Wednesday, October 03, 2007
Cleaning Up The Great Lakes Could Have Enormous Economic Benefits
Via the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Benefits of cleaning Great Lakes cited
Healthy waters are not only good for the people and wildlife that depend on them. In this increasingly thirsty world, they are also good at attracting investment.
"These restoration activities are not just a nice thing to do for the environment," said study co-author John C. Austin, a senior fellow with the Metropolitan Policy Program at The Brookings Institution, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank contracted to do analysis. "They are essential things to do for job creation in (the) region."
The gains would primarily be tied to increases in tourism, property values, fishing and other recreational activities.
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