Statement by Jeff Skelding, National Campaign Manager, Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition, on passage of the Great Lakes Legacy Act of 2008
“The Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition appreciates the efforts by Sens. Carl Levin and George Voinovich and Reps. Jim Oberstar and Vern Ehlers to strengthen the Great Lakes Legacy Act. However, we’re disappointed that Congress did not provide the funding necessary to match the other important improvements in this bill. To date, the pace of clean-up has been too slow. We will work with the new Congress and the next President to tackle the serious threat of toxic pollution, which closes beaches, threatens the public’s health, and drives down home values. We will work to increase funding for this successful program — to $150 million per year — so we can clean up the toxic pollution in the Great Lakes before it gets worse and more costly.”
Contact:
Jeff Skelding, Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition, (202) 797-6893
Jordan Lubetkin, Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition, (734) 887-7109
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