Sen. Pavlov's testimony to the Deep Geologic Repository Joint Review Panel

Sen. Pavlov's testimony to the Deep Geologic Repository Joint Review Panel – Michigan Senator Phil Pavlov (R-St. Clair and Lapeer Counties): What I intend to present is a compelling case that Ontario Power Generation's proposal to permanently bury the equivalent of about 53 million gallons of radioactive waste on the shore of Lake Huron is contrary to sound public policy and breeches the fiduciary responsibility that we are all obliged to carry out as policy makers within the Great Lakes basin.

• Panel denies Pavlov right to present public testimony on behalf of Thumb area residents - Decision contradicts the intent of Boundary Waters Treaty

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Scientist: Water treatment plants can remove toxin from drinking water

Scientist: Water treatment plants can remove toxin from drinking water - Toledo and other water plants along Lake Erie likely will see high amounts of toxin in water this summer, but they should be equipped to remove it, a scientist said. . .

 

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Great Lakes restoration bill gets Senate hearing

Great Lakes restoration bill gets Senate hearing - Michigan Senator Carl Levin discusses the July hearing on the Great Lakes Ecological and Economic Protection Act, which he introduced along with a bipartisan group of eight Senate cosponsors

• Legislative details for S.1232
• Access the hearing website

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Report: Thin margin protecting Great Lakes from next major species invasion

Report: Thin margin protecting Great Lakes from next major species invasion - Lake Michigan now little more than "an exotic mussel farm," writes Wisconsin reporter in multi-part investigative series. . .

 

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Chicago mayor calls for summit on drinking water

Chicago mayor calls for summit on drinking water - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is reacting to reports Lake Erie has became tainted with a toxin that prevents water consumption by calling for a summit of Canadian and U.S. mayors.

 

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Lake Superior water level now highest in 17 years

Lake Superior water level now highest in 17 years: See the amazing rise in past two years - The past few years have been wetter, snowier and colder than normal over the Lake Superior drainage basin. . .

 

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Water ban lifted in Monroe & Toledo area

Water ban lifted in Monroe area, Ohio - Associated Press - TOLEDO — A water ban that had 30,000 people in the Monroe area and hundreds of thousands in Ohio scrambling for drinking water has been lifted, Toledo Mayor D. Michael Collins announced Monday

• Water in Toledo declared safe for consumption 
• Toledo Water Ban Lifted But Test Results Kept Secret - the mayor announced Monday morning that the ban was being lifted, but without releasing the testing data to the public
• NASA Earth Observatory Views Of Algae Bloom on Lake Erie

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