Michigan Leading the Way to Stop Ballast Water Contamination

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From at friends at ProtectYourWaters.net and Stop Aquatic Hitchhikers News:

Michigan's Ballast Law Defended After Shippers Sue

May 03, 2007 -- State environmental leaders say they cannot fathom why the shipping industry is fighting a new state law meant to protect the Great Lakes from invasive species carried by ocean-going vessels.

The law regulates the release of ballast water into the big lakes by ocean-going ships, which can bring in species that wipe out native wildlife.

But shipping industry leaders have told state officials that only four cargo ships are known to empty their ballast in Michigan waters. Read the full story to get the details.
     http://www.protectyourwaters.net/news/display.php?id=5966


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To Fight Invaders, Michigan Fights the EPA

May 03, 2007 -- Michigan has joined five nearby states in a California lawsuit that would force the Environmental Protection Agency to shield the Great Lakes and other American waters from continued arrivals of exotic species in the ballast tanks of ocean-going ships. Read the full story to get the details.
       http://www.protectyourwaters.net/news/display.php?id=5968