Another editorial voice (out of Ohio) calling for a ban on oil drilling in the Great Lakes. Let's hope a certain Michigan Congressman who is blocking this ban (on the grounds that it would 'federalize' the Great Lakes) and who is also a major recipient of oil and gas PAC money will get out of the way.
Such a ban would no more federalize the lakes than has the Clean Water Act. In both cases, the law would set a protective standard which all states must meet or exceed in the national as well as state interest.
Ohio and some other Great Lakes states have not banned oil and gas drilling in and under the lakes, so it's proper that Congress step in to get the job done.
Posted by Dave at June 23, 2005 07:29 AM