THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT:
1. Energy conservation programs be sustained, introduced or stepped up to stabilize or even reduce consumption levels, thereby reducing ecologically harmful emissions, and/or ecological risks associated with storage and transportation of spent fuels from nuclear
reactors; and

2. A policy of industrial cogeneration be implenented in industrial planning to allow multiple uses of energy sources for greatest efficiency; and

3. Pricing structures be reformed so as to reward conservation vation in energy use, rather than penalize restraint of uee; and

4. Research seek an optimum combination of energy resources for ecosystem protection, not just coat efficiency; and

5. We accelerate the decommissioning of problematic nuclear facilities; and

6. We pursue planning for maximizing local consumption'of locally generated energy to minimize the proliferation of land use for distribution corridors and terminate leases on abandoned corridors; and

7. Finally, we sustain public education programs directed toward approval and support of the above.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that a new Annex specifically addressing wetlands losses and their effects on the integrity of the Great Lakes ecosystem be added to the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement at its next revision; AND

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that for the wetland base in the Great Lakes Basin to be restored, the U,S, and Canadian federal governments should immediately declare the Great Lakes Basin a "demonstration region" for a "Net Gain" in wetland functions and quantity.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that Great Lakes United affirm its opposition to construction of new water level control structures in the Great Lakes; AND

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the plan of study for Phase 2 of, the IJC water level study emphasize identifying responses to water level fluctuations that do not require structural controls. These include approaches such as coastal zone hazard planning and other land use management approaches.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that Great Lakes United call on State and Provincial jurisdictions to call for a moratorium on further development of Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River islands until a scientific inventory of lslands and shoals and a plannlng vision are completed.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that GLU request the U.S. and Canadian Nature Conservancies, the Center for the Great Lakes and local land trusts to pursue a protective strategy towards islands and shoals basin-wide, and that such private not-for-profits in conjunction with governments further promulgate an approach to development that protects the natural resources, open space, and scenic and heritage value of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that Great Lakes United calls upon the Congress of the United States to proceed deliberately in reauthorizing the Clean Water Act, and to oppose the numerous bills that would weaken wetland protection provisions of the Act, particularly Section 404; AND

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Congress explicitly include wetland protection in the Clean Water Act Goal Statement, and that the current regulatory definition of waters of the United
States be amended to presume that all waters and wetlands are susceptible to use in interstate commerce; AND

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the list of activities regulated by Section 404 of the Clean Water Act be expanded to include all activities that may damage or degrade wetlands such as draining, dredging, channelizing, flooding, placement of floating and piling supported structures; AND

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Section 401 should be amended to expressly broaden the protections provided by this section to include wetlands, and direct states to address physical and biological alterations of aquatic areas, as well as chemical pollution; AND

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Nationwide permit program should be substantially revised to control ongoing cumulative wetland losses, specifically to (1) eliminate Nationwide General Permit No. 26, (2) comply with Section 404 (b) (1) guidelines, and (3) prohibit using multiple general permits to avoid the acreage limitations of other general or individual permit requirements.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that Great Lakes United calls upon the Great Lakes Basin delegation to the Congress to immediately cosponsor H.R. Resolution 246 and Senate Resolution 109 and to assure their passage when brought to a vote, AND

THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Great Lakes United calls upon the President of the United States to initiate and complete negotiations, as part of the Uruguay Round of GATT talks, to make the GAIT compatible with the Marine Mammal Protection Act and other United States health, safety, labor, trade and environmental laws including those laws designed to protect the environment and workers outside the geographic borders of the United States. AND

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Great Lakes United calls upon the President of the United States to guarantee that the GATT, US./ Mexico or other trade agreements will not In any way reduce the authority of local and state governments to establish health, safety, labor, environmental, purchasing or procurement laws that the people and their elected representatives have passed.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Great Lakes United calls on the President of the United States not to enter Into any lnternational agreement - including GATT and NAFTA - and Congress not to approve any international agreement, that weakens United States' manufacturing Industries and fosters international wage competition that undermines workers living standards.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that Great lakes United create the LABOR AND ENVIRONMENTAL TASK FORCE to develop strategies to support efforts establishing programs at the local, state and provincial levels to compensate and retrain workers so affected; in addition, to support labor participation in decisions regarding process changes and production reorganization to achieve zero discharge; AND

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Task Force will work to strengthen and build the alliance between labor and environmental organizations to achieve our common goals.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that Great Lakes United make it a policy to look first at purchasing, where possible, environmentally sound products that are produced in unionized shops within the Great Lakes Basin in order to promote a sustainable economy in the Basin.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that Great Lakes United opposes B.R. 1519 or any such legislation to fund the atudy of a Lake Erie-Ohio River Canal Project; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that it is inappropriate to fund studies on far-reaching projecta inconsistent with the Great Lakes Charter when other federal qualitative and quantitative research prograre for the Greet Lakes Basin are being crippled in the Halls of Congrees.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that Great Lakes United petition Congress to Increase the funding for federal Great Lakes research programs because of their losses due to Inflation since 1980; these programs Include, but are not limited to:

1. NOAA's Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, Michigan;
2. EPA's Research Stations at Grosse lle, Michigan and Duluth, Minnesota;
3. Great Lakes research programs funded through the United States Commerce Department's Sea Grant Program at universities in the Great Lakes Region;
4. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Fisheries Center - Great Lakes, Arbor, Michigan;
5. NOAA's Great Lakes Research Coordinating Office as specified in the 1987 Clean Water Act; AND

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Great Lakes United support the full annual eleven million dollars funding level authorized in Congress to implement the Great Lakes Amendment to the Clean Water Act.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that Great Lakes United reaffirms its long-standing opposition to Winter Navigation; AND

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that our opposition be one of Great Lakes United's highest priorities.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that Great Lakes United supports a study(ies) by the National Academy of Sciences and the Royal Society of Canada of the need to continue full-scale, wide-spread dredging, and the availability and usefulness of preventie measures--such as strong watershed management--and environmentally and economically sound alternatives to dredging; AND

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the National Academy of Sciences and the Royal Society of Canada study be the basis for appropriate action by local, state, federal, and provincial agencies.