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Great Lakes Compact: Another Step Forward
September 27th, 2008
Via Circle of Blue, news that the U.S. House of Representatives has blocked diverting any new water from the Great Lakes and forces bordering states to adhere to new conservation standards. This will prohibit any new diversions of the water to other places. As the article notes: “…As of Tuesday, grandiose visions of Lake Michigan […]
Read more »Great Lakes Compact: Loose Ends Not Bottled Up?
August 29th, 2008
As recently reported by AlterNet, there are a few analysts who charge that the Great Lakes compact, as written, will actually facilitate the commercial export of Great Lakes water: “…For 25 years, residents around the Great Lakes have worried that thirstier regions (or even countries) would make designs on their water. The lakes’ bounty as […]
Read more »Canada Dry…?
August 29th, 2008
As recently reported by CBC, Canada’s stores of fresh water – according to a recent internal federal govemnment study – are not as plentiful as once thought, and threaten to pinch the economy and could instigate water ‘showdowns’ between provinces, as well as between Canada and the USA. As the article notes: …’We can no […]
Read more »Great Lakes Water Compact – Update
July 12th, 2008
Via Water Wired, news that the Great Lakes Compact is one step closer to reality. As the article notes, all eight US Great Lakes Basin states have approved the measure; Congress now has to give its blessing. The Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec have signed on. Although Quebec does not border any of the […]
Read more »Water War Brewing? Canada, U.S., NAFTA, and Water Exports
July 12th, 2008
Niagara This Week offered an interesting article touching on many issues, including whether or not NAFTA protects water exports from Canada. As the report notes: “… millions of U.S. residents living in places such as California, Nevada, and Arizona could soon be looking this way with a hungry glint in their eye. And it won’t […]
Read more »Water Export: A Possibility for Manitoba, Canada
July 2nd, 2008
Courtesy of The Edmonton Journal, an article detailing an audacious proposal that Manitoba could net more than $1 billion a year by piping south one per cent of the water that flows into Hudson Bay and selling it to the United States. While the idea seems far-fetched, it is interesting to note the basic economic […]
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