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	<title>Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives</title>
	<link>http://www.healthylakes.org</link>
	<description>Great Lakes Restoration</description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:43:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Boat Tour Stops in Erie, PA</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/30/boat-tour-stops-in-erie-pa</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/30/boat-tour-stops-in-erie-pa#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:39:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Grubb</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Boat Tour]]></category>
<category>Boat Tour</category><category>Erie</category><category>Preque Isle</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The boat tour sails on. Erie, PA &#8211; home of Presque Isle Bay, the first Area of Concern to be designated by citizen petition, and the first to reach &#8220;Area of Recovery&#8221; status &#8211; hosted the Earth Voyager earlier this month. Checkout press hits below:
http://pointers.audiovideoweb.com/stcasx/va92win15111/VOYAGER061108.wmv/play.asx
http://www.wicu12.com/news/index.vnss?newsid=5664
http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080613/NEWS02/806130377
http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080612/NEWS02/806120386/-1/NEWS
Don&#8217;t forget to sign the petition to the presidential candidates.
Boat Tour, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Almost There&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/27/almost-there</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/27/almost-there#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:02:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Pache</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Fish in Deer Lake, Michigan have so much mercury running through their gills that they were banned from dinner plates in 1981, a century after Ropes Gold and Silver Company used liquid mercury to recover gold from ore just north of the basin of the Lake.  But more recently, mercury salts were used by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can’t Fish, Can’t Swim, What Can You Do?</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/27/can%e2%80%99t-fish-can%e2%80%99t-swim-what-can-you-do</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/27/can%e2%80%99t-fish-can%e2%80%99t-swim-what-can-you-do#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:01:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Pache</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Folks in Green Bay, Wisconsin only get a few months a year to enjoy the summer sunshine, but even then they can’t fish, boat, swim, hunt or recreate without restrictions. The mallard ducks and a dozen species of fish can’t be eaten and birds aren’t reproducing either. The economy is hurt by the fact that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Mystique of Manistique</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/27/the-mystique-of-manistique</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/27/the-mystique-of-manistique#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:01:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Pache</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A hundred years ago, lumber jacks rolled logs on the Manistique River that ends at the mouth of Lake Michigan. Today, the sawdust still sits in the riverbed and in the Lake harbor along with eroded sand from the years of log drives. Since those days, the river hasn’t fared much better, instead paper mills [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dirty Deal</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/27/dirty-deal</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/27/dirty-deal#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:01:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Pache</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Swaths of rich farmland and vibrant industrial areas dot the Saginaw River and Bay area – Michigan’s largest watershed- and they have used the abundant waters as a catch all for agricultural run-off and industrial pollution. The area drains 15 percent of Michigan’s land and contamination has led to degraded fisheries, a loss of recreational [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pollution Potion</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/27/pollution-potion</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/27/pollution-potion#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:01:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Pache</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Sheboygan River AOC sits at the crossroad of three watersheds including itself, the Mullet River and the Onion River. This means that decades of agricultural and industrial pollution from three cities, eleven villages and seven towns gather in the Sheboygan River AOC making it a virtual cauldron bubbling with a disgusting stew of dangerous [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blame the Pioneers</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/27/blame-the-pioneers</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/27/blame-the-pioneers#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Pache</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[You can blame American Pioneers for starting the destruction of the St. Louis River and Bay habitat, and later generations piled on the assault with industrialization, hazardous waste sites (that have since been abandoned), carelessly designed landfills that leak into the groundwater, chemical spills, overflowing untreated sewage and runoff. Nice! Nearly 8,000 acres of wetland [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Come Back River</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/uncategorized/2008/06/27/the-come-back-river</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/uncategorized/2008/06/27/the-come-back-river#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Pache</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[At the turn of the last century, White fish would literally jump into hoisted nets of fishermen on the rapids of St. Mary’s River, but today, even if there were abundant fish willing to be netted they couldn’t be eaten. St. Mary’s River AOC has been contaminated with oil, grease, metals, ammonia, phenols, bacteria, arsenic, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Copper for Your Lake?</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/27/a-copper-for-your-lake</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/27/a-copper-for-your-lake#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Pache</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Torch Lake sits in the midst of Copper Country – where copper was mined, milled, smelted and leached from the mid-1800s up to just 40 years ago. The production of 10.5 billion pounds of copper left in its wake stamp sands and slags and surficial materials melted into nearby waters. Researchers estimate that 200 million [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Calling All Great Lakes US Senators</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/threats/2008/06/25/calling-all-great-lakes-us-senators</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/threats/2008/06/25/calling-all-great-lakes-us-senators#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:54:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Pache</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Take Action]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Contact Legislator]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Aquatic Invasive Species]]></category>
<category>ballast water management act of 2007; Coast Guard Authorization Act 2008;</category><category>Great Lake State Ballast Policy</category><category>Great Lakes Collaboration Strategy</category><category>Great Lakes Congressional Task Force</category><category>Great Lakes Regional Collaboration Strategy</category><category>Great Lakes restoration</category><category>Michigan Ballast Law</category><category>NOBOB</category><category>Non Indigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990</category><category>quagga mussel</category><category>zebra mussel</category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.healthylakes.org/threats/2008/06/25/calling-all-great-lakes-us-senators</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What do we want? A Ballast Bill. When do we want it? Now! Great Lakes Senators where are you? We are moving dangerously close to the end of the summer session and we still don’t have Senate approval for a ballast law – dooming us for another year (at least). Another year of ecological havoc, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another One Signs The Pact</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/stumping-for-the-white-house/2008/06/25/another-one-signs-the-pact</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/stumping-for-the-white-house/2008/06/25/another-one-signs-the-pact#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:42:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Pache</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Stumping for the White House]]></category>
<category>Great Lakes Saint Lawrence Water Resources Compact</category><category>John McCain</category><category>presidential race 2008</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Governors for Ohio and Michigan are poised to sign the Great Lakes Water Compact leaving only Pennsylvania as an outlier needing to come on board and prevent other states from gulping up Great Lakes water. At the same time, Presidential Hopeful John McCain reiterated his commitment to keeping Great Lakes water in the Great Lakes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Swimming, No Fishing, No Fun!</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/25/no-swimming-no-fishing-no-fun</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/25/no-swimming-no-fishing-no-fun#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:22:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Pache</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/25/no-swimming-no-fishing-no-fun</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[First it was the car makers polluting the River and watershed with PCBs and metals, and then there was the untreated poo flowing directly into the water, now the area is threatened anew by quick urban expansion – Oakland County leads Michigan in new construction – leaving wetlands and wildlife habitat nearly annihilated. Over the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Industry Left a Broken River in the Heart of Buffalo</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/24/industry-left-a-broken-river-in-the-heart-of-buffalo</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/24/industry-left-a-broken-river-in-the-heart-of-buffalo#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:54:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Pache</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.healthylakes.org/uncategorized/2008/06/24/industry-left-a-broken-river-in-the-heart-of-buffalo</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Buffalo, New York, the second largest city in New York State was built upon the backbone of the grain and steel industries and its ability to transport goods via its locks, rivers and lakes. But that was so last century and now, the good years have left in their wake industrial and municipal waste. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unearthing the Great Lakes Areas of Concern</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/24/unearthing-the-great-lakes-areas-of-concern</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/24/unearthing-the-great-lakes-areas-of-concern#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:53:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Pache</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/24/unearthing-the-great-lakes-areas-of-concern</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Congress is currently debating the reauthorization of the Great Lakes Legacy Act, and now is the time to pause and consider what is working, what is not and how much money it will really take to clean up the toxic pollution once and for all. 
Over the past century, our region has sacrificed our waters [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On Shaky Ground</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/24/on-shaky-ground</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/24/on-shaky-ground#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:53:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Pache</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Miles of land edging up to Niagara Falls is made of bedrock that is infinitely fractured – sounds like a great place to store chemical waste produced during the glory days of industrialization doesn’t it? There are 215 chemical waste sites in Niagara and Erie counties leaching toxins into groundwater from where it migrates to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seventeen Years is Too Long to Wait</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/24/seventeen-years-is-too-long-to-wait</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/24/seventeen-years-is-too-long-to-wait#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:52:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Pache</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Seventeen years ago, concerned citizens in our area forced the government to list Presque Isle Bay as an Area of Concern and it is a shame that this many years later our fish still have tumors and our waters are still not restored. Our Lake Erie embayment, fronted by the City of Erie, and our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Fish Fry Revival?</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/24/friday-fish-fry-revival</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/24/friday-fish-fry-revival#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:52:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Pache</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.healthylakes.org/uncategorized/2008/06/24/friday-fish-fry-revival</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ Residents of Ashtabula, Ohio who are 25 years-old or younger have never been able to eat the local fish because of toxic waste dumped into the river. Ashtabula gets its name from the river that flows beside the city and into Lake Erie. Since 1983 permanent signs alerted residents and visitors not to eat [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The River That Oozes Rather Than Flows</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/24/the-river-that-oozes-rather-than-flows</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/24/the-river-that-oozes-rather-than-flows#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:52:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Pache</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This flaming river sparked the Clean Water Act in the 1970s. Time Magazine made the river infamous with its 1969 description as the river that oozes rather than flows. The river suffered copious amounts of oil and waste disposal, and was crowded with debris, sludge, industrial waste and sewage. This river was literally the garbage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Ever Expanding River of Tumor’s</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/24/the-ever-expanding-river-of-tumor%e2%80%99s</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/24/the-ever-expanding-river-of-tumor%e2%80%99s#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:52:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Pache</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.healthylakes.org/uncategorized/2008/06/24/the-ever-expanding-river-of-tumor%e2%80%99s</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Named the “River of Tumors” because of the large number of fish sporting bulbous red plague like tumors, the Black River AOC has been expanded to include the entire watershed making it the largest AOC in Ohio. Due to excessively high residential development and farm practices (agriculture makes up about 51 percent of the land [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trashing the Maumee Isn’t Cool</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/24/trashing-the-maumee-isn%e2%80%99t-cool</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/24/trashing-the-maumee-isn%e2%80%99t-cool#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:51:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Pache</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Every autumn local residents pluck 10,000 pounds of trash from the Maumee River and her connecting streams – 10,000 pounds – that is crazy. Add to this, decades of farm run-off, contamination from industrial sites, pollution from city dumps and untreated sewage flowing into the water and it is no wonder no one can swim [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Success Nears, But don’t eat the Fish…Yet!</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/24/success-nears-but-don%e2%80%99t-eat-the-fish%e2%80%a6yet</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/24/success-nears-but-don%e2%80%99t-eat-the-fish%e2%80%a6yet#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:51:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Pache</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/24/success-nears-but-don%e2%80%99t-eat-the-fish%e2%80%a6yet</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The work on the Rouge River is close to completion and delisting is possible in the near future. Many came together to preserve, protect and restore the habitat along the 125 miles of waterways and 1210 kilometers miles of its surrounding watershed. This river winds its way through one of the most historic, industrial areas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Waiter, This Fish Doesn’t Taste Right!</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/24/waiter-this-fish-doesn%e2%80%99t-taste-right</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/24/waiter-this-fish-doesn%e2%80%99t-taste-right#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:51:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Pache</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/24/waiter-this-fish-doesn%e2%80%99t-taste-right</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the spot where at least a billion gallons of water flow from the Grand Calumet into Lake Michigan, scientists have found a treasure trove of PCBs, PAHs, heavy metals (yes, that includes mercury and lead), lots of e.coli and poo, suspended solids, oil, grease and biochemical oxygen demand (BOD). The fish and small animals [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clean Our Water and Improve Our Economy</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/24/clean-our-water-and-improve-our-economy</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/24/clean-our-water-and-improve-our-economy#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:50:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Pache</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/24/clean-our-water-and-improve-our-economy</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In 1975, PCB’s were discovered in Waukegan Harbor sediments and fifteen years later 1 million pounds of contaminated soil were removed, but they left behind enough PCB’s to warrant a new warning on fish consumption in January 2006. The new advisory cautioned against eating more than one fish dinner a month because of “elevated levels [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gas Be Gone!</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/24/gas-be-gone</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/24/gas-be-gone#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:50:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Pache</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/24/gas-be-gone</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ever bit into a fish, or took a swig of water and suddenly taste gasoline? Well, if you haven’t you should try the local fish or drink from the tap in the neighborhoods around Muskegon Lake in Michigan. Flanked by paper mills, foundries, petrochemical companies and heavy industry, the lake floor is covered in high [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Time for Penance</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/24/a-time-for-penance</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/24/a-time-for-penance#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:49:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Pache</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/24/a-time-for-penance</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[White lake is on its way towards delisting after a troubled history, mainly due to waste from Hooker Chemical, but there is still more effort needed to make delisting official. After years of pollution that started with Hooker Chemical Company contaminating the groundwater, people can’t eat the fish or local wildlife, Habitat has been lost [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The River of the Dammed</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/24/the-river-of-the-dammed</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/24/the-river-of-the-dammed#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:47:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Pache</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PCBs have posed such problems for the Kalamazoo River that summits have been held to figure out how to deal with aging dams that threaten to unleash more PCB-laden sediments into the watershed. The chemicals arrived on the scene when paper mills started dumping their inks into the water. Due to the Superfund a lot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our Own Private Dump</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/24/our-own-private-dump</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/24/our-own-private-dump#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:46:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Pache</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The River Raisin has long been a dumping ground for oil, grease, heavy metals, PCBs and such. Local industry found it easy to dispose of such toxic pollution in the River and now the fish, animals and birds are born deformed, have reproduction problems and suffer from a loss of home and hearth. But who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From Pristine Watershed to Sewershed</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/24/from-pristine-watershed-to-sewershed</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/24/from-pristine-watershed-to-sewershed#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:46:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Pache</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/24/from-pristine-watershed-to-sewershed</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Talk about heading down the crapper – the Detroit River is literally a stew of poo, spiced with industrial toxins such a PCBs, PAHs, metals, and oils and greases – a nice mouthful of bacteria and chemicals in your drinking water or fish fillet. The river delivers its tasty dish right into Lake Erie on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forty Years &#038; Counting</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/24/forty-years-counting</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/24/forty-years-counting#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:45:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Pache</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/24/forty-years-counting</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For forty years we have known that the sediments in Rochester Embayment were loaded with metals and phosphorus. In 1985, the Water Quality Board found that heavy metals, toxic organic substances and contaminated sediments were so pervasive that they listed it as an Area of Concern. After years of industrial and some municipal waste making [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Dust Bin of History</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/24/the-dust-bin-of-history</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/24/the-dust-bin-of-history#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:45:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Pache</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Eighteenmile Creek was part of the historic Erie Canal that brought people and commerce to Western, New York in the early 19th century, but now it suffers from years of neglect. The waters have long a haven for sport fishing enthusiasts who flock to the area by the thousands during the fall salmon runs. Too [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It Can Be Done!</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/24/it-can-be-done</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/24/it-can-be-done#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Pache</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/24/it-can-be-done</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We know we can indeed clean up these AOC’s once and for all because of Oswego. Oswego is the only US AOC that has been delisted – it is on the southeast side of Lake Ontario and includes the harbor, the lower Oswego River and the Varick power dam. More than a million people live [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When it Doesn’t Pass the Acid Test</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/24/when-it-doesn%e2%80%99t-pass-the-acid-test</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/24/when-it-doesn%e2%80%99t-pass-the-acid-test#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:44:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Pache</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/24/when-it-doesn%e2%80%99t-pass-the-acid-test</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The St. Lawrence River water might look OK and taste OK, but don’t eat the fish! Right where the river meets Lake Ontario, New York State’s Department of Health has warned residents to avoid eating fish or duck because it could cause birth defects, learning disabilities and possibly cancer. The waters near Massena have been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don’t Drink the Water!</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/24/don%e2%80%99t-drink-the-water</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/24/don%e2%80%99t-drink-the-water#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:43:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Pache</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.healthylakes.org/areas_of_concern/2008/06/24/don%e2%80%99t-drink-the-water</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Well Toto, we aren’t in Mexico anymore, but we still can’t drink the water from the St. Clair River whether we are in America or not! If it wasn’t for farm run-off and industrial waste from Sarnia, Ontario this watershed wouldn’t be contaminated to the point of being unusable. Not only do several communities along [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boat Tour Makes a Splash in Buffalo</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/uncategorized/2008/06/09/boat-tour-makes-a-splash-in-buffalo</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/uncategorized/2008/06/09/boat-tour-makes-a-splash-in-buffalo#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:58:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Grubb</dc:creator>
		
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<category>Brian Higgins</category><category>Buffalo</category><category>Great Lakes restoration</category><category>Healthy Lakes Healthy Lives Boat Tour</category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.healthylakes.org/uncategorized/2008/06/09/boat-tour-makes-a-splash-in-buffalo</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The City of Buffalo could not have been a better location to kickoff the Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives Boat Tour. With the help of local elected officials like Congressman Higgins, and Healing Our Waters - Great Lakes Coalition members, we are really getting the message out about the urgent need to protect and restore the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michigan Columnist Calls on Voters to Highlight Great Lakes in 2008 Election</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/uncategorized/2008/06/08/michigan-columnist-calls-on-voters-to-highlight-great-lakes-in-2008-election</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/uncategorized/2008/06/08/michigan-columnist-calls-on-voters-to-highlight-great-lakes-in-2008-election#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 02:44:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Grubb</dc:creator>
		
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<category>2008 election</category><category>George Weeks</category><category>Michigan</category><category>presidential candidates</category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.healthylakes.org/uncategorized/2008/06/08/michigan-columnist-calls-on-voters-to-highlight-great-lakes-in-2008-election</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Syndicated columnist George Weeks this week highlighted the importance of Michigan to demand more from the 2008 presidential candidates. He writes:
the key thing is for Michigan voters to stress the issue as candidates campaign here.

He also mentions Michigan&#8217;s efforts to move forward on Great Lakes restoration, as well as the Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives Boat [...]]]></description>
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		<title>13-City Boat Tour Kicks Off Today, Highlighting Need to Restore Great Lakes</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/activities/boating/2008/06/06/13-city-boat-tour-kicks-off-today-highlighting-need-to-restore-great-lakes</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/activities/boating/2008/06/06/13-city-boat-tour-kicks-off-today-highlighting-need-to-restore-great-lakes#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:34:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jordan Lubetkin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Boating]]></category>

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<category>100th Chicago to Mackinac Race</category><category>Barack Obama</category><category>Bay City</category><category>Bayview Port Huron to Mackinac Race</category><category>Boat Tour</category><category>Brookings Institution</category><category>Buffalo</category><category>cleveland</category><category>detroit</category><category>Earth Voyager</category><category>economics report</category><category>Erie</category><category>Grand Haven</category><category>Great Lakes Regional Collaboration Strategy</category><category>John McCain</category><category>milwaukee</category><category>ontario</category><category>Port Huron</category><category>Rochester</category><category>Sarnia</category><category>Toledo</category><category>Traverse City</category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.healthylakes.org/activities/boating/2008/06/06/13-city-boat-tour-kicks-off-today-highlighting-need-to-restore-great-lakes</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Coalition Calls for Presidential Candidates to Stand up for Great Lakes Restoration
BUFFALO, N.Y. (June 6, 2008)—The Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition is launching a 13-city boat tour today in Buffalo, N.Y., to highlight the need to restore the Great Lakes and to urge the U.S. Congress and presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buffalo Here We Come</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/news-events/events/2008/06/03/buffalo-here-we-come</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/news-events/events/2008/06/03/buffalo-here-we-come#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:54:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Grubb</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.healthylakes.org/news-events/events/2008/06/03/buffalo-here-we-come</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives Boat Tour team are VERY excited to kick off the tour this week in Buffalo. Earth Voyager set sail from Port Huron, MI earlier this week. We&#8217;ll be blogging from Buffalo, and all the tour stops. For now, spread the word, and don&#8217;t forget to send a letter to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Promote the Great Lakes Restoration Presidential Candidate Letter Campaign</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/take-action/petition/2008/05/29/promote-the-great-lakes-restoration-presidential-candidate-letter-campaign</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/take-action/petition/2008/05/29/promote-the-great-lakes-restoration-presidential-candidate-letter-campaign#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 13:38:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Grubb</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Petition]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.healthylakes.org/take-action/petition/2008/05/29/promote-the-great-lakes-restoration-presidential-candidate-letter-campaign</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives is proud to host a letter campaign to encourage the Presidential candidates to support the Great Lakes Restoration Strategy.  Please consider including the campaign on your Web site, in emails, in newsletters, on your blog or any other way you can get the word out.
To make this easier we offer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Day after Tomorrow: The Great Lakes in Crisis</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/threats/2008/05/28/the-day-after-tomorrow-the-great-lakes-in-crisis</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 16:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Pache</dc:creator>
		
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<category>areas of concern</category><category>Ballast Water Management Act of 2007</category><category>Barack Obama</category><category>Brookings Institution</category><category>Candidate for President 2008</category><category>Clean Water Act</category><category>Clean Water Restoration Act</category><category>climate change and the Great Lakes</category><category>clinton</category><category>council of great lakes industries</category><category>diverting Great Lakes water</category><category>Economic Report</category><category>Economics of Great Lakes</category><category>fishing</category><category>fresh water scarcity</category><category>Global Warming</category><category>Great Lakes Collaboration Implementation Act</category><category>Great Lakes Collaboration Strategy</category><category>Great Lakes Compact</category><category>Great Lakes restoration</category><category>Great Lakes Restoration and the Threat of Global Warming</category><category>Hillary Clinton</category><category>John McCain</category><category>national water policy</category><category>presidential campaign</category><category>presidential candidates</category><category>presidential race 2008</category><category>sewage</category><category>sewage contamination</category><category>water diversion</category><category>Water Quality</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Close your eyes and think of the worst disaster movie you’ve ever seen, OK, do you have it set in your mind’s eye? The Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition is releasing a report that shows the expected impacts of global warming on the Great Lakes – nearly 95 percent of this nation’s fresh surface water [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Report: Congress Must Deal with Global Warming—Great Lakes Impact</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/news-events/press-release/2008/05/28/new-report-congress-must-deal-with-global-warming%e2%80%94great-lakes-impact</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 15:02:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jordan Lubetkin</dc:creator>
		
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<category>Global Warming</category><category>great lakes</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ANN ARBOR, MI (May 28, 2008)—The Great Lakes can lessen the impact of global warming or become global warming&#8217;s victim—it all depends on Congress, according to  a new report from the Healing Our Waters®-Great Lakes Coalition. The authors urged Congress to enact a comprehensive plan to restore the health of the Great Lakes. 
&#8220;Climate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>They Asked For It and They Got It!</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/threats/2008/05/21/they-asked-for-it-and-they-got-it</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/threats/2008/05/21/they-asked-for-it-and-they-got-it#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 16:43:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Pache</dc:creator>
		
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<category>areas of concern</category><category>cameron davis</category><category>Candice Miller</category><category>eddie bernice johnson</category><category>Emily Green</category><category>george kuper</category><category>Great Lakes Collaboration Strategy</category><category>Great Lakes Legacy Act</category><category>John D. Cherry</category><category>John Hall</category><category>Jr.</category><category>Vernon Ehlers</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Visibly frustrated Members of Congress held a hearing today to discuss ways to improve the Great Lakes Legacy Act. They are frustrated because of the snail-like pace of progress being made cleaning up the remaining toxic sediments lining the Great Lakes and her tributaries after decades of industrialization and farming.
The Members greedily sought out impediments [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On a Roll to Save the Lakes</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/threats/2008/05/16/on-a-roll-to-save-the-lakes</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 14:46:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Pache</dc:creator>
		
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<category>algae bloom</category><category>areas of concern</category><category>Carl Levin</category><category>George Voinovich</category><category>toxic algae</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Somedays I step back and think about Thomas Jefferson who, recognizing the great beauty of the federal-state relationship, waxed prophetic about the states becoming laboratories of democracy. Today, the Great Lakes are poised to benefit tremendously by this ingenious system - following the lead of 13 states - US Senators Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and George [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Senate to Consider the Legacy Act</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/take-action/2008/05/13/the-senate-to-consider-the-legacy-act</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/take-action/2008/05/13/the-senate-to-consider-the-legacy-act#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 14:27:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Pache</dc:creator>
		
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<category>Amy Klobuchar</category><category>areas of concern</category><category>Barack Obama</category><category>Carl Levin</category><category>Charles E. Schumer</category><category>Debbie Stabenow</category><category>George Voinovich</category><category>Great Lakes Legacy Act</category><category>Hillary Rodham Clinton</category><category>Norm Coleman</category><category>Sherrod Brown</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Great Lakes Legacy Act reauthorization bill was introduced last week by US Senators Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and George Voinovich (R-OH) with seven of the Great Lakes Senators signing on as original co-sponsors. Now, it is time to corral the rest of the Great Lakes Senate Delegation to join as co-sponsors and show a united [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coalition Supports Bill to Clean Up Great Lakes Toxic Hot Spots</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/news-events/press-release/2008/05/09/coalition-supports-bill-to-clean-up-great-lakes-toxic-hot-spots</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/news-events/press-release/2008/05/09/coalition-supports-bill-to-clean-up-great-lakes-toxic-hot-spots#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 13:29:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jordan Lubetkin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ANN ARBOR, MICH. (May 8, 2008) – The U.S. Senate yesterday introduced a bill to clean up Great Lakes toxic hotspots responsible for drinking water restrictions, beach closings and declines in fish and wildlife populations.
“Cleaning up toxic pollution in the Great Lakes is essential to our public health, economy and way of life,” said Jeff [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It is the Economy Stupid, All Over Again!</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/stumping-for-the-white-house/2008/05/08/it-is-the-economy-stupid-all-over-again</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/stumping-for-the-white-house/2008/05/08/it-is-the-economy-stupid-all-over-again#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 16:26:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Pache</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Presidential Tracking Poll]]></category>
<category>Barack Obama</category><category>Candidate for President 2008</category><category>Hillary Rodham Clinton</category><category>presidential campaign</category><category>presidential candidates</category><category>presidential race 2008</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Democrats in the Great Lake State of Indiana came out for Hillary Clinton yesterday giving her a slight edge over Barack Obama in the state as the two compete to become the presidential candidate for the blue party. But it wasn’t the big gas tax debate that affected the votes of Indiana democrats – it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If You Aren&#8217;t Part of the Solution&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/threats/2008/05/06/if-you-arent-part-of-the-solution</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/threats/2008/05/06/if-you-arent-part-of-the-solution#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 14:06:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Pache</dc:creator>
		
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<category>areas of concern</category><category>Carl Levin</category><category>George Voinovich</category><category>Great Lakes Legacy Act</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow is the last day that the Great Lakes Senators can sign onto the Great Lakes Legacy Act as original co-sponsors. It is time for reauthorization of the law that is the best tool in our carpenter’s box to clean up the toxic legacy of the industrial age.  US Senators Carl Levin (D-MI) and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>That Smelly Rat Isn’t In Denmark Anymore</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/threats/2008/05/01/that-smelly-rat-isn%e2%80%99t-in-denmark-anymore</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/threats/2008/05/01/that-smelly-rat-isn%e2%80%99t-in-denmark-anymore#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 16:10:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Pache</dc:creator>
		
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<category>areas of concern</category><category>Bart Stupak</category><category>Center for Public Integrity</category><category>Great Lakes Legacy Act</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remember that “alarming” Center for Disease Control report that hit the news only because a watch dog group exposed that it had been suppressed from publication for more than half-a-year? Well, now that Congress has called for an inquiry the Canadian Press reports that the head of research at the CDC is claiming the report [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drum Roll Please</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/threats/2008/04/25/drum-roll-please</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/threats/2008/04/25/drum-roll-please#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:07:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Pache</dc:creator>
		
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<category>Ballast Water Management Act of 2007</category><category>Illinois</category><category>invasive species</category><category>James Oberstar</category><category>Mark Kirk</category><category>NOBOB</category><category>oberstar</category><category>quagga mussel</category><category>Reps. Rahm Emanuel</category><category>Ron Kind</category><category>Wisconsin</category><category>zebra mussel</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are so close to having a national ballast law, we can smell it, taste it and the aroma is so appetizing. Yesterday, the US House passed the first ever national bill that will protect our fresh waters from ballast discharges when it voted 395 to 7 in favor of the Coast Guard Authorization Act [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coalition Applauds U.S. House for Passing Strong Invasive Species Bill</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/threats/2008/04/24/coalition-applauds-us-house-for-passing-strong-invasive-species-bill</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/threats/2008/04/24/coalition-applauds-us-house-for-passing-strong-invasive-species-bill#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:49:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Grubb</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ANN ARBOR, MICH. (April 24, 2008)—The Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition today applauded Congress for passing a bill to prevent aquatic invasive species from entering the Great Lakes and other U.S. waters.
“We applaud the U.S. House of Representatives for passing a strong invasive species bill that protects our lakes, our national parks, our economy, our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Never Forget Those Who Think We Are Awash In Water</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/stumping-for-the-white-house/2008/04/24/never-forget-those-who-think-we-are-awash-in-water</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/stumping-for-the-white-house/2008/04/24/never-forget-those-who-think-we-are-awash-in-water#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:23:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Pache</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Stumping for the White House]]></category>

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<category>Barack Obama</category><category>Bill Richardson</category><category>Candidate for President 2008</category><category>Hillary Rodham Clinton</category><category>John McCain</category><category>presidential candidates</category><category>water diversion</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Great Lakes State of Pennsylvania gave Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican John McCain resounding victories in the contest to determine who will run for US President this fall.  While Great Lakes states share a concern over our fresh water and the next president’s intentions for it, water, is increasingly becoming a national and [...]]]></description>
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