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 Gray Wolf Back 
 on Endangered List 

Court overrules Bush administration's move to cross it off

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Sep 30, 08 11:45 CDT
(Newser) - A federal court restored gray wolves to the endangered species list in Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin yesterday, again making it not OK to kill wolves that attack livestock or pets, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. In answer to a lawsuit by environmental groups, a judge said the wolves couldn’t be dashed from the list in those states while they were still endangered elsewhere. More »

More about:  Bush administration • endangered species • endangered species list • Great Lakes • gray wolf

Great Lakes Study Mired in Politics: Author

Scientist says feds didn't like pollution report, reassigned him

Washington Post Washington Post Feb 18, 08 7:52 CST
(Newser) - A report suggesting industrial contamination in the Great Lakes poses health threats to residents is being suppressed by the feds, says study author Chris De Rosa, who also claims he was demoted because of his findings. The study found 230,000 "vulnerable" people are living in polluted areas, but the government cited concerns with methodology, reports the Washington Post.  More »

More about:  environment • pollution • FEMA • contamination • health risks • FEMA trailers • Great Lakes

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Blizzard Death Toll Hits 22

Snow and howling winds wreak havoc in nation's heartland

Associated Press Associated Press Dec 24, 07 3:38 PM CST
(Newser) - The death toll from a winter storm that pummeled the upper Midwest rose to 22 today, the AP reports. The worst of the storm is over for the region, but it left behind icy highways and downed power lines, especially in Wisconsin, Illinois, and upper Michigan. Remnants of the storm system could dump heavy snow snow on western New York tonight, forecasters said. More »

More about:  Texas • Minnesota • Wisconsin • Kansas • power outage • snowstorm • fatalities • National Weather Service • Great Lakes • wind

Great Lake Getting Less Superior

Reuters Reuters Aug 15, 07 4:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Water levels in Lake Superior are down a whole foot this year, and scientists say man is to blame. The world's largest body of fresh water by surface area has suffered an on-and-off drought for four years, but levels may reach an all-time low this summer. Climate change is partially responsible, but one environmental group points to another culprit: the constant dredging of the St. Clair River for navigation. More »

More about:  climate change • environment • water • lake • erosion • Great Lakes • Lake Superior • fresh water

Polluted
Fish Swamp Great Lakes

Industrial chemicals raise contaminant levels into range unsafe for eating

Globe and Mail Globe and Mail Jul 6, 07 4:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Industrial chemicals contaminate many species of fish that populate the Great Lakes, making them too hazardous for safe human consumption, says a Canadian conservation group. "The lakes continue to be polluted to such an extent that human health is threatened," says a report released yesterday that lists industrial pollutants such as dioxins, PCBs, and methyl mercury among the contaminants. More »

More about:  environment • Canada • environmentalism • pollution • fish • salmon • Great Lakes • Lake Superior • Lake Ontario • PCBs • methyl mercury • Huron • pollutants • trout

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