Environment Groups Say Great Lakes Legislation Favours Developers Over Public
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By MICHAEL OLIVEIRA  TORONTO (CP) - Legislation to protect Great Lakes water from being siphoned to jurisdictions not immediately surrounding the lakes is being finalized by Ontario, Quebec and eight U.S. states.  Still, environmental advocates warn that the Great Lakes-St.
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By Charles Ashby, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Feb. 24--DENVER -- A bill to strip governments' ability to take water rights through eminent domain squeaked through the House on a preliminary vote Friday.   Freshman Rep.
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BEING environmentally-conscious is no longer an option for developers.  According to Real Estate and Housing Developers Association (Rehda) president Ng Seing Liang, it's a must if developers want to maintain a competitive edge.
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By KIDSON, Sally  A national environmental advocacy group is warning the Tasman District Council that if it doesn't take steps to identify and protect outstanding natural landscapes, the Environment Court could decide for it.
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By Bob Downing, The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio Sep. 23--CLEVELAND -- Problems on the Great Lakes are approaching the tipping point and environmentalists need to intensify their push for Congress to fund restoration efforts on the lakes.
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A move to ban saltwater ships from the Great Lakes, at least temporarily, got a boost this week. Ninety organizations asked for a moratorium on such shipping until Congress enacts meaningful laws to stop the continuing influx of harmful invasive species.
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Environmentalists think ahead to the effect of tourists and investors on a landscape of crucial habitats.
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By Spencer Hunt, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  Mar. 3--Environmental groups say Ohio should do more to protect poor and minority communities from pollution and are asking residents of those neighborhoods for help.
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The untreated urban sewage and effluents that flow into the Great Lakes each year are threatening a critical ecosystem that supplies water to millions of people, according to a study by a Canadian environmental group.
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Environmentalists are thinking ahead to the effect of tourists and investors on a landscape of crucial habitats.
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By The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Sep. 15--Both a state task force last year and the conservation group Environmental Defense this week have drawn similar conclusions about North Carolina's privately owned forests.
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Despite improvements in recent decades, the Great Lakes remain a dumping ground for pollution ranging from livestock waste to mercury emissions, a U.S.-Canadian panel said Monday.
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By The Olympian, Olympia, Wash.  Feb. 14--Conservation groups on Wednesday appealed a stormwater permit issued by the state Department of Ecology for cities in Western Washington, claiming it won't do enough to curb polluted stormwater runoff.
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By Larry Sandler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel  Sep. 21--Milwaukee would join hundreds of other local governments in a pair of environmental initiatives aimed at slowing global warming, under a measure backed Wednesday by a Common Council committee.
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By Laura Oppenheimer, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore.  Sep. 4--Parks supporters will make the case this fall that drinking clean  water, trekking through the forest and watching animals play are as valuable  as traditional government services competing for money on Portland-area  ballots.
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By GERARD SHIELDS  WASHINGTON - Environmental groups are praising a new Senate bill they claim would remove the potential for politics and mismanagement from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects, though Louisiana's two senators have expressed concerns about the measure.  U.S. Sen.
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By GARY PERILLOUX  Two bills that would benefit forest-product makers have drawn the ire of the Louisiana Chemical Association because its membership wouldn't get the same deal.