GLIN==> Hiya--Environmental News- Great Lakes Directory

["Craig Minowa" <cminowa@ecoisp.com>]

Hi GLIN Announce

It took me forever to put together this week’s Great Lakes environmental news, alerts, jobs and events, as there’s so much going on. But this week’s articles are particularly mindblowing. 
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More info: Craig Minowa Craig@GreatLakesDirectory.org
Environmental Association for Great Lakes Education (EAGLE)
More headlines, action alerts, resources, grants, jobs, free activist software at http://www.GreatLakesDirectory.org
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK:
"If the wars of this century were fought over oil, the wars of the next century will be fought over water." 
1995 World Bank vice president Ismail Serageldin 
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FACT OF THE WEEK:
UN predicts that two-thirds of the world's population will live in water-scarce regions by 2025, and many of them in regions previously considered water-rich, like the United States. 
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THIS WEEK’S ACTION ALERT:

ACTION ALERT- Send Fax to Get Great Lakes Protection at World Summit
http://www.greatlakesdirectory.org/zarticles/earthsummit.htm

THIS WEEK'S NEWS HEADLINES:
8/21 - World Running Short on Water 
http://www.greatlakesdirectory.org/zarticles/082102_water_shortage.htm

8/21 - Water Privatization to Be Big Topic at Earth Summit 
http://www.greatlakesdirectory.org/zarticles/082102_water_crisis.htm

8/21 - Why Bush Will Not Attend Summit 
http://www.greatlakesdirectory.org/zarticles/082102_world_summit.htm

8/21 - Wisconsin Looks to Store Water Underground (WI) 
http://www.greatlakesdirectory.org/wi/082102_aquifer.htm

8/21 - Exotic Species Swallow Nation: New York Times Feature Story 
http://www.greatlakesdirectory.org/zarticles/082102_exotic_species.htm

8/21 - Schedule for Earth Summit Released 
http://www.greatlakesdirectory.org/zarticles/082102_earth_summit.htm

8/21 - Niagara River: Once Highly Toxic, Now Getting Cleaner (NY) 
http://www.greatlakesdirectory.org/ny/082102_niagara.htm

8/21 - Ohio Gets Severe Warning from EPA (OH) 
http://www.greatlakesdirectory.org/zarticles/082002_great_lakes.htm

8/20 - UN Says Wars Over Water are Rising Issue 
http://www.greatlakesdirectory.org/zarticles/082002_water_crisis.htm

8/20 - Asian Carp May Spread Through Great Lakes 
http://www.greatlakesdirectory.org/zarticles/082002_asian_carp.htm

8/20 - Gas Pipeline To Cross Lake Erie- Project Delays 
http://www.greatlakesdirectory.org/zarticles/082002_lake_erie.htm

8/20 - Report: Water Diseases Could Kill Millions 
http://www.greatlakesdirectory.org/zarticles/082002_water_disease.htm

8/20 - Ontario To Protect Water From Farm Runoff 
http://www.greatlakesdirectory.org/on/082002_farm_runoffT.htm

8/20 - St. Lawrence Seaway Belugas Threatened 
http://www.greatlakesdirectory.org/zarticles/082002_beluga.htm

8/19 - Millions Look to Global Water Export 
http://www.greatlakesdirectory.org/zarticles/081802_water_export.htm

8/19 - U.S. Beach Water Testing Methods May Be Flawed 
http://www.greatlakesdirectory.org/zarticles/081602_water_testing.htm

8/19 - Half of U.S. Under Drought- EPA Offers Water Saving Tips 
http://www.greatlakesdirectory.org/zarticles/081602_drought.htm

8/18 - Save the Wetlands, Help the Lake, Experts Say 
http://www.greatlakesdirectory.org/mi/081902_wetlands.htm

8/18 - Pennsylvania Cleans Up Illegal Dumps (PA) 
http://www.greatlakesdirectory.org/pa/081602_illegal_dumps.htm

8/17 - Public Retains Domain of Valuable Lake Michigan Shoreline (WI) 
http://www.greatlakesdirectory.org/wi/081702_lake_michigan.htm

8/16 - U.N. Says Earth Summit Must Address Water Crisis 
http://www.greatlakesdirectory.org/zarticles/081602_water_crisis.htm

8/16 - Ontario Power Company Investigated for Excessive Mercury Pollution (ON) 
http://www.greatlakesdirectory.org/on/081602_mercury_pollution.htm

8/16 - Fight Against Sea Lampreys Going Well 
http://www.greatlakesdirectory.org/zarticles/081602_sea_lamprey.htm

8/15 - Drought Plagues Almost Half of U.S. 
http://www.greatlakesdirectory.org/zarticles/081502_drought.htm

8/15 - Milwaukee Dumped Raw Sewage In Lake Michigan for 19 Hours (WI) 
http://www.greatlakesdirectory.org/wi/081502_sewage.htm

8/15 - EPA Starts PCB Cleanup in Michigan (MI) 
http://www.greatlakesdirectory.org/mi/081502_great_lakes.htm

8/15 - Slow progress toward cleaning up Indiana's waters (IN) 
http://www.greatlakesdirectory.org/in/081502_great_lakes.htm

8/15 - Wisconsin Eco-Water News Briefs (CANOE) (WI) 
http://www.greatlakesdirectory.org/wi/081502_great_lakes.htm

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GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL JOBS:
(More jobs at http://www.greatlakesdirectory.org/jobs.htm)
Posted 08/21/2002: Wetland Restoration Oureach paid internship (WI) 
http://www.greatlakesdirectory.org/wi/082102_job.htm

Posted 08/14/2002: Outreach Coordinator at International Wolf Center (MN) http://www.greatlakesdirectory.org/mn/081402_job.htm
Posted 08/08/2002: Land Use Planner (MI) 
http://www.greatlakesdirectory.org/zarticles/080802_landuseplanner.htm

AUGUST/SEPT  GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL EVENTS: 
http://www.greatlakesdirectory.org/events.htm
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Craig Minowa- 
Great Lakes Directory 
http://www.greatlakesdirectory.org and
Environmental Association for Great Lakes Education (EAGLE) http://EAGLE-EcoSource.org 
394 Lake Avenue South, Suite #308
Duluth, MN 55802
cell:(218) 940-7186
fax:(240)526-2670
Craig@GreatLakesDirectory.org 



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