Updated: March 29, 2005
CANADIAN STUDIES RESOURCES
Canadian Trash in Michigan
News Reports & Press Releases:
1990s and earlier
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Roundtable,
the MSU Canadian Studies Centre and the MSU Libraries
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June
1, 1992: U.S. Supreme Court in Fort Gratiot Sanitary Landfill, Inc. v.
Michigan Department of Nat. Resources (504 U.S. 353) decides that only
Congress can regulate interstate movement of trash (FindLaw)
Feb.
28 1997: Senate bans importing garbage: Ban passes after concern of trash
from Toronto (Michigan Daily)
July 14,
1999: "We Don't Want Toronto's Garbage," Say Groups From Ontario and the
U.S. (Canadian Environmental Law Association)
July
15 1999: Toronto garbage unwelcome in other cities (CBC)
2000 Articles and Press Releases
Cautions
Detroit Free Press: online articles
are archived for only seven days
Globe and Mail: online articles are archived for
only seven days; some articles may be on non-G&M sites.
National Post: online articles are archived for
sixty days.
Toronto Star: online articles are archived for
only fourteen days
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