THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the areat Lakes United Board of Directors be charged with the responsibility of establishing an ongoing working body responsible for the promotion of environmental awareness, either through the establishment of an ongoing task force or through a formal working relationship with Great Lakes Tomorrow and other related educational organizations.

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.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Great Lakes United calls upon the Canadian Government to halt construction of the new high level radioactive waste storage facility at the Bruce nuclear complex until such time the above concerns are fully addressed complete with meaningful and thorough public hearings in Michigan and the United States; and BE IT ALSO RESOLVED that Great Lakes United reconfirms our previous resolutions calling upon the U.S. and Canadian Governments to begin to immediately phase out all nuclear power plants within the Great Lakes Basin, and to utilize and research less ecologically devastating forms of energy, including but not limited to energy conservation, energy efficiency, solar and wind energy.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that Great Lakes United urges the United States Congress to act quickly to extend the protective Coastal Barrier Resources System to undeveloped, eligible coastal barriers, such as wetlands, bluffs, dunes, and beaches, along the Great Lakes.

WHEREAS allowing the C.R.P. program to be extended on existing contracis to remain in grass as well as wetland reserve and trees, would help the Great Lakes Basin and the rest of our country maintain clean water, good habitat, and a healthy economy.

BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that Great Lakes United go on record supporting extension of the Conservation Reserve Program, grassland program.

BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that Great Lakes United call on President Clinton and all our representatives in congress to extend this very worthwhile program.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT, Great Lakea United supports these provisions in the 1985 Farm Bill;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT, Great Lakes United supports the reforms of existing federal farm programs t a remove subeidies for production of surplus crops on wetlands drained and cleared after 1981.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that Great Lakes United urges the final adoption of 327 IAC 2-1 of the water quality rules for the State of lndiana as developed by the Water Pollution Control Board; AND

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Great Lakes United opposes any and all legislative efforts in lndiana the intent of which is to undermine the progress mandated by the Clean Water Act, the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement and the Great Lakes Governors' Toxics Substances Control Agreement toward the zero aischarge of toxics; AND

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Great Lakes United will send a letter expressing its support for find adoption of 327 IAC 2-1 to the Indiana Water Pollution Control Board; to Governor Evan Bayh; to the chairs of the lndiana House Commirtees on Environmental Affairs, Natural Resources, Commerce, Ways and Means, and Agriculture; to the Indiana Senate Committees on Environment and Consumer Affairs, Agriculture, Natural Resources, Public Policy, Finance and Commerce; and, to the Commissioner of the Deparrment of Environmental Management; AND

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Great Lakes United will support the ongoing efforts of clean water advocates in lndiana to press for additional protections in the water quality standards.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT, Great Lakes United:
-- commends the Province of Ontario for developing "Guidelines for Wetland Management in Ontariot" and for carrying out its current inventory of wetlands in southern Ontario;

-- encourages the Province of Ontario to develop further legislation with the goal of preservation of remaining wetlands;

-- recommends that decisions pertaining to any wetlands program, particularly drainage, include participation by the public; and

-- suggest that a system of tax relief for owners of wetlands be developed to encourage the retention of such areas on private landa.

BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that all GLUE fundraising purchases/items (teeshirts, calendars, stationery etc.) shall be ecologically fiiendly products (i.e. unbleached teeshirts and chlorine free, recycled paper products).

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, whenever possible, all items shall be union-made.

THEREFORE we urge the government of Canada to fund the Great Lakes Fishery Commission at levels that permit a full program of research and control including efforts to suppress lamprey populations in Lake Huron in this and ensuing years.

Therefore be it resolved that Great Lakes United reaffirms its 2002 opposition to physical and seasonal expansion of the Great Lakes navigation system and St. Lawrence Seaway, and requests that the governments of the United States and Canada formally agree to no longer pursue fiscally irresponsible studies that promote the physical and seasonal expansion of the Great Lakes navigation system and St. Lawrence Seaway.