Report: Global warming to have dire effects on Great Lakes
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Deb Price | Source: The Detroit News
WASHINGTON — A report released Wednesday by an environmental group warns that unless Congress acts to curb global warming, Great Lakes water levels will drop up to 3 feet; beaches will close more often because of urban and farm pollutants dragged in by fierce storms; and fish and animal populations will decline, damaging tourism and hunting.
The Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition highlighted its concerns in advance of next week’s expected debate in the U.S. Senate on global warming.
“Delay in confronting global warming and the protection of the Great Lakes will only make the problems worse and the solutions more costly,” concluded the report’s authors, which include environmental scientist Don Scavia of the University of Michigan.
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