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Green Chemistry and the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement

January 25, 2012 - 2:17pm — Lin Kaatz Chary

Green Chemistry and the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement

By Lin Kaatz Chary, PhD, MPH, Executive Director,  Great Lakes Green Chemistry Network 

The new Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement: It is time for citizen action

November 9, 2011 - 4:37pm — Jane Elder
With the public forums and webinars now behind us, it appears that our only window into the substance of the emerging new Agreement is now closed. The forums provided pieces of the puzzle, many of which are troubling, some of which are hopeful—but still only pieces. Because the public doesn’t know what the whole picture looks like, it makes assessing whether this Agreement shows progress or backsliding difficult. But, some of the information revealed points to very troubling signs.
 
Governance.

The Great Lakes: Renewing a Legacy of Promise

October 7, 2011 - 11:53am — Gail Krantzberg

By Gail Krantzberg, McMaster University, Krantz@Mcmaster.ca

Last Chance to Affect Revised GLWQA

September 16, 2011 - 2:01pm — John Jackson

When Bad Process Happens to Good Issues

August 29, 2011 - 12:22pm — Jane Elder

The draft of the new Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement is in its final stages and I wish I could pump up my enthusiasm. But, it is hard to buy into an agreement that you can’t read (or at least review at some level of detail) and comment on before it has been signed.

Zero means Zero

August 19, 2011 - 8:33am — John Jackson

Two of the essential cornerstones of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement are the enshrinement of “zero discharge” and “virtual elimination” as guiding principles. The Council of Great Lakes Industries is urging the governments to remove these two terms from the Agreement.

Never take the milestones of our progress for granted

August 12, 2011 - 10:54am — Jane Elder

Defending our foundational work in the Great Lakes.

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