Showing posts with label eco justice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label eco justice. Show all posts

Friday, June 8, 2012

Some great news for the Great Lakes

Some great news for the Great Lakes
Posted by Pierre Hamilton at Jun 07, 2012 01:57 PM
By Dr. Anastasia Lintner, staff lawyer and economist
Yesterday the Ontario government announced its plan to protect the Great Lakes, using many of the recommendations put forth by Ecojustice and an alliance of Great Lakes environmental groups.
The announcement coincided with the introduction of Bill 100, the proposed Great Lakes Protection Act, 2012, and with the release of a draft Great Lakes Strategy on the Environmental Registry [Read about the announcement]. We found one part of the draft strategy particularly relevant: