A New Take on the Lake: Obama’s Great Lakes Budget
Posted Monday, May 18, 2009
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President Obama is pushing Congress to approve a half billion dollars to fund a restoration of the Great Lakes and Lake Erie, which is part of the largest fresh water system on the earth. Some say Lake Erie is perhaps the dirtiest of the lakes. So, if Congress does pass it, what then? How much will be headed toward Lake Erie, what needs to be done here and who is going to do it?
On the next Sound of Ideas®, we'll talk about the impact it may have on the environment and our region's economy. Join us Monday morning at nine on 90.3.
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Environment, Government/Politics
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Jeff Skelding, National Campaign Director, Healing Our Waters Great Lakes CoalitionSean Logan, Board Member, Great Lakes Commission; Director, Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources
Additional Information
America’s North Coast: A Benefit-Cost Analysis of a Program to Protect and Restore the Great LakesThe International Association for Great Lakes Research
Plain Dealer: To clean up Great Lakes, Barack Obama pledges $475 million for next year
Healing Our Waters Great Lakes Coalition
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