Last Tuesday night the EPA began a series of public meetings to determine the best way to implement President Obama’s Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. The first meeting was held in Milwaukee, Wisc. and according to reporter Dan Egan the room was packed.
“The issues are more understood now,” Milwaukee’s Annette Gelhar told Egan. “So now we’re focusing on solutions to things that we’ve ignored in the past.”
The following night another gathering was held in Chicago. Former reporter Jeff Alexander attended both meetings and tweeted events in real time on our twitter page. By scrolling down the page you can still learn about people’s concerns and comments as well as what the government officials told the participants.
Last Thursday night, a public meeting was held in Merryville, Indiana and reporter Lu Ann Franklin writes that it too was standing-room-only with some people travelling from as far away as Elkhart County in order to hear about the government’s plans for restoration and offer up their own comments for consideration.
The next meeting will be tonight in Cleveland, Ohio. But if you can’t make it, the EPA will be accepting comments on their website until Mid-August.
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