit that likely cannot be overcome no matter how ideal the conditions, according to a new study.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-22/s_23083.asp

Indian, Latin American groups share prestigious Tyler Prize for environment
Two educational institutions that train people in India and Latin America to be environmental stewards will share the 2004 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, University of Southern California officials said this week.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-04-22/s_23028.asp



Environmental Marketplace Updates (Become a Member)

We'd like to encourage you to visit our Environmental Marketplace where you'll learn about some amazing environmentally-focused businesses. A few examples:

American Clay Enterprises, committed to protecting the environment and our quality of life. American Clay Enterprises presents Clayote, an Earth Plaster veneer made in the United States that is 100% natural earth plaster, providing an environment that is wholesome for your friends and family. Learn more about American Clay Enterprises

Earth Tones, The Environmental Internet & Phone Co., the only long distance service or Internet company to donate 100% of its profits to environmental organizations. Learn more about Earth Tones, The Environmental Internet & Phone Co.

Green Pet Products Inc., specializing in environmentally-safe pet products from renewable and readily available resources. Learn more about Green Pet Products Inc.

Pax World Funds, enabling investors to align their financial goals with their personal values through a selection of professionally-managed socially-responsible mutual funds. Learn more about Pax World Funds





Today's Press Releases (Become an Affiliate)
Direct from non-profit environmental and educational organizations.

Pennsylvania IPM Program :
School Reduces Pesticide Use While Educating Students

African Wildlife Foundation:
AWF and Tanzania Celebrate Opening of New Visitor Center

World Resources Institute:
Boosting the Market for Sustainable Business

Iowa Primate Learning Sanctuary:
Great ape research center hires Setka

Project NatureConnect, Institute of Global Education:
Earth Day Web Site Shows Degradation of Natural Resources can be Reduced by Nature-Connected Psychology

Coast Alliance:
Coast Alliance Urges Action on Ocean and Coastal Policy in Response to National Oceans Report

Environmental Defense :
U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy Report: Oceans in Crisis

Earthwatch Institute:
Young Whales Flirt with Their Future

Green Empowerment:
Solar Energy Benefits Thousands of Burmese Refugees

Monterey Bay Aquarium:
Monterey Bay Aquarium issues Southeast, Midwest seafood guides; distribution begins on Earth Day

WWF-US Communications:
WWF Chemical Testing Reveals Contamination of European Lawmakers

Marine Stewardship Council:
SOUTH AFRICAN HAKE TRAWL FISHERY RECEIVES INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RECOGNITION FROM THE MARINE STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL

Alliance to Save Energy:
Consumers Can Ease Pain at the Pump With Money-Saving Tips From Alliance to Save Energy

Earthwatch Institute:
Sharks Draw the Line on Madagascar Fishery
- posted by Daniel @ 10:20 AM

 
Kucinich spokesman says to send message

By KYLE ODEGARD
Gazette-Times reporter

Forum on health care fails to draw other campaign representatitves

A meeting on health care and the presidential election didn't exactly come off as billed Wednesday night. Representatives for John Kerry and George W. Bush were invited but didn't attend the forum at the Corvallis Public Library, said an event organizer.

Dennis Kucinich's spokesman was there, though, and he made an interesting proposal to Oregon Democrats.

Kerry already has the Democratic Party nomination wrapped up, admitted Greg Bennett, a local campaign coordinator for Kucinich.

But by voting for Kucinich in the primary, Oregonians would send a message for universal heath care for all, he said.

"This is a position of influencing John Kerry and getting him to develop his platform. Ironically, we can be more influential later in the process," Bennett said. "Kerry will be the candidate. The platform hasn't formed yet."

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- posted by Daniel @ 9:57 AM

 
Kucinich to be among friends at union dinner

Local union workers will get a chance in June to cheer a politician who has championed their cause when presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich visits downtown.

Kucinich, the former Cleveland mayor who attracted a populist following - but not many votes - during the Democratic primary campaign, will speak at the Cincinnati AFL-CIO's annual political dinner June 19 at the Westin Hotel. "He'll be among friends," executive secretary-treasurer Dan Radford said.

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- posted by Daniel @ 9:55 AM

 
News from Alt Power Digest:

Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 07:02:41 -0400
From: Tom Gray tomgray@igc.org
Subject: IEER Report on Wind

The full report is available from the IEER Web site at www.ieer.org .

Tom

Cash Crop on the Wind Farm:
A New Mexico Case Study of the
Cost, Price, and Value of Wind-Generated Electricity
Prepared for presentation at the
North American Energy Summit
Western Governors? Association
Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 15-16, 2004
Arjun Makhijani, Ph.D.
President, Institute for Energy and Environmental Research
Peter Bickel, Ph.D.
Professor of Statistics, University of California, Berkeley
Aiyou Chen
Graduate Student, University of California, Berkeley
Brice Smith, Ph.D.
Project Scientist, Institute for Energy and Environmental Research

Table of Contents

Preface...............................................................................................................................................5

Main Findings and
Recommendations...............................................................................................7

Chapter 1: The Wind Energy Resource: An
Introduction...............................................................11
Chapter 2: Wind Electricity Costs and Present
Prices.....................................................................15
A. Assessing the cost of wind-generated electricity ? general
considerations........................15
B. Grid Integration
Costs.........................................................................................................16

C. Current Wind-generated Electricity Pricing: Avoided
Cost...............................................24
Chapter 3: Wind-Generated Electricity ? A Model for a Spot-Market
Contract.............................28
A. Evaluating the Degree of Market
Development.................................................................29
B. The Unpredictability
Discount............................................................................................34

C. Credit for wind
capacity......................................................................................................41

Chapter 4: Integrating wind energy into a distributed grid system with fuel
cells and purchased
power...............................................................................................................................................46

A. Reduction of greenhouse gas
emissions..............................................................................49

B. A distributed grid
example..................................................................................................50

C. Displacement of natural gas for use in
transportation.........................................................52
Chapter 5: Wind Energy and Natural
Gas.......................................................................................57

Appendix A: Assessment of the Cost of Intermittent Wind Output Using
Spot-Market Prices......62
A. Optimal Sale Policy of Wind energy Output for a Future Time Period
(Day-ahead,
hour-ahead)......................................................................................................................................62

B. Autoregressive Models for
Output......................................................................................63

C. Example: Sale Prediction for April 2000 at New Mexico site
604.....................................64


Main Findings and Recommendations
Main findings
1. Wind electricity generated at very favorable locations in large wind
farms is economical today. Consumers would not see increases in electricity
bills with far greater use of wind-generated electricity, even without
taking any credit for avoided water use orgreenhouse gas emissions.
2. U.S. wind energy resources are enormous and can accommodate much faster
growth in wind-generated electricity. The United States has the physical
wind resource base, with much of it concentrated in the region of the
Western Governors? Association, to achieve high and economical penetration
of wind capacity. The wind energy potential in the twelve windiest states
of the continental United States, most of them members of the Western
Governors? Association, is equal to about two-and-a-half times the entire
electricity generation in the United States in 2003.
3. A policy mandate is essential if high levels of wind integration are to
be achieved in a reasonable time. Three regions in Europe (one in Denmark,
one in Germany, and one in Spain) have already achieved 27% penetration of
wind capacity. This is in part because there is a strong political and
policy consensus in Europe, including from industry, that reduction of
greenhouse gas emissions and increasing renewable energy use are essential.
Three western states (California, Nevada, and New Mexico) have also moved
in this direction. But, in the absence of an economic and political
mandate, such as a Renewable Portfolio Standard, wind energy development in
the United States will lag far behind its potential.
4. The transmission and institutional infrastructure needed for large-scale
wind energy development is inadequate. Wind energy development in the
United States is lagging far behind Europe mainly because the transmission
infrastructure and the economic and policy consensus to develop exists it
in Europe to a far greater degree than in the United States.
5. Prices of wind energy in typical Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) appear
to be considerably lower than the price that the same electricity would
fetch if sold to the final consumer. The average price of wind-generated
electricity in many PPAs is in the $25 to $30 per MWh range. However, the
price that the final consumer could pay, without an increase in electricity
bills, is considerably higher. In other words, the implicit final price of
wind (after taking into account transmission and distribution costs and
grid integration costs) is considerably higher than wind developers are
receiving. This gap between final price and wind developer revenue
increases the need for tax credits. If wind developers could actually
recover the implicit price being charged, development of wind power could
be greatly accelerated.
6. With the right policies and with investments in wind and efficiency, a
large reduction in greenhouse gas emissions is economically feasible. Since
wind energy does not emit carbon dioxide, and since it is economical today,
given the right conditions and policies, it follows that a large reduction
in CO2 emissions is possible without increases in electricity cost. This is
currently being achieved in Europe. While credits for CO2 reductions play a
role these are modest.
7. Federal and State Production tax credits are essential under present
conditions. In the absence of a national or uniform regional mandate and
adequate transmission and other infrastructure for wind integration,
federal and/or state production tax credits are essential for continued
wind energy development.
8. Given natural gas prices of $5 per million Btu or more wind energy can
economically displace natural gas generation on a marginal avoided cost
basis. The cost of wind-generated electricity at favorable locations,
including $3 per MWh for grid integration, ranges from $38 to about $45 per
MWh for five New Mexico sites we looked at. The marginal avoided cost of
natural gas in terms of fuel cost alone for combined cycle plants is about
$38 to $40 per MWh. Wind also provides the benefit of avoided water use (a
few dollars per MWh) and as a hedge against natural gas price volatility
(also a few dollars per MWh). Wind-generated electricity can displace duct
fired combined cycle electricity or peaking electricity from single-stage
gas turbines even more economically, since the avoided costs in these cases
are about $50 and $60 per MWh, respectively.
9. Wind-generated electricity should get some credit for capacity and not
only electricity generation. Statistical methods can be used to commit wind
energy in advance: Wind is not completely unpredictable. It can be
estimated, with some error, on an hour-ahead, day-ahead, or seasonal basis.
Statistical analyses can be used to plan wind capacity?s availability in
the grid. The size of the error, and hence costs can be reduced by (i)
improved forecasting, (ii) diverse sources of wind energy supply
geographically separated by large distance being integrated into the same
grid, (iii) a transmission infrastructure and grid integration
arrangements. Greater capacity credit for a given level of cost and
reliability can be achieved if new wind capacity is planned so as to reduce
natural gas use for electricity generation
10. The economics of wind energy would improve if wind developers could
realize a reasonable capacity credit. In the examples we have studied, wind
capacity credits could amount to $2 or $3 a MWh, which is a significant
portion of the gap between the price in a PPA and the cost of wind energy
(the difference being made up today by tax credits). Such capacity credits
are more appropriate and feasible if day-ahead forecasting has reduced errors.
11. Integration of large amounts of wind energy without the extensive use
of tax credits is feasible. If the necessary policies are put into place,
and the infrastructure is built, the West can achieve high penetrations of
wind energy comparable to the highest levels in Europe. There is no
inherent technical obstacle to this; nor is there a reason to anticipate
significant increases in cost of electricity. The following are needed to
accomplish this goal:
regional transmission infrastructure with wind integrated into it
geographic diversity in wind development so as to reduce uncertainty and
increase capacity credit
equitable rules for grid integration and transmission access
systematic connection of wind energy development with reducing natural gas
use in power plants
reasonable capacity credit for wind power plants

12. Wind-generated electricity can be used to make natural gas available
for vehicles (indirectly). Earth source heat pumps, combined heat and power
systems, and wind energy can be joined to eliminate the need for using
natural gas for space and water heating in buildings. This natural gas, in
turn, can be used in vehicles as compressed natural gas to displace
gasoline and reduce oil imports. This type of arrangement would lead to
significant CO2 reductions both in buildings and in cars, as well as lower
urban air pollution.
13. Integrating fuel cells into the renewable energy mix will require
improvements in fuel cell and hydrogen production efficiency as well as
reduction in fuel cell costs. Integrating hydrogen production and fuel
cells into the electricity system as part of a strategy to increase
renewable energy can help increase the capacity credit for wind. It is,
however, not economical today due to high fuel cell costs and low overall
efficiency of converting wind-generated electricity into hydrogen and fuel
cell electricity. Optimization via use of combined heat and power systems
and efficiency improvements can also help reduce costs.

Recommendations:
1. The Western Governors? Association should formally adopt a renewable
energy goal of 20 percent of electricity supply for the region. Given that
wind energy is both plentiful and, in the right circumstances, economical,
a decision to get 20 percent of the region?s electricity from renewables,
with an emphasis on wind energy penetration, is highly desirable for
reasons discussed in the findings. The Operational Rules Committee of the
Western Renewable Energy Generation Information System has already produced
draft rules for tracking renewable energy generation. Ten to fifteen years
would be a reasonable time frame to achieve such a goal. Each state would,
of course, set its own regulations for enacting and achieving the 20
percent Renewable Portfolio Standard. The WGA should urge the National
Governors? Association and the federal government to adopt the same
Renewable Portfolio Standard.
2. Wind energy development should be integrated with planning for reduction
of natural gas price volatility. Since wind-generated electricity costs at
favorable sites are often lower than avoided costs of natural gas at
current prices, regulatory bodies and independent system operators should
examine the benefits of using wind-generated electricity to displace single
stage gas turbine peaking unit use including having some of the same units
as standby units, as part of an overall approach for achieving high wind
capacity penetration at modest cost. A regulatory framework for such
integration needs to be created.
3. The WGA should charge the Western Interstate Energy Board to examine
large scale wind energy integration in the entire region. A committee,
created as part of the Wind Evaluation Team of the WEIB, should be set up
to examine the technical and economic requirements of large-scale wind
energy development in the Western Interconnect region (20 to 40 percent
penetration), including:

? diversity of supply and demand that can be accomplished via integration
of wind source in different states onto a single grid, as well as the
reduction in cost of wind-generated electricity via increased capacity
credit that geographic and demand diversity can bring
? the cost and financing of regional transmission lines designed to serve
large-scale wind energy development, including HVDC lines
? enhancing existing meteorological capabilities to serve the purpose of
reducing errors in wind forecasts, thereby increasing the value of wind
power plants
? ways in which some of the benefits to the economy in terms of saving
water can be realized by wind farm operators
? creation of financing mechanisms for infrastructure that will allow
bundling to reduce financial risk and reduce cost at the same time.
? integration of wind energy development with reduction of natural gas use
in power plants (relatively)
? policies that would result in cost internalization for CO2 emissions and
water use so that the collateral benefits of wind energy to society can be
reflected in the marketplace.

4. New regulations are needed for equitable access to final consumers. In
states where electricity is regulated, rules to enable utilities to recover
reasonable costs (including return on investment) can be created as part of
the implementation of a Renewable Energy Standard. We estimate that if wind
energy is developed at suitable sites, this is not likely to significantly
affect the final cost of electricity to consumers.

5. Harmonized internalization of water and greenhouse gas emission costs
should be carried out throughout the region. Today, states are in the
leadership of renewable energy as well as in the area of reduction of
greenhouse gas emissions. An approach to cost internalization for CO2
emissions and water use by thermal power plants would accelerate the
development of wind power considerably. The price of wind-generated
electricity in typical PPAs might increase on the order of $5 per MWh as a
result.

6. New Mexico should create a demonstration project to combine wind, fuel
cells, solar photovoltaics, efficiency, and the use of compressed natural
gas in motor vehicles. This combination of measures holds large potential
for both environmental and security benefits, but is not economical today.
A demonstration project in which the benefits could be carefully assessed,
along with the costs, would be of immense value in evaluating the prospects
and difficulties of the road to a renewable energy future in which
hydrogen, natural gas, and renewables are the main energy sources, while
the use of oil is much reduced. While we did not study the question, it may
be desirable to integrate some direct use of solar photovoltaic electricity
into such a demonstration project, to assess reduction in peak loads on the
grid and increased capacity credit for wind. New Mexico is well placed to
provide leadership for such a project in the WGA and also the entire
country since it has excellent scientific and technical resources available
in the form of national laboratories, and NASA (at White Sands), and a
state government that has already made the policy commitment to renewables
and has much of the legal infrastructure in place.


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Just a note for those who may have been wondering at the two week hiatus, I do this entirely on my own funds and time with no assistance, and I was on vacation with my wife for two weeks. We drove the coast of the Florida peninusula, starting at the gulf coast side on the panhandle, and working our way south down the gulf coast to the Key islands, then back up the Atlantic coast. Notable stops were: Atlanta, GA, Tampa, Sarasota, Sanibel Island & Captiva Island, Key West, Miami Beach (Art deco district), and St. Augustine, and the Superman Museum in Metropolis, IL on the way home. It was a blast, and I wrote about 26 pieces of poetry by hand journaling the trip. I will eventually publish those as a book of poetry in a series entitled "Two If By Sea." We covered a little over 4,000 miles in 14 days.

Dan
- posted by Daniel @ 6:39 PM

 
Stand With Me For Peace:

TRANSCRIPT OF AUDIO POSTCARD:

Hi, this is Dennis.

The situation in Iraq continues to get worse, and unfortunately leaders of both political parties do not seem to know any way out and they are guiding us towards a path of sending in more troops, which will inevitably prolong the war, and put us in a situation where we are going to have more casualties on both sides, and a greater cost to the American taxpayers and an alienation further from the nations of the world.

Your help has enabled me to bring a message that war is not inevitable and that peace is inevitable if we are willing to work for a new plan which will enable us to go to the United Nations and bring in U.N. Peacekeepers and bring our troops home. As you know, now we've been talking about this plan for six months. And as you know, with your help, I've been able to stay in this presidential campaign to continue to talk about the need for peaceful resolutions of the conditions in Iraq.

Now more than ever your help is needed to help us keep this message going. Now more than ever I need your financial assistance to make sure that we can carry this message not only through the platform committee process, but through to the convention so that our Democratic party can offer the American people a real alternative. It really isn't fair to the American people that they have to choose between a Democratic version of Iraq and a Republican version of the war in Iraq.

Yet our campaign gives the people some hope that there are alternatives. That we can go to the U.N. and ask the U.N. to handle the oil assets of Iraq on behalf of the Iraqi people until the Iraqi people are self-governing. The same with the contracts. That we tell the world community the United States is no longer interested in the privatization of Iraq. That we ask the U.N. for help in scheduling elections and drafting a constitution for Iraq. That we help to pay for what we destroyed, that we pay reparations to families of innocent victims and noncombatants who lost their lives in the conflict, and that we help fund a U.N. peacekeeping mission.

It's not inevitable that we stay in Iraq. And it's not necessary for our troops to have the bear the responsibility for stabilizing Iraq. You know and I know that the U.S. invasion created the instability in Iraq. That the U.S. invasion created a situation where the war is deepening, and that only when we get our troops home is there going to be any hope of bringing about a resolution provided of course that we can come to and agreement with the U.N. for a new peace plan. And that's exactly what I've offered.

This is the moment when we get a chance to consciously choose a new direction for our nation. Your support for this campaign has made it possible for us to get this far. But I can't take another step without your help. I need your help to keep funding our effort. I need you to go right now to our website at kucinich.us and send another contribution so that in the next weeks and months so that we can keep this message alive inside the Democratic Party.

We have to have the Democratic Party stand for peace. We can't tell the American people that they're going to be asked to choose between a Republican version of the war in Iraq and a Democratic version of the same. So your help is going to be so important in helping to send this campaign in a direction where we can enable the Democratic Party to stand for something. To stand for a new hope. To stand for a new way to stand for a course of action which will bring our troops home.

As we speak, 10,000 miles away, there are men and women who serve this country who wonder if their leaders are going to be able to come up with a solution so that they can come home and be with their families. As we speak, there is bloodshed in the streets of Iraq and people are wondering if there is any way out of this plight that seems to afflict this country without end.

And yet, we have it within our hands to take a new direction. We have it within our hearts to cause the American dream to be opened up to people in this country when we start focusing the resource of this country on rebuilding the American way of life, instead of using our military might to try to force people to accept conditions which are basically foreign to them.

This is the time that we get an opportunity to say what we stand for. Please stand with me as I continue to carry the challenge forward. The challenge that America must walk the way of peace. The challenge of a Democratic Party must offer true peaceful alternatives. A challenge that as we prepare for a November election that our people can be given a real choice. And that when the choosing is complete, that they will have chosen peace, that they will have chosen reconnecting with the world community.

With your help this is possible. I look forward to continuing to work for you and with you in the weeks and the months ahead, as we prepare America to take a new course of action which will bring peace not only with Iraq, but will enable us to reconnect with the world community in the hopes of creating peaceful tomorrows. Thank you very much.

Dennis Kucinich

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Sign Petitions: We are taking signed petitions to the Democratic National Convention in Boston this July, focused on the critical issues this campaign has stood for. Petitions to end the war in Iraq, repeal critical sections of the PATRIOT Act, and to establish a cabinet-level Department of Peace are among those available. You can sign the petitions online right now, or print and circulate them. Get the petitions here: http://kucinich.us/VolunteerAction/petitions.php .

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Just in from North Carolina, just in time for Earth Day which is tomorrow, 4/22...
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- posted by Daniel @ 6:23 PM

 
April 21, 2004

Dear Illinois Dennis Kucinich Supporters,

Many thanks to all of you for helping to inspire and create the Kucinich Campaign for President. Our nationwide efforts are still energizing Americans in support of the Kucinich vision of a stronger, healthier, and more secure country. Yes, the direction of the nomination was decided months ago, but, as we begin to rally behind the nominee, the direction of the Democratic Party Platform remains to be determined.

Dennis Kucinich has continued on the presidential campaign trail to give voice to those who want a new policy in Iraq which will result in bringing our troops home, a new health care policy which will result in a national health care plan that covers every citizen, a new trade policy which will stop the loss of millions of jobs, and the repeal of the Patriot Act without jeopardizing our national security.

All over America, Democrats are expressing gratitude to Dennis and the campaign for keeping these critical issues in the debate as we move on to the Democratic National Convention in Boston this July. The campaign is working hard to strengthen our party by demonstrating an inclusiveness that attracts young Americans, progressive Democrats, Greens, Natural Law Party members, Libertarians and Reform Party members. This is the way to unify the Democratic Party and win in November. Dennis continues to represent a progressive message that must be carried to Boston. Click here to visit our convention pages.

Over a month has gone by since our primary, and many of us are still working steadfastly in Illinois with the Kucinich campaign to support our vision of a transformed nation! Our commitment to major change in November compels us to ask for your help and input to maintain a foundation in Illinois from which to continue our national organizational efforts.

Please join us in gathering petition signatures on the major issues facing this nation as we continue to work to get the US out of Iraq, restore our constitutional rights and civil liberties, create universal health care for all, and utilize our resources to ensure jobs and basic services for our families and communities. Please sign our petitions online, refer your friends, and download PDF petitions to print hard copies for signatures in your community. Here is a link to our petition page.

Throughout this campaign many of you have helped Dennis Kucinich continue to be the leading voice of our aspirations to restore a just and healthy society. Your support is needed again in the form of financial contributions to help the Illinois and national Kucinich campaigns continue to:

1. Influence the platform of the Democratic Party so your voice is heard in Boston at the Democratic National Convention in July. A major presence is currently being planned in Boston;
2. Support Oregon, a key primary state in need of additional staff and resources - please consider helping with some of our canvassing efforts in Oregon - the Oregon state campaign site with contact info is http://www.kucinich-oregon.us;
3. Support campaign efforts in the remaining primary and caucus states with phone banking, letter writing, email campaigns and voter registration, all contributing to Dennis's continuity as the key spokesperson for American from every walk of life; and
4. Create a movement for the establishment of a cabinet-level Department of Peace!

We can revitalize the Democratic Party and our nation by volunteering to help other states win delegates for Dennis. We just won delegates in North Carolina (preliminary results), and a strong team is already in place in Oregon that would benefit from supplemental resources such as additional staffing, volunteers and help with media expenses.

We need your help now to continue this phase of the national campaign. Please make a contribution to the Illinois for Kucinich campaign today to help Illinois cover the expenses of these endeavors. Click here to contribute.

Thanks again for working to restore our democracy!

In cooperation,

Illinois for Kucinich & National Staff
Kucinich Campaign For President
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- posted by Daniel @ 5:51 PM

 
Vote for Kucinich
Wednesday, April 21, 2004

Let's see some response from the progressive Democrats on April 27 in the primary. Come to the aid of your country and vote for Dennis Kucinich, the only active progressive candidate who stands for ending the illegal occupation of Iraq, withdrawal from NAFTA and the WTO; repealing the Big Brother Patriot Act and supporting universal health care for all.

http://ydr.com/story/letters/22494/
- posted by Daniel @ 10:58 AM

 
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Commission urges trust fund to protect oceans
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Citing a dire need to protect ocean and freshwater resources from
exploitation and pollution, the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy is urging
the creation of a federal oceans trust fund from oil and gas royalties.
Source: CNN (4/20)


Members set for pollution 'action team'
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The Ontario government has named the members of an industrial pollution
"action team" to examine how to prevent spills and dangerous emissions in
the St. Clair River. Source: The London Free Press (4/20)


Fixed ferry on its way
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The Spirit of Ontario ferry, which has been laid up in New York City for
repairs, has resumed its journey to its home port of Rochester, N.Y. Source:
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (4/20)


Ontario aims to cut electricity use by 5 %
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To encourage energy conservation, Ontario is planning to initiate a system
in which consumers will pay higher rates for electricity during the day than
at night. Source: The London Free Press (4/20)


Environmental measures riding rough water
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It could be rough sledding for the environmental agenda this year in the New
York state legislature, where goals include closing the Indian Point nuclear
plants, expanding the bottle-deposit bill, expanding wetlands protection and
prohibiting backyard trash burning. Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
(4/20)


Permit changes target farm pollution
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Michigan is considering tighter restrictions on the way large farms known as
combined animal feeding operations store manure and spread it on farm
fields. Source: Booth Newspapers (4/18)


EDITORIAL: Put up fans on lakeshore?
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Now that federal regulators have advised West Michigan of its clean-air
outlaw status, the question becomes: Who's going to turn off the wind?
Source: The Grand Rapids Press (4/18)


Michigan boating fatalities, registrations drop in 2003
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The number of people killed in Michigan boating accidents last year was the
fewest since 1999, while boat registrations dropped even more, perhaps due
to a slow economy and low lake levels. Source: The Detroit News (4/17)

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Cleaner air, higher gas prices?
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The federal government's tougher regulations on pollution might have
consequences on prices at the gasoline pump. Source: Great Lakes Radio
Consortium (4/19)


True costs of the emerald ash borer
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The economic and the environmental costs of the invasive emerald ash borer
are adding up in Michigan, Ohio, and Ontario. Source: Great Lakes Radio
Consortium (4/19)


EDITORIAL: An alarming loss of Indiana's farmland
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Land use management is the key to protecting Indiana's valuable farmland.
Source: The Indianapolis Star (4/19)


Activists to ship: Aweigh with you
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A dispute between Navy veterans and environmentalists has erupted over
proposals to moor the USS Des Moines cruiser along Lake Michigan in
Milwaukee. Source: Chicago Tribune (4/19)


Public input sought on toxic waste site's future
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Officials from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency want feedback from
local residents on cleanup strategies for the Superfund site straddling the
Indiana-Illinois border. Source: Merrillville Post-Tribune (4/19)


Indiana considers e-mail notice of beach closings
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E-mailed notification of beach closings could save the frustration of
loading up the family car, driving to the lakeshore, then being turned away
by a foreboding "do not swim" sign. Source: Merrillville Post-Tribune
(4/19)


Central NY's future may be in its waterways
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Water is Central New York's greatest natural asset, and could be the
economic engine that drives the region's development in the coming decades.
Source: The Syracuse Post-Standard (4/18)


Web site helps satisfy fascination with Great Lakes ships
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There is no formal organization or club for boat enthusiasts in the Great
Lakes, but there is a Web site, www.boatnerd.com, that contains photo
galleries and statistics on all ships that travel the Great Lakes. Source:
The Grand Rapids Press (4/18)


Canadiana rescue effort fails as excursion ferry is dismantled
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The S.S. Canadiana, the excursion ferry that carried countless passengers
between Buffalo and Crystal Beach, Ont., from 1910 to 1958 is methodically
being dismantled at a dry dock along the Welland Canal. Source: The Buffalo
News (4/18)


U.S. Gateway Project to ease truck tie-ups
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A final financial agreement on the U.S. Gateway Project connecting the
Ambassador Bridge to U.S. interstate highways will allow the project to move
ahead more quickly and eventually ease truck congestion. Source: The
Windsor Star (4/16)

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County water quality improves
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A report released this week by the Macomb County Health Department shows
that bacteria has hit rock bottom in some of the area's drains that once
were the most polluted. Source: The Detroit News (4/16)


New York air fails new ozone test
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Six Rochester-area counties are among 30 in New York state and 474
nationwide that have failed tougher federal standards for ozone, a pollutant
linked to power plants and vehicles. Source: Rochester Democrat and
Chronicle (4/16)


Ohio receives input on BP dumping plan
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Before a sparse crowd last night, state officials fielded questions and
comments about BP Oil's request to dump more pollutants into Lake Erie.
Source: The Toledo Blade (4/16)


Ferry security to limit boating
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While the 284-foot-long Spirit of Ontario ferry brings a promise of economic
development and increased tourism for Rochester, it also has major
implications for recreational and commercial boating on the river. Source:
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (4/16)


The Vermilion is a budding steelhead paradise
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The Vermilion River and the gorgeous little valley it has carved over the
eons is a gem, and the steelhead trout that run it are diamonds in the
rough. Source: The Toledo Blade (4/16)


Lake vacationers told smog will be there too
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Most communities on Lake Michigan--including vacation spots such as Door
County, Wis., and Saugatuck, Mich.--are joining Chicago on the Environmental
Protection Agency's list of areas that violate federal clean air standards.
Source: Chicago Tribune (4/16)


Ferry may arrive in 8 days
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The Spirit of Ontario is close to returning to the open seas on its way to
the Port of Rochester. Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (4/16)


Walleye fishing picks up, and big ones are biting
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At least two fish bigger than 14 pounds have been weighed on certified
scales at tackle shops, and that trend could represent a faster growth rate
because of fewer mouths to feed and a healthy prey fish population. Source:
Detroit Free Press (4/15)


Donation will preserve Bois Blanc shoreline
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A man who spent his childhood on Bois Blanc Island recently donated more
than 600 feet of Lake Huron shoreline to the Little Traverse Conservancy.
Source: Cheboygan Daily Tribune (4/15)


Michigan lakes rise, lift spirits
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For the first time in four years, the St. Clair River water level is higher
than the previous spring - 10 inches higher. Source: The Detroit News
(4/11)

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Ozone troubles creep north
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The swath of Wisconsin with unhealthy concentrations of ozone now extends
the entirety of the state's Lake Michigan shore, from the industrial
Milwaukee metro area to isolated Rock Island, beyond the tip of Door County.
Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (4/15)


Medical incinerator is under fire again
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The company that runs Michigan's only medical waste incinerator was sued by
state regulators Wednesday over repeated pollution law violations. Source:
Detroit Free Press (4/15)


Mussels will change Glen Lake
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Glen lakes in northern Michigan's Leelanau County have not escaped the zebra
mussel invasion. Source: Leelanau Enterprise (4/15)


Ferry officials fret over tardy Toronto
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As of April 8, the ramp was the only structure being built for the new
"Spirit of Ontario" ferry at the Toronto port, prompting concern in several
quarters that the port won't be ready for the craft. Source: Rochester
Democrat and Chronicle (4/15)


A cross-border battle of auto unions heats up
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Intensifying competition between American states and Canadian provinces for
automotive jobs is helping to stoke two decades of discord between the
unions that represent workers on each side of the border. Source: The New
York Times (4/15)


COMMENTARY: Mighty fine fishing for cats
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A Michigan-based video producer hopes to boost the profile of catfish in the
Great Lakes when he holds the country's richest catfish tournament May 22
out of Lake Erie Metropark. Source: Detroit Free Press (4/15)


Michigan ordered to clean up air
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Metro Detroit's air quality doesn't meet tough new federal smog standards,
which likely will force a return of auto emissions testing and other
pollution-cutting measures. Source: The Detroit News (4/14)


Towns capitalize on what makes them special
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Towns along New York's Mohawk River will work with the Countryside Exchange
to spur industrial growth without damaging the environment. Source: The
Christian Science Monitor (4/14)

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COMMENTARY: Indiana's dirty secret, mercury
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All Indiana rivers, streams and lakes are contaminated with mercury, a toxin
that can be deadly to humans, especially children and fetuses. Source:
Lafayette Journal and Courier (4/14)


Superfund cleanup not easy to pay for Kokomo
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Kokomo officials have asked for state and federal help to divide the
Continental Steel Superfund site into several smaller, less expensive ones
in an attempt to quicken the cleanup. Source: The Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette
(4/14)


Anglers vocalize concern over locks, exotic species
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A proposal to restore and reopen the Fox River Locks has some local
fishermen concerned about the potential threat of exotic species from the
Great Lakes to native fish in Lake Winnebago. Source: The Fond du Lac
Reporter (4/14)


Water pollution fees would tax Michigan facilities
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Campgrounds and churches are among the facilities that could face a
groundwater discharge fee for the first time if proposed legislation becomes
law in Michigan. Source: The Detroit News (4/14)


New rules could lead to more beach closings
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Beach closings could be more common at Presque Isle State Park this summer,
but not because of declining water quality. Source: Erie Times-News (4/14)


Loss of grant stalls lighthouse plan
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Plans to transform the Toledo Harbor Light into a restaurant and inn have
faltered after organizers lost a $500,000 grant that would have jump-started
the project. Source: The Toledo Blade (4/14)


Uncovering of 218-year-old ship set to begin
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Archeologists will soon begin excavating a site within Lake Huron thought to
be the merchant schooner the Weazell - believed to be the oldest shipwreck
ever discovered on the Great Lakes. Source: The Toronto Star (4/13)


Two visions for lakeside green
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At a recent public meeting, landscape architects presented their proposals
for a park in Toronto on Lake Ontario. Source: The Toronto Star (4/13)


Crying fowl: Group works to protect duck habitat
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Ducklings are dying in Michigan as human sprawl eats up their habitat,
though Ducks Unlimited is buying property to provide better habitat for
Michigan ducks. Source: The Bay City Times (4/13)


Special Report: Lake Express Ferry
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View all the latest news, photos and information on the Lake Express Ferry.
Source: The Muskegon Chronicle (4/13)

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Port needs money to scrutinize corrosion
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The Duluth Seaway Port Authority is seeking federal and state money to help
determine what's munching on steel piers in the harbor's waters. Source:
Duluth News Tribune (4/13)


Big stink about water
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Farm runoff is blamed for high E. coli levels in standing water in suburban
back yards, but county health officials aren't sure they can do anything
about it. Source: Merrillville Post-Tribune (4/13)


Goose hunters state case at wildlife meeting
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Shoreline residents and hunters are clashing over proposed rule changes for
goose hunting on Green Bay. Source: Green Bay Press-Gazette (4/13)


Coast Guard: Ferry captain tried to overcorrect
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The Spirit of Ontario struck a pier two weeks ago in Manhattan because the
captain was unfamiliar with strong currents in the East River, the U.S.
Coast Guard has said. Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (4/13)


Suburb plan may not cut water rates
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Seventeen suburban communities are studying the feasibility of leaving
Detroit's municipal water system, bucking a trend toward consolidation of
public water services. Source: The Detroit News (4/12)


Dairy operation raises pollution concerns
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Some residents of Hartford and Keeler townships in Michigan fear that a
proposed dairy farm with up to 3,000 cows could pollute the water, foul the
air and lower property values. Source: The St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
(4/12)


Water snake project among those funded
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A Lake Erie water snake recovery plan is among the projects that will
receive grant funding from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Source:
The News-Messenger (4/12)


21 states not meeting EPA monitoring deadline on beach water quality
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After failing to meet a congressional deadline, 70 percent of the nation's
coastal and Great Lakes states risk having the Environmental Protection
Agency tell them how they must run state programs to monitor beach water
quality. Source: The Boston Globe (4/9)


Ship magnates eye ferry trade
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The top executives of Interlake Steamship Co., which controls about 25
percent of the maritime shipping service in the Great Lakes region, are
turning their attention to fast ferry service. Source: Cape Cod Times (4/8)


Ontario, Michigan research nets sign agreement
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The Ontario and Michigan research and education networks, ORION and Merit
Network, have signed an agreement to collaborate on advanced networking
technologies to facilitate research in the Great Lakes region. Source: The
Globe and Mail (4/6)

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Renewing Great Lakes drilling ban
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A bill in Congress would extend a moratorium on drilling in the Great Lakes,
but higher gas prices and a lower amount of OPEC oil production could make
extending the ban tougher. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (4/12)


Trash import laws heading to court
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Michigan lawmakers are trying to reduce trash imports, but their efforts are
headed to court. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (4/12)


Is dump helping poison Tyendinaga Township's water?
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Human and agricultural waste, road salt and paint byproducts, and leachate
from an unregulated landfill site are contaminating private wells on Mohawk
territory, engineering reports reveal. Source: The Kingston Whig-Standard
(4/12)


Disposal option for silt spurs local hopes
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The use of silt to restore an abandoned coal mine has raised hopes that much
of the material dredged from Great Lakes shipping channels could be used to
solve environmental problems rather than being dumped in other parts of the
lakes. Source: The Toledo Blade (4/12)


Railway closer to purchasing Duluth transportation companies
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The Canadian National Railway Co. is closer to cementing its deal to buy
Duluth-based Great Lakes Transportation LLC, including its Great Lakes Fleet
subsidiary. Source: Duluth News Tribune (4/11)


The Great Lakes Aquarium looks to rebuild its volunteer force
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Officials at the Great Lakes Aquarium are looking to recruit scores of new
volunteers, after three years of uncertainty and eroding public enthusiasm
caused many volunteers to give up on the institution. Source: Duluth News
Tribune (4/11)


Senators ask EPA to ease west Michigan pollution regulations
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Michigan's U.S. senators have asked the Environmental Protection Agency to
give western Michigan more time to meet new pollution standards, saying the
area is being unfairly punished for smog that comes from cities across Lake
Michigan. Source: The Holland Sentinel (4/10)


Minnesota leaders moving ahead to attract iron nugget plant
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State officials are scrambling to create a plan to lure a first-of-its-kind
commercial iron nugget plant to northeastern Minnesota. Source: Duluth News
Tribune (4/10)


More cleanup money may be channeled to Saginaw Bay
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Friends of Saginaw Bay visited Lansing last week to lobby Michigan lawmakers
and are now working on legislation to bring more cleanup money to the
state's largest watershed. Source: The Bay City Times (4/9)

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Ferry's debut is postponed
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Due to damage caused last week when the ferry struck a pier in New York
City, the long-awaited premiere passage of The Spirit of Ontario will
apparently have to wait even longer. Source: Rochester Democrat and
Chronicle (4/9)


Three Ontario companies not complying with environmental laws
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Three southwestern Ontario petrochemical companies have been ordered to
clean up their act, following a recent federal audit. Source: Detroit Free
Press (4/9)


Lake Michigan perch population continues its decline
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The Lake Michigan yellow perch population, already decimated by a
decade-long decline, has dwindled further and made any chance for a recovery
of the popular sport fish extremely remote. Source: The Racine Journal
Times (4/9)


Tough times for smelt
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Other foreign species that have invaded Lake Michigan through ballast water
are apparently competing for the same food sources as the smelt, which may
explain the decline in smelt populations. Source: Merrillville Post-Tribune
(4/9)


U.S. Steel sells land
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U.S. Steel Corp. has sold land in 15 states, including thousands of acres in
Northeastern Minnesota, to a Houston-based real estate developer. Source:
Duluth News Tribune (4/9)


Sub taking its first voyage in 50 years
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To the crack of christening bottles and the strains of "Anchors Aweigh''
from a Navy band, Chicago's famous U-505 submarine Thursday began its move
to its new indoor location. Source: Chicago Sun Times (4/9)


St. Joseph River cleanup continues
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According to officials from the Indiana Department of Environmental
Management, diesel fumes had dissipated and the fuel itself was no longer
detectable in the St. Joseph River, following a leak earlier this week.
Source: South Bend Tribune (4/8)


Port sees its ships coming in
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The Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority hopes for a third consecutive
year of higher cargo levels following a severe slump in business. Source:
The Plain Dealer (4/8)


Second truck ferry touted
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According to Canadian Maritime Transportation Ltd., access to one more
Canadian customs officer would permit the running of a second, larger truck
ferry between Detroit and Windsor, more than doubling current daily capacity
of 400 trucks to 1,000. Source: The Windsor Star (4/8)


River dredging the result of 30 years of work, hope
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A landmark dredging project will ship 105,000 tons of Illinois River silt to
create a park in Chicago on the shores of Lake Michigan. Source: The Peoria
Journal Star (4/7)

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Toledo, Oregon residents claim property, health damage
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Fifteen Toledo and Oregon residents have filed a class-action lawsuit
against Sunoco MidAmerica's century-old petroleum refinery, claiming that
years of pollution have damaged the health and property of anyone living
within 1 1/2 miles of the Woodville Road plant. Source: The Toledo Blade
(4/8)


COMMENTARY: Canada is missing out on clean economy potential
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In spite of the widely held belief that we are good environmental stewards,
Canada is actually one of the least efficient, most polluting countries in
the developed world. Source: PaulMartinTime.ca (4/8)


Ohio frets over what's coming in
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The increased amount of out-of-state construction debris being dumped in
Ohio landfills has concerned state and federal environmental officials who
say they don't know what's being buried. Source: News Journal (4/8)


Fight over sewer plant likely to continue
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Even though Indiana environmental officials endorsed Hobart's plan to build
a sewage treatment plant last week, officials with the Gary Sanitary
District are prepared to continue the fight. Source: The Northwest Indiana
Times (4/8)


Minnesota OKs environment bill
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An environment and natural resources bill passed the House 81-50 Wednesday
after a provision involving changes to all-terrain vehicle rules was
removed. Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press (4/8)


Is the emerald ash borer coming here?
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Only a half-inch long and a sixteenth-of-an inch wide, it's hard to imagine
that an insect the size of the emerald ash borer can be such a threat to our
environment. Source: The Racine Journal Times (4/8)


Evidence mounts against cormorants
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Anglers have been complaining for years that a burgeoning cormorant
population on the Great Lakes is destroying perch and smallmouth bass
stocks, and now they have support from research scientists. Source: Detroit
Free Press (4/8)


Residents wait decades for PCB cleanup
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Farmers and other people living along Little Mississinewa River north of
here want to know why it is taking so long to clean up PCB contamination of
the stream. Source: The East Central Indiana Star Press (4/8)


Look At The Luxurious Ferry
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Board the ferry without a car and the first thing you'll see is a spacious
atrium. Source: WOKR13.tv (4/7)


History fans push for more markers
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As more landmarks are set to join Michigan's historic registry, more
tourists are looking for history lessons while traveling through the Great
Lakes State. Source: Cadillac News (4/6)

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Ontario could halt plans for quarry, power plant
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The Globe and Mail (4/7)
The Ontario Environment Minister is considering ordering environmental
assessments on two controversial proposals -- a quarry on Lake Superior and
a power plant in Thunder Bay -- moves that could signal an aggressive
approach to environmental regulation.


Waukegan pressed on harbor
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Chicago Tribune (4/7)
Pressure is mounting on Waukegan, Ill, to reach an agreement on the cleanup
of its polluted harbor, a project that would likely cost the city at least
$6 million.


Wisconsin gives reason to hope for beaches here
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Chicago Sun-Times (4/7)
An expanding beach testing program in Wisconsin will give beaches in the
Chicago area a better chance of staying open.


Officials push back third Detroit-Windsor crossing
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Detroit Free Press (4/7)
Officials working on building a third crossing between Detroit, Mich., and
Windsor, Ontario, have pushed back the projected completion date to 2013.


Mayor warns: watch Lake Huron land claims
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Port Elgin Shoreline Beacon (4/7)
According to the mayor of Saugeen Shores, Ontario, a First Nations' claim
involving the waters of Lake Huron and Georgian Bay could have far-reaching
effects on the municipalities that take drinking water from the lake - and
the millions of residents and visitors who use it for recreation.


Lake Erie water levels should be same as last year
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pennlive.com (4/6)
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers predicts Lake Erie's water level will be
about the same as last summer.


Coke plant on fast track to beat EPA regulations
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The Toledo Blade (4/6)
Tough new smog regulations will likely put the Toledo area up against a
now-or-never deadline for major industrial growth, putting the state
environmental review of a proposed $200 million-plus coke plant on a fast
track.


Nitrate nuisance
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Earthwatch Radio (4/6)
Some experts say the "dead zone" would cover less of the Gulf of Mexico if
healthy wetlands covered more of the upper Midwest.


Regional regulator selected for key EPA job
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The Toledo Blade (4/6)
Tom Skinner, U.S. EPA Midwest regional administrator and Great Lakes
National Program Office manager, has been designated by President Bush as
acting assistant administrator for the U.S. EPA's Office of Enforcement and
Compliance Assurance, a position which usually requires Senate confirmation.


Lake Ontario 'smelting down,' Lake Erie perching up
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The Buffalo News (4/4)
According to fisheries officials, Lake Ontario's smelt stocks are dropping,
and Lake Erie's walleye stocks are on the rise.

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Catch limits set for Lake Erie walleye and yellow perch
http://www.glfc.org/pressrel/pr040604.pdf
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Toronto trash banned from Adams Mine site
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The Ontario government has terminated the controversial Adams Mine landfill
project, which proposed turning the abandoned open-pit mine near Kirkland
Lake into a garbage dump. Source: The London Free Press (4/6)


Final blackout report blames industry
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Disregard for voluntary rules intended to ensure the flow of electricity
opened the way for last summer's major blackout, according to the final
report on the event. Source: Chicago Sun-Times (4/6)


Davis-Besse at full power
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The Davis-Besse nuclear power plant has resumed generating electricity at
full capacity for the first time in two years. Source: The Toledo Blade
(4/6)


New barge construction begins at Toledo Shipyard
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Workers at the Toledo Shipyard on Monday began construction of the yard's
first new vessel since the mid-1980s, while shipyard managers hope that
upcoming improvements will help land more such projects in the future.
Source: The Toledo Blade (4/6)


Supreme Court sidesteps wetlands disputes
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The Supreme Court rejected three cases Monday that sought to restrict the
government's authority to regulate wetlands. Source: Environmental News
Service (4/6)


Wetlands could help beach
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It's hoped that a nearly completed artificial wetlands at Indiana Dunes
State Park will help prevent beach closings there. Source: Merrillville
Post-Tribune (4/6)


Granholm announces homeland security grants
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More than 100 Michigan communities will share $73 million in the latest
round of homeland security grants announced Monday by Gov. Jennifer
Granholm. Source: Detroit Free Press (4/5)


Chilly challenge for the fast ferry
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Repairs to Lake Ontario's new fast ferry, damaged last week when it struck a
pier, are expected to be completed quickly. Source: WROC TV 8 (4/5)


Ohio expands endangered species research
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A new project to find out where rare amphibians live could help map out the
homes of several endangered species in Ohio, researchers say. Source: Centre
Daily (4/5)


Lotus to become Michigan symbol
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The American Lotus blossom may soon become Michigan's official symbol for
clean water. Source: The Monroe Evening News (4/1)
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Historic court case still affecting polluters
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Thirty years ago, a court case about mining waste in Lake Superior
established that the government can force industry to clean up its mess, or
can even shut it down. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (4/5)


Army to burn PCB-laden buildings?
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More than 60 environmental groups are urging the USEPA to reject the Army's
plan to burn down old ammunition plants around the Midwest--sites heavily
contaminated with PCBs. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (4/5)


Oil spill standoff
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Two years after the largest oil spill in modern Great Lakes history,
investigators are at odds over crucial facts, creating a stalemate that has
stuck taxpayers with a $10 million-plus bill, an unpunished polluter and the
possibility that a spill that size could happen again. Source: Detroit Free
Press (4/5)


Melting snow brings up Great Lakes water levels
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The rush of snowmelt and rain filling up the region's rivers and streams is
adding inches to Lake Michigan and other Great Lakes water levels, officials
said. Source: Detroit Free Press (4/4)


EPA's plan may kill off Illinois coal
The Bush administration is promising the nation's first limits on mercury
pollution from coal-fired power plants, but Illinois officials fear the
proposals could end up boosting emissions of the toxic metal within the
state. Source: Chicago Tribune (4/4)


Limits will stay in place on walleye
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Top fisheries biologists from around Lake Erie have decided to keep a lid on
the walleye harvest for another year. Source: The Plain Dealer (4/4)


Port in a storm
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In less than 90 days, strict international and U.S. counterterrorism and
security rules for ports and ships will take effect--and Toronto's port
could be blacklisted for being unprepared. Source: The Globe and Mail (4/3)


All's not well in Chemical Valley
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A concerted binational effort since 1987 was supposed to virtually eliminate
toxic leaks into the St. Clair River, but recent spills have forced
communities along it to once again shut their water intakes. Source: The
Toronto Star (4/3)


Group wants to give drivers better look at lake
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Tourism promoters are seeking to replace the 14-year-old Lake Erie Circle
Tour with a different route that more closely follows the shore and directs
travelers into lakeside communities. Source: The Plain Dealer (4/3)


Conservationists to track Essex region's at-risk fish
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Lakes, rivers, creeks and marshes in Ontario's Essex Eounty will be explored
this year as researchers try to track down a list of disappearing aquatic
species and plot a strategy to help them survive. Source: The Windsor Star
(4/2)

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