In the interest of equal time, here are links to an editorial and news article featuring strong support for the proposed Great Lakes water export pact...the deadline for public comment is two weeks from today. After giving equal time now, I'll provide some commentary soon about why the proposals as drafted are fundamentally flawed, and how they can be fixed. But let's be clear: there's a lot of support out there among informed people.
"That's why the Great Lakes Basin Water Compact is being created. If adopted, the Compact would regulate major efforts to siphon Great Lakes water for use somewhere else. It would ensure first, that the need was truly dire, and second, that water will not be taken out of the lakes without the consent of the people who would be most seriously impacted.
The Great Lakes Basin Water Compact should be ratified by each of the states bordering the lakes."
http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041002/OPINION04/410020305
ASHWAUBENON — The state Department of Natural Resources’ plan to regulate the use of Great Lakes’ water was met with overwhelming approval at a public hearing Thursday evening.
With the exception of a representative of the paper industry, all who took the podium to commentagreed with the lion’s share of the proposed Great Lakes water management compact.
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/local_18049638.shtml
Posted by Dave at October 4, 2004 08:56 AM