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Canadian Trash in Michigan
News Reports & Press Releases:
2003

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2002 Articles and Press Releases

Jan. 2003: Dealing with Unwelcome Waste (Senator Carl Levin)
Jan. 3, 2003: City's tons of trash bound for Michigan (insideTORONTO.ca)
Jan. 8, 2003: Draft Plan B on trash: councillors (insideTORONTO.ca)
Jan. 13, 2003: Stabenow says Canada trash shipments threaten security (Macomb Daily via Adams Mine Rail Haul)
Jan. 13, 2003: T.O. trashed: Garbage convoys on the 401 aren’t winning us any friends (Toronto Sun via Adams Mine Rail Haul)
Jan. 15, 2003: Trash From Toronto Upsets Michigan Town (New York Times via Basel Action Network)
Jan. 15, 2003: State fumes over Toronto trash trucks (Detroit News via Great Lakes Directory)
Jan. 19, 2003: Tons of refuse from Canada dumped each day in Lenox Township landfill (Macomb Daily)
Jan. 21, 2003: U.S. Senators Leven and Stabenow of Michigan introduce S. 199 to regulate Canadian trash shipments (U.S. Government Printing Office)
Jan. 21, 2003: New bill plans to take Canada to the dumpster (State News)
Jan. 21, 2003: Dingell, Levin and Stabenow Join Forces to Keep Unwanted Canadian Garbage in Canada (Senator Carl Levin)
Jan. 23, 2003: Michigan Senator Bishop introduces Senate Bill 0057 which would require every truck shipment of solid waste entering Michigan from Canada to be inspected and a fee to be charged to cover the cost (Michigan Legislature Website)
Jan. 27, 2003: Congressman Mike Rogers of Michigan introduced H.R. 382 "to prohibit or impose certain limitations on the receipt of foreign municipal solid waste." (U.S. Government Printing Office)
Jan. 28, 2003: Michigan Representative Brandenburg introduces House Bill 4043 which would ban the importation of waste from outside the state if Congress granted the state that authority (Michigan Legislature Website)
Jan. 28, 2003: Congressman Dingell of Michigan introduces H.R.411 to regulate Canadian trash shipments (U.S. Government Printing Office)
Jan. 28, 2003: Michigan Could Just Say 'No' to Canadian Trash (Congressman Mike Rogers)
Jan. 28, 2003: Lawmakers vow to put brakes on imported Canadian garbage (Macomb Daily via Adams Mine Rail Haul)
Jan. 29, 2003: Michigan Senator Brater introduces Senate Bill 0098 which would require states or provinces importing solid waste into Michigan to demonstrate their restrictions on solid waste are as least as stringent as Michigan's. (Michigan Legislature Website)
Jan. 29, 2003: Michigan Senator Brater introduces Senate Bill 0098 which would require states or provinces importing solid waste into Michigan to demonstrate their restrictions on solid waste are as least as stringent as Michigan's. (Michigan Legislature Website)
Jan. 29, 2003: Two bills are introduced into the Michigan House of Representatives (Michigan Legislature Website):

Feb. 5, 2003: Lawmaker wants end to trash pacts (Detroit News)
Feb. 6, 2003: Congresswoman Miller: Canadian trash belongs in Canada, not the U.S (Detroit News)
Feb. 7, 2003: Governor Granholm pledges that Michigan "will not be the nation’s trash can." (State of Michigan)
Feb. 9-13, 2003: Michigan -- Canada's Dumping Ground (Detroit News special reports):


Feb. 10, 2003: Groups to fight garbage imports (Detroit Free Press via Adams Mine Rail Haul)
Feb. 10, 2003: Burial fee may keep out Canadian trash (Canada Press)
Feb 10 2003: Screening spotty for cross-border garbage (CBC Toronto)
Feb. 11, 2003: Michigan groups oppose trucking in Toronto trash 'Don't Trash Michigan' (London [Ont.] Free Press via Great Lakes Directory)
Feb. 11:, 2003: Michigan groups protest garbage shipments (CTV News)
Feb. 11, 2003: Controversy over waste sent to Michigan (source unknown via Adams Mine Rail Haul)
 Feb. 12, 2003: Lawmakers hope to stem trash flow from Canada (Lansing State Journal)
Feb 12, 2003: U.S. Senator Stabenow Introduces New Legislation to Stop the Flow of Canadian Trash into Michigan (S.383) (Senator Debbie Stabenow)
Feb. 14, 2003 Toronto Councillor Duguid to Drive Truck Route to Michigan to Tour Carleton Farms Landfill Site (City of Toronto)
Feb. 14, 2003: Keep out Canadian trash (Associated Press via Calvin College Chimes)
Feb. 15, 2003: Why Americans Are Grousing Over Canadian Garbage (segment on CBC Radio's "The House" weekly program on national politics. Click on Feb. 15 show. There is no printed transcript. Audio sgement begins at 20:20 on RealOne Player; ends at 29:55).
Feb. 18, 2003: Trash talk turns sour (CBC Toronto)
Feb. 18, 2003: Trash tour is sidelined in Sarnia: Canadian city mayor refuses to meet with Toronto official (Detroit News)
Feb. 19, 2003: Find new home for trash, minister warns: Michigan will soon shut its border to city’s garbage, Stockwell cautions (Globe & Mail via Adams Mine Rail Haul)
Feb. 19, 2003: Toronto tries to appease irate Michigan on trash (Reuters via PlanetArk)
Feb. 26, 2003: U.S. Customs Service won't require tougher trash scrutiny (Detroit Free Press)
Feb. 26, 2003: Tougher policy on trash is yanked: Customs memo sought closer look at imports (Detroit Free Press)
Feb. 27, 2003: Backroom Stinker: Adams Mine Backers Working To Kill T.O. Garbage Deal With Michigan (NOWToronto.com)
Mar. 5: Dingell, Levin, Stabenow Demand Answers on Customs Trash Inspection Flip-flop (Senator Carl Levin)
March 9, 2003: Making a stink Angry residents urge lawmakers to limit Canadian trash in Michigan (Holland Sentinel Online)
March 11, 2003: Landfill Inspection Plan Announced (Michigan Dept. of Environmental Quality)
March 16, 2003: Toronto's Trash (Detroit Free Press)
March 19, 2003: Trash imports to get marketing overhaul (Detroit News)
March 28, 2003: Motorist hit by Toronto trash trucks (Detroit News)
April 1, 2003: Is It True? Or April Fools? PR Firm Says Toronto Trash Is Good For You! (Ecology Center)
April 1, 2003: Governor Granholm Calls for Federal Action on Canadian Trash (State of Michigan)
April 2, 2003: Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2003 contains provision directing The Bureau of Customs and Border Protection to acquire and deploy "portal radiation detectors and non-intrusive inspection technology at U.S. ports of entry." (H.R. 1559, Title I, Chapter 5) (Library of Congress)
April 8, 2003: Stabenow, Levin Urge House Conferees to Agree to Legislation Requiring Tougher Inspection of Canadian Trash Trucks (Senator Carl Levin)
April 10, 2003: Congressman Greenwood of Pennsylvania introduces H. R. 1730 "to impose certain limitations on the receipt of out-of-State municipal solid waste" (Library of Congress)
April 12, 2003: Senators Stabenow, Levin Announce Victory in Adoption of Canadian Trash Truck Inspection Provision, Praise Bipartisan Effort for Success (Senator Carl Levin)
April 17, 2003: Pot shipment found in Canadian trash at border (Toronto Star)
April 17, 2003: Canadian polluters worse than in U.S., report says (Globe & Mail)
April 18, 2003: "Importing Trash into Michigan," Politics with Bill Ballenger (East Lansing News/Talk 870 WKAR Radio, click on Friday 04-18-03 show. Need RealOne Player)
April 20, 2003: Canadian garbage dumping trashed: Trucks of refuse from up north head to Waters (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
April 22, 2003: Canadian-born Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm decries Canuck trash imports (Canadian Press)
May 2, 2003: Congressmen ask for halt to Toronto trash due to SARS (Holland Sentinel)
May 15, 2003: Report: Canadian garbage is cleaner (CNews)
May 15, 2003: Tests find garbage from Canada to be cleaner (Detroit Free Press)
May 20, 2003: New Bipartisan Push To Stop Imported Trash Don't Trash Michigan Coalition Hails GOP Proposals, Democrats' Cooperation (Michigan Environmental Council)
May 21, 2003: Toronto garbage gets green light at border (CBC Toronto)
May 21, 2003: Toronto garbage crossing border again after mad cow delay (CBC)
May 30, 2003: Levin, Stabenow Urge Toronto City Council Not to Approve Shipments of Sewage Sludge to Michigan (Senator Carl Levin)
June 2, 2003: Sign The Online Petition To Stop Canadian Trash Now! (Senator Debbie Stabenow)
June 2, 2003: Senator Debbie Stabenow Launches On-line Drive to Halt Importation of Canadian Trash into Michigan (Senator Debbie Stabenow)
June 3, 2003: A petition drive has been launched to stop Toronto trash flowing into Michigan (London [Ont.] Free Press)
June 3, 2003: Out-Of-State Waste: Submission to the State of Michigan, Joint Public Hearings - Senate Committee: Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs & House Committee: Land Use and Environment (Adams Mine Rail Haul [pdf file])
June 4, 2003: Political stink over Canada's trash continues (Lansing State Journal)
June 5, 2003: Senator Debbie Stabenow Logs Almost 33,000 Signatures on Canadian Trash Petition Drive in Three Days (Senator Debbie Stabenow)
June 6, 2003: Senators Stabenow, Levin Announce New Inspection Equipment for Canadian Trash Trucks on the Blue Water Bridge is Up and Running (Senator Carl Levin)
June 8, 2003: Solid waste industry claims landfills can handle imported trash; others aren't so sure (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
June 15, 2003: Rethinking trash critically important (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
July 2003: Out-Of-State Waste Concerns Prompts Legislature Into Action (Law firm of Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn)
July 6, 2003: Trash Turnaround? It May Not Be Long Before Toronto Shows Us How To Handle Trash (Ron Dzwonkowski editorial in the Detroit Free Press)
July 23, 2003: The Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce holds hearings on "Three Bills Pertaining to the Transport of Solid Waste: H.R. 382, H.R. 411 and H.R. 1730" (U.S. House)
July 23, 2003: Michigan politicians appeal to U.S. Congress to stop Canadian trash exports (Canadian Press)
July 25, 2003: Congressman Dingell's amendment of H.R.2861 directs EPA to enforce 1992 trash agreement passes House in voice vote (Congressional Record: Page: H7683)
July 29, 2003: Toronto's mayor says U.S. will have to honor Toronto-Michigan trash pact (A.P./PlanetSave.com)
August 3, 2003: Toronto trash too important for politics KEY TOPIC: Government Republicans, Democrats must
trade partisanship for remedy (Port Huron Times Herald)
Sept. 8, 2003: U.S. border checks find radioactive Toronto trash bound for Michigan landfill (CNews)
Sept. 8, 2003: U.S. Border Checks Find Radioactive Ontario Trash Bound For Michigan Landfill (Canadaeast.com via EFMR Monitoring Network)
Sept. 9, 2003: New U.S. border checks find radioactive Canadian trash (Associated Press via Environmental News Network)
Sept. 23, 2003: Dump not dead -- Eves wades into Toronto's garbage disposal problems (Canoe)
Oct. 1, 2003: Pot discovery fuels imported trash battle (Detroit News)
Oct. 2, 2003: Milton firm in medical waste probe (Toronto Sun)
Oct. 2, 2003: Michigan drops trash petitions on D.C. (Detroit News)
Oct. 2, 2003: Canadian trucker charged for hauling "bloody" waste to US (Today's Trucking)
 Oct. 7, 2003: Federal Judge Issues Preliminary Injunction Halting Enforcement of Wayne County Ordinance to Restrict Out-of-State Waste (PrNewswire)
Oct. 7, 2003: Waste Bills Likely to Cause More Problems Than They Solve (Michigan Waste Industries Association)
Oct. 7, 2003: Toronto Pledges No Trash to Michigan by 2010 (City of Toronto Press Release via Yahoo! PRNewswire)
Oct. 8, 2003: Senate committee passes bills to limit what goes in landfills (Detroit Free Press)
Oct. 8, 2003: Adams Mine proponents reject Ramsay’s call for public hearings (Northern Daily News)
Oct. 10, 2003: Michigan may slow flow of trash (London [Ont.] Free Press)
Oct. 20, 2003: Levin, Dingell, Stabenow Request Investigation of Trash Truck Inspections
at Border Crossings (Senator Debbie Stabenow)
Oct. 23, 2003: Inspector General Agrees to Congressional Request for Investigation of
Trash Truck Inspections at Border Crossings (Senator Debbie Stabenow)
Oct. 28, 2003: Canada Trash Flap Escalates (National Public Radio; Need RealOne Player)
Nov. 2, 2003: Long-term risks of Canadian trash imports are considerable (Port Huron Times-Herald)
Nov. 6, 2003: Michigan House Land Use and Environment Committee approves 16 bills to curb trash flow (Associated Press via Lexis-Nexis)
Nov. 7, 2003: Landfill restrictions move toward final OK (mLive/CAWrecycles)
Dec. 2, 2003: Michigan Set to Put Lid on Canadian Trash (Detroit Free Press via Lexis-Nexis)
Dec. 2, 2003: Hazardous Waste Shipment Imbalance Favors Michigan over Canada (Detroit Free Press via Lexis-Nexis)

2004 Articles and Press Releases

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