GLIN Daily News RSS Feed for Illinois http://www.great-lakes.net/news/ 2008-05-12T14:01:05-04:00 http://www.great-lakes.net/news/ http://www.glin.net/news/rss.gif text/html 2008-05-09T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-wi-powerplant,0,952077.story The Department of Natural Resources reissued a water pollution permit Thursday for a power plant that environmental groups contend would harm Lake Michigan by using vast amounts of lake water for cooling. text/html 2008-05-02T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-epa-official-resigns_webmay02,0,601716.story Following months of internal bickering over Mary Gade's interactions with Dow, the administration forced her to quit Thursday as head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Midwest office. text/html 2008-05-02T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.ibj.com/html/detail_page.asp?content=14409 Illinois regulators issued the final environmental permit needed for BP PLC to start work on a planned $3.8 billion expansion of its oil refinery along Lake Michigan. text/html 2008-04-28T08:05:50-04:00 http://motherearthwaterwalk.com/ Two Anishinawbe Grandmothers, and a group of Anishinawbe Women and Men have taken action regarding the water issue by walking the perimeter of the Great Lakes. The 2008 Lake Michigan walk kicked off April 26. text/html 2008-04-28T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.mlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2008/04/indians_our_water_is_not_for_s.html The Mother Earth Water Walk, which involves carrying a pail of water around Lake Michigan, will cover 583 miles and cross parts of Michigan, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin. text/html 2008-04-23T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-power-plant-23-apr23,1,4040375.story Community activists concerned about storage of spent fuel at the Nuclear Power Station in Zion want more information from owner Exelon on its plan to have the plant dismantled by a contractor. text/html 2008-04-18T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.bnd.com/326/story/314248.html The city of Chicago is testing the waters of Lake Michigan for the presence of pharmaceutical drugs and is vowing to the post the results on the Internet. text/html 2008-04-14T08:05:50-04:00 http://nalms.org/Conferences/2008Chicago/ Each year for over two decades, State lake program managers have gathered in Chicago to discuss successes, evaluate obstacles, and explore new approaches for improving the States' lake management programs. The 2008 program, April 29 - May 2, focuses on the importance of fisheries in developing comprehensive lake management strategies. text/html 2008-04-11T08:05:50-04:00 http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=85569 New initiatives are making it easier to avoid polluting the environment thanks to the Environmental Protection Agency and the Postal Service. text/html 2008-04-03T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.southtownstar.com/sports/maciulis/875057,040308sptmaciulis.article How often have you walked over to the bushes at the boat ramp after fishing your favorite northwoods lake and dumped the remaining night crawlers? What's the harm? After all, crawlers are essential to renewing topsoil.