Conservation groups call for stronger federal regulations to protect the Great Lakes from aquatic invasive species
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 1, 2011. Late yesterday, the federal government took another tentative step toward protecting the Great Lakes and vulnerable coastal waters from the scourge of invasive species with proposed limitations on their chief delivery vehicle: ballast water dumping by commercial vessels. The Environmental Protection Agency proposed a new national permit to deal with discharges of ballast water that are…
