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2000 Articles and Press Releases

Jan. 19 2001: Toronto's garbage heading to Michigan (CBC)
Feb. 8, 2001: We must deal with our own garbage (Eye) -- Editorial
Feb. 8, 2001: Opposition to Canada sewage growing: Engler asks Toronto to reconsider move trucking in waste (Detroit News)
Feb. 9, 2001: Ontario Trucking Association Says Toronto Trash is not a Trucking Issue (Ontario Trucking Association)
Feb. 9 2001: Governor of Michigan doesn't want Toronto's garbage (CBC)
Feb. 9, 2001: Governor of Michigan denies Harris's office helped him write anti-trash letter (CBC)
February 26, 2001: Harris pulls all the stops to save Adams Mine garbage plan Complex schemes and search for legal takeover mechanism evidence of high-level political desperation to revive northern garbage dump for Toronto (Straight Goods)
Mar. 2, 2001: Michigan fights imported Canadian trash (Associated Press/Calvin Chimes)
Mar. 5, 2001: NEW secret governor's letter to save Adams Mine State of Michigan steps in again to save Harris' garbage plan (Straight Goods)
Mar. 6 2001: Michigan looking to Ottawa to stop Toronto's trash (CBC)
Mar. 8, 2001: Michigan bill seeks ban on city's garbage (Toronto Star via GreenYes)
Mar. 8 2001: Michigan garbage deal may get more complicated (CBC)
Mar. 9 2001: Michigan senator wants Toronto's garbage out (CBC)
Mar. 9 2001: Michigan wants to make Toronto's garbage illegal (CBC)
Mar. 22, 2001: Saying no to waste (Eye)
Mar. 27 2001: U.S. Congress considers ban on Toronto garbage (CBC)
Mar. 27, 2001: Bill Summary and Status of H. R. 1213 "To impose certain limitations on the receipt of out-of-State municipal solid waste, and for other purposes" (U.S. House of Representatives)
April 4, 2001: Michigan a magnet for outstate garbage (Detroit News)
Aug. 1, 2001: Perspectives on Interstate and International Shipments of Municipal Solid Waste (Prepared Witness Testimony by U.S. Congressman Mike Rogers before the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce)
Sept. 5, 2001: Ottawa studies $2B plan to cut 401 congestion (National Post) -- Mentions the future increase of garbage hauling on Ontario Highway 401.
Sept. 18, 2001: Toronto's garbage held up at border (CBC)
Oct. 2001: Citizens' Agenda For Zero Waste: A United States / Canadian Perspective (GrassRoots Recycling Network)
Nov. 11, 2001: Adam's Mine Proposal Revived- Wear [sic] To Put the Trash? (Toronto Star via Great Lakes Directory)
Nov. 12, 2001: Posthumus Calls on Congress to Say NO! to Canadian Trash (State of Michigan press release)
Nov. 13, 2001: Posthumus to Toronto:"Michigan Doesn't Want Your Trash" (State of Michigan press release)
Nov. 13, 2001: Ban Wanted On Imported Canadian Trash: Michigan Political Leaders Say Garbage Is Security Risk (Great Lakes Directory)
Nov. 14, 2001: Adams Mine group makes new bid for trash (National Post) -- Focuses on Michigan Lieutenant-Governor, Dick Posthumus' request to the U.S. Congress and the City of Toronto to stop shipping Canadian garbage to the U.S.
Nov. 15, 2001: Michigan garbage contract endorsed (Globe & Mail)
Nov. 21, 2001: New push to limit Toronto trash (Capital News Service)
Dec. 1, 2001: Waste Not, Want Not – Canada's Trash Dilemma (CBC)
Dec 4, 2001: Toronto shipping its garbage out of the country (CBC)
Dec. 5, 2001: Toronto City Council approves plan to ship Toronto trash to Michigan (CBC)
Dec. 5, 2001: Toronto to send all trash to U.S. (Globe & Mail via Great Lakes Environmental Directory)
Dec. 6, 2001: Toronto Votes To Send Its Trash To Michigan (Detroit Free Press via Basel Action Network)

2002 Articles and Press Releases

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