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Unearthing the Great Lakes Areas of Concern
Congress is currently debating the reauthorization of the Great Lakes Legacy Act, and now is the time to pause and consider what is working, what is not and how much money it will really take to clean up the toxic pollution once and for all.
Over the past century, our region has sacrificed our waters for the wealth of our nation and now that our economy has moved from manufacturing to information services we and our Great Lakes have been forgotten. As a result, we drink polluted water, eat contaminated fish and suffer real health consequences.
Because of the years that we served as our nation’s economic engine, our towns and states now spend billions annually trying to restore the Great Lakes. Meanwhile, drought stricken Sunbelt states look to our fresh water shores as an answer to their thirst - it is time for the nation to invest in saving the Great Lakes -to take responsibility for the legacy left from profits gained during years of industrial success. That legacy is pooling in 31 US Areas of Concern (AOC) around the Great Lakes and her tributaries. Only one US AOC has been cleaned up and delisted: Oswego, New York.
It is a new century inspiring innovative ideas for cleaning up these AOC’s once and for all. Take a minute to find out what is happening in the Areas of Concern, leave a comment, tell lawmakers to add more money and change the act to speed up progress.
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