Massive
proposals to destroy, manage
for multiple-use or modify
the Great Lakes lakebed bottomlands
are continually threatening
this unique freshwater ecosystem.
The Great Lakes United coalition
works to prevent significant
ecologically destructive and/or
perilous projects, with the
intent of protecting and restoring
vital large, interconnected
habitats in the Great Lakes
- St. Lawrence River basin.
Specific projects in which
we have opposed include: the
Millennium Pipeline Project
and the now-dormant Lake Erie
Link proposal.
Great Lakes United sees the
need to dedicate attention
to this precedent setting
use of the Great Lakes bottomlands
as a utility conduit on the
whole. We anticipate that
translake utility proposals
will only increase in the
near future, as hungry energy
markets along the east coast
look to the inexpensive resources
being promoted in Canada.
Also, utility routing through
water bodies is a rapidly
increasing trend, as land
routings are becoming more
difficult to gain right of
way.
Millennium Pipeline Project
Millennium
pipeline CZMP consistency
- February 2002
Follow-up
Comments to FERC #4 -
December 2001
Follow-up
Comments to FERC #3 -
November 2001
Follow-up
Comments to FERC #2 -
November 2001
Follow-up
Comments to FERC #1 -
November 2001
GLU's
detailed comments to FERC
- July 2001
GLU's
resolution to oppose the Millennium
Pipeline Project - June
1999
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