from the Record-Eagle:
The loophole allows water to be exported outside the Great Lakes basin in containers smaller than 5.7 gallons or in larger containers if the water is incorporated into other products; examples include steel or beer.
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The loophole allows water to be exported outside the Great Lakes basin in containers smaller than 5.7 gallons or in larger containers if the water is incorporated into other products; examples include steel or beer.
BEIJING—While China grapples with its latest tainted food crisis, the political elite are served the choicest, safest delicacies. They get hormone-free beef from the grasslands of Inner Mongolia, organic tea from the foothills of Tibet and rice watered by melted mountain snow.
NORTH SMITHFIELD — The town is looking to undertake a quarter-million dollar project to prevent pollution to the Branch River caused by stormwater runoff.
State regulators on Wednesday endorsed Plum Creek's historic development plan for nearly 1,000 house lots, two large resorts and hundreds of thousands of acres of land conservation in the Moosehead Lake region.
GRAND RAPIDS -- The U.S. House today approved the Great Lakes Compact which supporters say will protect the nation's biggest supply of fresh water.
Vermont Pure has donated 15 cases of bottled water each month for a year totalling 4,320 bottles, to Spectrum. This donation will be used by Spectrum’s Street Outreach Team, who go onto the streets of Burlington seven days a week, and hand out free sandwiches and bottled water to homeless youth.