Water
Water: What motivates us to care?
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We need to encourage water conservation and support its treatment and distribution.
Elected officials don’t see a political future in telling constituents to use less and pay more for it.
Land
Commentary: You can’t paint a town green
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It’s one thing to advocate support for the tough decisions that are required to mitigate climate change. And it’s quite another to make those decisions consistently across the board.
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Baseless hyperbole and a disrespectful congressman
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Trash talk doesn’t belong in environmental debate.
You want to make a point? Be fair.
Two Indiana executives and a Michigan Congressman need to learn that lesson.
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Great Lakes Protection: Feds hit the brakes — states hit reverse
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Federal funding has taken a hit and Asian carp control muddles along.
That’s nothing compared to eroding environmental protection by the Great Lakes states.
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Wanted: Business as an honest environmental partner
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Some business groups have taken a disingenuous path on the Great Lakes environment.
But we need honest participation from these key stakeholders who otherwise put their credibility at risk.
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Conserving Great Lakes Water: Not on our watch
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Lesser known but arguably more important than preventing diversions to Las Vegas, the Great Lakes Compact requires the states to develop water conservaton plans by 2010.
How’s it going?
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Chicago’s Daley: Urban enviro visionary or guilty of benign neglect?
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Is Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley’s legacy that of the greenest city in America?
Or just the illusion of it?
Let’s allow some time to pass before buying into the press release fodder.
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Chicago influence, toothless legislation, Wisconsin rollbacks, EPA elitism
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Wisconsin takes another step back, Chicago continues undue influence, sewage bill has no takers and EPA is tone deaf on democracy.
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Great Lakes opportunity: Will Kirk lead or muddle along?
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A first-term senator from Illinois gets an early chance to lead on Great Lakes policy.
Will Sen. Mark Kirk fill the void left by many long-time Great Lakes advocates who have left Congress?
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Toxic sites are complex, accelerating cleanups easily grasped; Let’s spend GLRI wisely
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Using complexity to describe disease clusters and remediation of toxic sites is a gross understatement.