International Joint Commission issues Great Lakes report card by Great Lakes Echo
Over the past 25 years, environmental protection measures have greatly improved the health of the Great Lakes. However, the region’s waterways are facing new issues. According to the International Joint Commission’s latest progress report, warmer temperatures are having a dramatic effect on the ecological health of the Great Lakes.
Lana Pollack chairs the commission’s U.S. delegation. She discusses the past, present and future of cleaning up the Great Lakes.