Daily Grist: CLEANING UP THE GREAT LAKES!!

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At 01:27 PM 9/10/07, you wrote:

>Curses, Foiled Again

>Cleaning up Great Lakes will boost regional economy, says report

>

>Environmentalists love nothing more than trying to bring down the economy.

>So it's really kind of a bugger that environmental measures often end up

>helping the economy. According to a study released last week by the

>Brookings Institution, cleaning up and protecting the Great Lakes would

>boost the regional economy by some $50 billion -- and have a cost of only

>about $26 billion. Money spent to halt sewer overflows, clean up toxic

>spills, restore wetlands, and combat invasive species would create new

>jobs and at least $50 billion worth of benefits such as boosted tourism,

>higher property values, and attractive recreational opportunities, say

>researchers. Advocates hope the report will spur Congress to fund Great

>Lakes restoration.

>

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>sources: Associated Press, The Detroit News, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

>straight to the report: A Benefit-Cost Analysis of a Program to Protect

>and Restore the Great Lakes [PDF]

 

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