Protection Of The Waters Of The Great Lakes

Author : Peter Annin
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2009-08-25
Category : Nature
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 : International Joint Commission
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Great Lakes (North America)
ISBN : MINN:31951D01927853S

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Protection of the Waters of the Great Lakes by International Joint Commission Pdf

Author : International Joint Commission,Leonard H. Legault,Thomas L. Baldini
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 69 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Environmental protection
ISBN : 1894280164

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Protection of the Waters of the Great Lakes by International Joint Commission,Leonard H. Legault,Thomas L. Baldini Pdf

Diverting water from the Great Lakes has been an issue of interest between the United States & Canada. In the light of recent proposals to export water from the Great Lakes & other areas, the governments decided to refer the issue of water use along the border to the Commission. The governments requested the Commission to examine & provide recommendations on various matters that may affect levels & flows of waters within the boundary or transboundary basins & shared aquifers. This final report is based on information the Commission had before it when it prepared an interim report & on additional information subsequently obtained from such sources as public hearings, consultations with government officials & experts. After an introduction, section 2 describes the Great Lakes system, focussing on hydrologic aspects and noting current diversions of water. Section 3 provides updated information on consumptive use & removals and addresses concerns expressed at the public hearings with respect to the possibility of future major diversions and the subject of privatization. Section 4 reports on the findings of an expert workshop on cumulative impacts and information about cumulative effects on the Great Lakes ecosystem of factors affecting water levels and flows. Section 5 provides more recent information on climate change assessments. Section 6 expands the discussion of groundwater basins & their divides. Section 7 discusses the need for conservation in the Basin. Section 8 more fully addresses international trade law & US constitutional law issues and provides new information on domestic legal developments in Canada & the US. Section 9 proposes a plan for the continuation of this study into the remainder of the boundary region. The final sections draw conclusions on the Great Lakes ecosystem, water removals, legislation & policy, and related matters, and make recommendations that build on the Boundary Waters Treaty and the Great Lakes Charter.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Water
ISBN : OCLC:1015968680

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Protection of the Waters of the Great Lakes by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : PSU:000061489073

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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 : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Land use
ISBN : UVA:35007000044622

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Methods of Alleviating the Adverse Consequences of Fluctuating Water Levels in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin by Anonim Pdf

Author : Canada. Environment Canada,United States. Environmental Protection Agency
Publisher : [Downsview, Ont.] : Environment Canada
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:35007002684359

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Rising to the Challenge by Canada. Environment Canada,United States. Environmental Protection Agency Pdf

"This publication celebrates the efforts and accomplishments of individual citizens, scientists, private and public sector organizations and institutions which have made a difference and contributed to environmental progress in the Great Lakes basin"--Preface.

Author : International Joint Commission
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Biotic communities
ISBN : UCR:31210018629582

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Advice to Governments on Their Review of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement by International Joint Commission Pdf

Today, however, other concepts need to be incorporated into the Agreement so that it can facilitate contemporary efforts to protect and restore The purpose of the Agreement is to "restore and the water quality of the Great Lakes system and maintain" the water quality of the Great Lakes. [...] The following are four areas the Commission to the development of the Agreement in the 1970s suggests be considered for the purpose and scope and its amendment in 1987:. [...] For purposes of the Agreement, the Commission However, the Commission believes firmly that is of the view that a definition of the ecosystem adopting the ecosystem approach should not lead approach should be developed that is appropriate to to broadening the purpose of the Agreement. [...] This the objectives of the Agreement and the conditions means that the scope of the new Agreement - that in the basin. [...] Because the Commission basinwide consultations conducted by is recommending that the Agreement be endorsed the Commission, of the triennial progress by the U. S. Congress and the Parliament of reports under the Binational Action Plan, Canada, it is of the view that its role should be set out in a formal reference pursuant to Article IX of and (b) the Commission's independent the Boundary Waters Tr.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Great Lakes
ISBN : UOM:39015032617766

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Great Lakes, America by Anonim Pdf

Author : Dan Egan
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 45,5 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 : International Joint Commission
Publisher : Windsor, Ont. : Great Lakes Regional Office, International Joint Commission
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : UOM:39015010181652

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Water Quality of the Upper Great Lakes by International Joint Commission Pdf

Author : Dave Dempsey
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 52,8 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 : International Joint Commission
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 69 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0662288858

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Protection of the Waters of the Great Lakes by International Joint Commission Pdf

Author : Joanne Robertson
Publisher : Second Story Press
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-18
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781772602302

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The Water Walker by Joanne Robertson Pdf

The story of a determined Ojibwe Grandmother (Nokomis) Josephine-ba Mandamin and her great love for Nibi (water). Nokomis walks to raise awareness of our need to protect Nibi for future generations, and for all life on the planet. She, along with other women, men, and youth, have walked around all the Great Lakes from the four salt waters, or oceans, to Lake Superior. The walks are full of challenges, and by her example Josephine-ba invites us all to take up our responsibility to protect our water, the giver of life, and to protect our planet for all generations.

Author : Theo Colborn
Publisher : Washington, D.C. : Conservation Foundation ; Ottawa : Institute for Research on Public Policy
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 44,5 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.