Obama proposes $5-billion fund for Great Lakes

Source: Detroit Free Press
Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama proposed today a five-point plan to fund and coordinate the restoration of the Great Lakes.

It would include a $5-billion trust fund, paid for by rolling back tax cuts and incentives to oil companies, and a Great Lakes coordinator within the Environmental Protection Agency.

The plan would focus funding on efforts to stop more invasive species from coming in through ballast water and control species that are already here, clean up toxic chemicals buried in sediments at hotspots around the lakes, and provide funding for sewer system repairs throughout the region.

Obama would make the Great Lakes a priority in his administration, said Heather Zichal, his environmental policy coordinator. . .
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