Article published November 17, 2008
Groups want stronger control of Great Lakes water
ASSOCIATED PRESS
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — A coalition of environmental groups wants to amend a recently enacted compact aimed at keeping Great Lakes water in the region.
Attorney Jim Olson with Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation says Congress should delete language from the agreement that appears to designate water as a product.
He says that changes the legal status of water from a public resource to a private commodity, opening the door for multinational corporations to demand access to the Great Lakes under international trade laws.
Olson says if the effort to amend the compact fails, activists will try to write stronger water protections into the Michigan Constitution.
Some analysts say the compact already provides strong enough protections.
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