Can you name the 5 GREAT LAKES? Well, since around the 1960s the Great Lakes have been Polluted. These Lakes are a connection to the Atlantic Ocean through the St. Lawrence River. And it serves several Ports within the Northern Rust Belt areas. Hence, for quite some time, the Water here has been under attack from pollutants. I would not go swimming in Lake Superior for all the Money in the world.
However, it seems, the Obama Adminstration is serious about cleaning up the LAKES. And has put in its Budget, for this year, a plan to do so.
Join me over the jump for dicussion:
Here is an exerpt from the article that I will be providing you:
[The plan envisions spending more than $2.2 billion for long-awaited repairs after a century of damage to the lakes, which hold 20% of the world's fresh water. The Associated Press obtained a copy of the document, which Lisa Jackson, head of the Environmental Protection Agency, was releasing at a news conference Sunday in Washington.]
Also, last years budget had about half a billion towards this effort. Many of you probably did not know of this extraordinay effort, unless you lived there. Anyways, here is the article, and tell me what you all think:?
http://www.usatoday.com/...
And, in additon to the Recovery Act, which had tens of billions towards green energy, this Adminstration is shaping up to be the green adminstration...