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| 1 | Asian carp may have breached electronic barrier | Business |
| Asian carp may have breached an electronic barrier designed to prevent the giant invaders from upsetting the ecosystem in the Great Lakes and jeopardizing a $7 billion sport fishery, officials said Friday. | ||
| 11/20/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 2 | Report: US getting better at conserving water | Business |
| Americans are using less water per person now than they have since the mid-1950s, thanks to water-saving technologies and a nationwide push to safeguard dwindling supplies. A report released Thursday by the U.S. | ||
| 10/30/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 3 | Report: US getting better at conserving water | Health and Family |
| Americans are using less water per person now than they have since the mid-1950s, thanks to water-saving technologies and a nationwide push to safeguard dwindling supplies. A report released Thursday by the U.S. | ||
| 10/29/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 4 | White House panel on oceans visits Great Lakes | Business |
| A White House panel developing a strategy for managing oceans and their coastlines is including the Great Lakes in its plan, which will propose ways to protect the environment while preventing conflicts among users. | ||
| 10/29/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 5 | Deal struck on Great Lakes ship pollution | Business |
| Congressional negotiators reached a deal Tuesday that would effectively exempt 13 ships that haul iron ore, coal and other freight on the Great Lakes from a proposed federal rule meant to reduce air pollution. The Lake Carriers' Association, which represents the 55 U.S. | ||
| 10/28/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 6 | Deal struck on Great Lakes ship pollution | Business |
| Congressional negotiators reached a deal Tuesday that would effectively exempt 13 ships that haul iron ore, coal and other freight on the Great Lakes from a proposed federal rule meant to reduce air pollution. The Lake Carriers' Association, which represents the 55 U.S. | ||
| 10/27/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 7 | Michigan limits mercury from coal-fired plants | Business |
| The rules developed by the Department of Environmental Quality are designed to implement a policy Gov. Jennifer Granholm announced three years ago to slash the generators' mercury output 90 percent by 2015. Coal-fired plants produce 60 percent of Michigan's electricity. | ||
| 10/19/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 8 | Feds award $2.7M for Wolverine carbon project | Business |
| An electric power co-op that wants to build a coal-fired plant in northern Michigan has received a $2.7 million federal grant for a project designed to prevent industrial carbon dioxide from contributing to climate change, officials said Tuesday. The Wolverine Power Supply Cooperative Inc. | ||
| 10/6/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 9 | Michael Moore makes friends in GOP-leaning town | Nation and World |
| Seated on a platform in a blocked-off street, the founder of the Traverse City Film Festival grinned as Mayor Michael Estes hailed him for boosting the local economy and cultural scene - "with almost no government assistance!" Who was that free-market champion? Michael Moore. | ||
| 9/30/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 10 | Michael Moore screening 'Capitalism' in Mich. town | Nation and World |
| Filmmaker Michael Moore gave residents of his adopted Michigan community an early showing of his new documentary on Saturday and urged them to help overthrow an economic system he said was beyond redemption. | ||
| 9/19/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 11 | Michael Moore screening 'Capitalism' in Mich. | Nation and World |
| Filmmaker Michael Moore gave residents of his adopted Michigan community an early showing of his new documentary on Saturday and urged them to help overthrow an economic system he said was beyond redemption. | ||
| 9/19/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 12 | New program pays biomass plant suppliers | Business |
| The deal between the L'Anse Warden Electric Co. and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency is the first of its kind in Michigan. It's part of the new Biomass Crop Assistance Program, which is designed to make alternative energy more economical. | ||
| 9/16/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 13 | Report: Great Lakes toxic cleanups lagging badly | Nation and World |
| Cleanup of the most polluted sites in the Great Lakes is moving so slowly it will take 77 more years to finish the job at the existing pace, according to a federal report. The U.S. | ||
| 9/15/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 14 | Detroit Red Wings set to open training camp | Sports |
| The Detroit Red Wings returned to the ice Sunday, hoping a renewed emphasis on defense and an infusion of youthful energy will provide another shot at the Stanley Cup that narrowly eluded them last season. | ||
| 9/14/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 15 | Growing Mich. college swaps tuition for property | Nation and World |
| A bargain hatched by two school administrators over lunch will give a private Michigan university space to grow and local students a significant perk if they attend their hometown college. | ||
| 9/14/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 16 | Detroit Red Wings set to open training camp | Sports |
| The Detroit Red Wings returned to the ice Sunday, hoping a renewed emphasis on defense and an infusion of youthful energy will provide another shot at the Stanley Cup that narrowly eluded them last season. | ||
| 9/13/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 17 | Tribe prevails in air quality fight with Mich. | Business |
| Michigan challenged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's decision in 2008 to give the Forest County Potawatomi Community's reservation the highest level of protection against air pollution. | ||
| 9/11/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 18 | Governments killing once-endangered cormorants | Nation and World |
| The mostly bird-free skies above Lake Huron's Thunder Bay during the recent Brown Trout Festival were a welcome sight to anglers who have spent years competing - often unfavorably - with double-crested cormorants for their catch. | ||
| 8/27/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 19 | Mich. residents voice opposition to Gitmo inmates | Nation and World |
| Opponents dominated a public meeting Thursday on moving terrorism suspects from Guantanamo Bay to a prison in this small town, many accusing President Barack Obama of making Michigan a target for killer jihadists. | ||
| 8/20/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 20 | Mich. prison assessed for possible Gitmo transfers | Nation and World |
| Federal and state officials visited a maximum-security prison in rural Michigan on Thursday to begin assessing its suitability to house Guantanamo Bay detainees. | ||
| 8/13/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||