Earlier this month (March, 1998) President Clinton signed a bill declaring Vermont’s Lake Champlain as one of the Great Lakes. The move was engineered by Senator Patrick Leahy in order to make Vermont universities eligible for federal research dollars. But the move created a firestorm of ridicule and protest. Last week, the Senate voted unanimously to remove the designation. The House is expected to do the same this week—a move that pleases Great Lakes Commentator Julia King:
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Commentary – Cutting Paper Waste
Remember the paperless society? As we all know, it never really happened. Great Lakes Radio Consortium commentator Bob Lilienfeld knows why, and has some suggestions on ways to cut back on the ever-increasing avalanche of paper used and thrown away:
Commentary – Recycling Must Pay
There is an increasing demand for recycling and other waste reduction initiatives to be cost effective, but as Great Lakes Radio Consortium commentator Suzanne Elston points out, nobody ever questions the cost of simply dumping our garbage:
Commentary – Disposable Pride
Modern inventions are designed to make our lives easier. But as Great Lakes Radio Consortium commentator Suzanne Elston points out, sometimes easier isn’t always better:
Commentary – Breast Feeding
Formula feeding babies sends thousands of tons of garbage to the dumps every year, but as Great Lakes Radio Consortium commentator Suzanne Elston has discovered, waste is just one of it’s many ecological impacts:
Commentary – Completing the Cycle
Just a generation ago, Americans threw their household waste in one big trash can and sent it off to landfills. Today, recycling is part of the fabric of daily life. We sort and save; carefully putting our bottles curbside or carting them off to the nearest collection site. But what does it mean? Great Lakes Radio Consortium commentator, Julia King, wonders if we’ve really learned the lesson, or if we’re just mouthing the words:
Commentary – Keep the Home Fires Burning
While the Great Ice Storm of ’98 is safely behind us, it has left some lasting memories, and not all of them bad. As Great Lakes Radio Consortium commentator Suzanne Elston points out, maybe we could all learn a little something from the Storm of ‘98:
Consumption and Cooperation
What does friendship and camaraderie have to do with pollution prevention and waste reduction? According to Great Lakes Radio Consortium commentator Bob Lilienfeld, quite a lot. He says being a good neighbor is good for the environment:
A Frosty Attitude
As mercury hangs low in thermometers and the winter ice grips the country, Great Lakes Radio Consortium commentator, Julia King, reminds us that things could be much worse. It could be sunny and warm:
Early Puberty
A recent study in the medical journal Pediatrics reports that many girls in the U.S. are entering puberty much easier than normal. And as the Great Lakes Radio Consortium’s Suzanne Elston discovered, exposure to environmental chemicals may be the culprit: