Rust Belt To Blue Belt

Will $6 Billion be enough for Great Lakes restoration?

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July 1, 2005, 8:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

Fourteen months after President Bush recognized the Great Lakes as an economic engine and recreational haven, a special task force is about to introduce a draft plan to fund environmental restoration of the waters within that basin, the worlds largest freshwater ecosystem. The plan offers a decades-long strategy to reclaim heavily polluted waterways, rehabilitate degraded natural habitats, and promote sustainable economic growth in the Great Lakes region.

Thanks to Keith Schneider

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