Twenty years after the zebra mussel invaded the Great Lakes --
WASHINGTON -- Legislation aimed at preventing invasive species from entering the Great Lakes aboard oceangoing ships has languished in Congress for the past three years, as the shipping industry has pushed an alternative bill with weaker restrictions.
But the legislation, sponsored by Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., and co-sponsored by Sen. Mark Dayton, D-Minn., has not moved in Congress. Meanwhile a rival bill, the Ballast Water Management Act, has made it through the Senate Commerce Committee this year with the support of the international shipping industry.
Posted by Dave at October 15, 2005 09:06 PM