Ohio Ignores Feds

22 States, including all the Great Lakes States except Minnesota, have
been ordered by the federal EPA to slash their nitrogen oxide
pollution. Some of the states are suing to block the order, but Ohio is
going one step further – – it is IGNORING the order. The Great Lakes
Radio Consortium’s Bill Cohen reports:

Reintroducing the American Burying Beetle

A special kind of beetle is near extinction in the U-S. That’s why
Ohio is trying to revive them…by bringing in 29 pairs of the beetles
from Oklahoma. The Great Lakes Radio Consortium reports:

Churches Push for Kyoto Treaty Passage

The National Council of Churches is trying to organize religious
activists in five Great Lakes states to push for ratification of the Kyoto Global Warming treaty by the U.S. Senate. As the Great Lakes Radio Consortium’s Bill Cohen reports, Ohio is the first state to get organized:

Battle Over Dove Hunting

Dove hunting is allowed in some Great Lake States and outlawed in
others. Ohio has allowed it for the past 4 years, and now, animal
protection activists are trying to convince Ohio voters to pass a ballot
issue that would outlaw dove hunting once again. The Great Lakes Radio
Consortium’s Bill Cohen reports:

Meltdown Pills

This summer, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission began encouraging statesto begin stockpiling certain pills in the event of a nuclear accident.Some eastern states have already started putting the medicine in theiremergency centers and now those drugs are coming to the Midwest. TheGreat Lakes Radio Consortium’s Bill Cohen has the story:

Mourning Dove Hunting

Two-thirds of the states allow hunting of mourning doves. They include Illinois, Indiana, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. But other Great Lakes states outlaw dove hunting – New York, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan. Now, a major battle over dove hunting is erupting in Ohio, where it has been legal for just three years. The Great Lakes Radio Consortium’s Bill Cohen reports: