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House Bans Diverting Water From Great Lakes
- The New York Times (new window)
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2008-09-24 |
| The House approved a measure on Tuesday morning that would enhance protection of the vast body of freshwater in the Great Lakes region by prohibiting almost any new diversion of the water to other places, and requiring states that border the lakes to adhere to new conservation standards. | |
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Plans to expand oil refinery draw fire
- Detroit Free Press (new window)
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2007-07-25 |
| In a classic battle between economic and environmental interests, some members of Congress from the Great Lakes states are urging a federal agency to prevent an Indiana oil refinery from moving ahead with a $3-billion expansion of its plant along the southern Lake Michigan shoreline. | |
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BP lake discharges under fire
- Detroit News (new window)
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2007-07-25 |
| Oil giant BP ran into fierce resistance Tuesday in Congress over its plan to dramatically increase daily discharges of ammonia and other pollutants from its Whiting, Ind., refinery into Lake Michigan. | |
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House to vote on review of BP plan to boost lake pollution
- Detroit Free Press (new window)
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2007-07-24 |
| The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote later today on a bipartisan resolution asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to review a permit that would allow an oil refinery to increase pollution discharged into Lake Michigan. | |
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Proposed laws to protect state water resources
- Detroit Free Press (new window)
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2007-07-03 |
| New laws proposed by state House Democrats would protect the Great Lakes' water supply from the groundwater up to make it harder to divert beyond its own drainage basin. | |
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Could bills lead way to oil drilling in the Great Lakes?
- Oakland Press (new window)
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2006-09-01 |
| In 2002, with gasoline prices pushing $2 a gallon, environmentalists waged a campaign to declare the offshore bottomlands of the Great Lakes off limits to oil and gas exploration. | |
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Report of fewer Michigan beach closures buoys environmentalists
- Detroit News (new window)
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2006-08-03 |
| Michigan beach closings and warnings due to bacterial contamination were down about 8 percent in 2005 over the year before, bucking a nationwide trend, according to a report to be released today by several environmental groups. | |
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Dredging set to clear Saginaw River
- Detroit Free Press (new window)
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2006-06-18 |
| Dredging of the Saginaw River is set to begin Monday to ease shipping, which has been hampered by a buildup in silt. A federal judge declined to halt the dredging last month after concerns about toxic dioxins in the silt. | |
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