Protecting The Great Lakes

Author : Peter Annin
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2009-08-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781597266376

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The Great Lakes Water Wars by Peter Annin Pdf

The Great Lakes are the largest collection of fresh surface water on earth, and more than 40 million Americans and Canadians live in their basin. Will we divert water from the Great Lakes, causing them to end up like Central Asia's Aral Sea, which has lost 90 percent of its surface area and 75 percent of its volume since 1960? Or will we come to see that unregulated water withdrawals are ultimately catastrophic? Peter Annin writes a fast-paced account of the people and stories behind these upcoming battles. Destined to be the definitive story for the general public as well as policymakers, The Great Lakes Water Wars is a balanced, comprehensive look behind the scenes at the conflicts and compromises that are the past-and future-of this unique resource.

Author : Paul G. R. Smith,Heritage Resources Centre
Publisher : Heritage Resources Centre University of Waterloo
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UVA:35007000228688

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Towards the Protection of Great Lakes Natural Heritage Areas by Paul G. R. Smith,Heritage Resources Centre Pdf

Author : Ontario. Ministry of Environment and Energy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Environmental policy
ISBN : UVA:35007002297533

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Restoring and Protecting the Great Lakes by Ontario. Ministry of Environment and Energy Pdf

This report reviews the progress of Ontario government initiatives 1991-92 to restore and protect the Great Lakes and their interconnecting channels. The principal initiatives reviewed are the Municipal-Industrial Strategy for Abatement, water and sewage treatment programs, remedial action plans, and pollution prevention programs. Other initiatives include the development and implementation of water quality objectives, guidelines, and standards; programs to clean up urban and rural beaches; monitoring and surveillance programs; emergency spills response plans; enforcement of environmental regulations; environmental research; programs in partnership with the federal government, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, and the agricultural industry; programs for protection of aquatic ecosystems and habitats, including the Waterfront Regeneration Trust; and binational activities on Lake Superior, the Niagara River, and Lake Ontario.

Author : Theo Colborn
Publisher : Washington, D.C. : Conservation Foundation ; Ottawa : Institute for Research on Public Policy
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Nature
ISBN : UVA:35007004197111

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Great Lakes, Great Legacy? by Theo Colborn Pdf

This study argues that simply augmenting actions already taken to remedy environmental degradation in the Great Lakes region, such as control of polluters, and piecemeal restrictions of physical development, is not a sufficient response. Rather, it shows that a far-reaching commitment to reduce the environmental assault on the Great Lakes from all sources is necessary. It also underscores the need for a dramatic break from the crisis management approach to environmental degradation that persists in the region, and to develop a commitment to anticipate and prevent future legacies of environmental destruction.

Author : Terence Kehoe
Publisher : DeKalb : Northern Illinois University Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Environmental policy
ISBN : UOM:39015071187077

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Cleaning Up the Great Lakes by Terence Kehoe Pdf

Environmental and policy history intersect in this unique case study of national water pollution control policy during the seminal decades of environmental activism. Kehoe uses events in the Great Lakes region to investigate broader changes in American public policy during the era of public interest that extended from the late 1960s through the early 1970s.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105050450688

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The Great Lakes Regional Collaboration Strategy by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Pdf

Author : Dan Egan
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780393246445

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The Death and Life of the Great Lakes by Dan Egan Pdf

New York Times Bestseller Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winner of the J. Anthony Lukas Award "Nimbly splices together history, science, reporting and personal experiences into a taut and cautiously hopeful narrative.… Egan’s book is bursting with life (and yes, death)." —Robert Moor, New York Times Book Review The Great Lakes—Erie, Huron, Michigan, Ontario, and Superior—hold 20 percent of the world’s supply of surface fresh water and provide sustenance, work, and recreation for tens of millions of Americans. But they are under threat as never before, and their problems are spreading across the continent. The Death and Life of the Great Lakes is prize-winning reporter Dan Egan’s compulsively readable portrait of an ecological catastrophe happening right before our eyes, blending the epic story of the lakes with an examination of the perils they face and the ways we can restore and preserve them for generations to come.

Author : Lee Botts,Paul Robert Muldoon
Publisher : Dave Dempsey Environmental
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Nature
ISBN : UVA:35007006277549

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Evolution of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement by Lee Botts,Paul Robert Muldoon Pdf

Water quality concerns are not new to the Great Lakes. They emerged early in the 20th century, in 1909, and matured in 1972 and 1978. They remain a prominent part of today's conflicted politics and advancing industrial growth. The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, under the Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909, became a model to the world for environmental management across an international boundary. Evolution of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement recounts this historic binational relationship, an agreement intended to protect the fragile Great Lakes. One strength of the agreement is its flexibility, which includes a requirement for periodic review that allows modification as problems are solved, conditions change, or scientific research reveals new problems. The first progress was made in the 1970s in the area of eutrophication, the process by which lakes gradually age, which normally takes thousands of years to progress, but is accelerated by modern water pollution. The binational agreement led to the successful lowering of phosphorus levels that saved Lake Erie and prevented accelerated eutrophication in the rest of the Great Lakes ecosystem. Another major success at the time was the identification and lowering of the levels of toxic contaminants that cause major threats to human and wildlife health, from accumulating PCBs and other persistent organic pollutants

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : PSU:000064374161

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Great Lakes Regional Collaboration's Strategy to Restore and Protect the Great Lakes by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works Pdf

Author : Eric Freedman,Mark Neuzil
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-13
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781351977043

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Biodiversity, Conservation and Environmental Management in the Great Lakes Basin by Eric Freedman,Mark Neuzil Pdf

The Great Lakes Basin in North America holds more than 20 percent of the world's fresh water. Threats to habitats and biodiversity have economic, political, national security, and cultural implications and ramifications that cross the US-Canadian border. This multidisciplinary book presents the latest research to demonstrate the interconnected nature of the challenges facing the Basin. Chapters by U.S. and Canadian scholars and practitioners represent a wide range of natural science and social science fields, including environmental sciences, geography, political science, natural resources, mass communications, environmental history and communication, public health, and economics. The book covers threats from invasive species, industrial development, climate change, agricultural and chemical runoff, species extinction, habitat restoration, environmental disease, indigenous conservation efforts, citizen engagement, environmental regulation, and pollution.Overall the book provides political, cultural, economic, scientific, and social contexts for recognizing and addressing the environmental challenges faced by the Great Lakes Basin.

Author : Nature Conservancy (U.S.). Great Lakes Program
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Aquatic ecology
ISBN : UVA:35007001603392

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The Conservation of Biological Diversity in the Great Lakes Ecosystem by Nature Conservancy (U.S.). Great Lakes Program Pdf

This paper serves to begin a dialogue on how these special biodiversity resources should be identified and protected in the Great Lakes basin. In this paper, signifiant biodiversity elements of the basin are identified. Threats to those resources are described and, in general terms, evaluated. Based on this information, recommandations are provided for the protection of biological diversity in the Great Lakes ecosystem. These are strategic in nature, designed to suggest broad direction, stimulate discussion and solicit advice for the progection of biological diversity in the basin. Finally, a range of tools available for biodiversity protection is outlined.

Author : Dave Dempsey
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780472116492

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Great Lakes for Sale by Dave Dempsey Pdf

Examines the environmental benefits and issues of the Great Lakes through a look at the commercialization, recreation, and population of the businesses and people in its surrounding areas.

Author : Guy J. Kelnhofer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Environmental protection
ISBN : UOM:39015037438978

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Preserving the Great Lakes by Guy J. Kelnhofer Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Nature
ISBN : LOC:00128781055

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Great Lakes Restoration by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works Pdf

Author : Barry Leonard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 7 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2007-12-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 142231796X

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Protecting the Great Lakes by Barry Leonard Pdf

The Great Lakes contain 95% of the fresh water in the U.S. & 20% of the fresh water in the world. Tens of millions of people in the U.S. & Canada depend on the Great Lakes for drinking water. In 1995 the EPA issued common-sense guidelines to reduce toxic pollution in the Great Lakes & ensure protection for the environment & people living in the area. Will this protection come at a reasonable cost? Results from a detailed evaluation of impacts for 3 communities in the region reveal that public health & environmental benefits will outweigh the costs of achieving those reductions. The 3 communities evaluated for this report were the Fox River near Green Bay, WI; the Saginaw River near Bay City, MI; & the Black River near Cleveland, OH. Illustrations.