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MIGHTY BLUE: The Great Lakes Basin Water Compact @ Webtego

Guest: Marnie Urso, Great Lakes Restoration & Policy, Grassroots Coordinator, Audubon OhioDate: April 3, 2008Time: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PMLive Video Broadcast and Chat Conversation 6:00PM - 7:00PM (EST) Location: Webtego, 2530 Superior Avenue, Suite 600, Cleveland, Ohio 44114 Ph: 216-348-8700Donation: $5.00 and your favorite six pack of brewComplete information: Midtown Brews online community

What is the role of the Great Lakes in the 21st Century? Should the Great Lakes be diverted to arid areas of the southwest U.S. or restored? Learn about efforts to restore and protect the world's largest body of fresh water for future generations. Contact your Senator and vote for the economic health and survival of future generations.

READ LATEST NEWS ARTICLES

April 1, 2008: Heartland Institute/Environment News:"Great Lakes Compact Would Hurt Michigan Agriculture, Economy" here.

March 31, 2008: The Toledo Blade: "Lt. Gov. Fisher raises possibility of Great Lakes water sales" here.

March 30, 2008: The Cleveland Plain Dealer: "Water is the Great Lakes area's prize" here.

March 26, 2008: Port Clinton News Herald: "Senate debate could stall water deal" here.

March 19, 2008: The Cleveland Free Times: Cover: "Flushed Away" here.

March 17, 2008: Environment News Service: "New York Joins Great Lakes Water Resources Compact" here.

March 10, 2008: Crain's Cleveland Business: Editorial: "All Wet" here.

February 3, 2008: The Morning Journal: "Great Lakes Compact Vital: Ohio must protect it's precious fresh water resource" here.

January 28, 2008: The Cleveland Plain Dealer: Editorial: "Milwaukee gets the most from it's water; Ohio's just all wet" here.

December 10, 2006: USA Today: "Great Lakes compact at the center of great debate" here.

APRIL FEATURES

• The Great Lakes Basin Compact
• Watch the movie, "MIGHTY BLUE" with Marnie Urso and Illustrator, Ralph Solonitz, who make the case for preservation from different perspectives...
• Commentary from Audubon Ohio: "Led by Rep. Matthew Dolan, last week the Ohio House of Representatives voted 88-3 in favor of responsible and balanced water protection by approving House Bill 416, legislation to ratify the Great Lakes Basin Water Resources Compact without amendment..."Now the bad news. In the Ohio Senate, a bare majority of 17 Senators has co-sponsored Senate Bill 291, legislation to ratify a version of the Compact containing amendments that they have drafted and that have not been reviewed or approved in any other state. Audubon Ohio has dubbed the Senate Bill the "Great Lakes NONpact" because it represents a blatant attempt, under the guise of supposedly non-controversial amendments, to unwind the careful eight-state negotiations that lead to the final draft of the Compact and to torpedo the entire Compact process"...Read the article.

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