Posted May 16, 2012 by Karen Hobbs in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Health and the Environment, Solving Global Warming
Doubled Trouble: More Extreme Storms in the Midwest, a new report from NRDC and the Rocky Mountain Climate Organization, confirms what those of us living in the Midwest probably already guessed — violent storms have dramatically increased. The largest of storms —...continued→
Posted April 27, 2012 by Karen Hobbs in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Health and the Environment, Saving Wildlife and WIld Places
Next week, the Ohio Senate will consider legislation to implement the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact (Compact). The bill, introduced by Rep. Lynn Wachtmann, ignores Compact protections for tributaries and opens the door to unregulated large water withdrawals, threatening wildlife...continued→
Posted April 5, 2012 by Karen Hobbs in Solving Global Warming
Chances are, if you live in the Great Lakes Basin, you’re already experiencing the impacts of climate change from warmer temperatures (in both winter and summer), earlier snowmelt and reduced ice cover on lakes. But, if you’re like me, what...continued→
Posted March 21, 2012 by Karen Hobbs in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Health and the Environment, U.S. Law and Policy
There are competing theories as to where Chicago’s “Second City” nickname originated. Some trace the moniker to a New Yorker story by A.J. Liebling; others frame the nickname in a more positive light, as a testament to the “Second City”...continued→
Posted August 12, 2011 by Karen Hobbs in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Health and the Environment
The comment period for the City of Waukesha’s application for a diversion of Great Lakes water closes Saturday, August 13. Waukesha’s application is the first real test of the Great Lakes Compact’s provisions governing new and increased withdrawals. As such, it’s...continued→
Posted July 14, 2011 by Karen Hobbs in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Health and the Environment, U.S. Law and Policy
New York State officially weighed in on the Ohio legislature's attempt to undermine the Great Lakes Compact yesterday. Joseph Martens (Commissioner, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation) writes to his Ohio counterpart, David Mustine, Director, Ohio Department of Natural...continued→
Posted July 13, 2011 by Karen Hobbs in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Health and the Environment, U.S. Law and Policy
Three weeks ago, NRDC released a report detailing states’ progress in implementing the water conservation and efficiency requirements of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Water Resources Basin Compact. We singled out the excellent work done by Ohio’s Compact Advisory Board to...continued→
Posted June 23, 2011 by Karen Hobbs in Health and the Environment, U.S. Law and Policy
Mark Twain famously said, “whiskey’s for drinking; water’s for fighting about.” My guess is that we drink more beer in the Great Lakes than whiskey, but we certainly know about fighting to protect our source of drinking water and the...continued→
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