Michigan's toxic legacy needs action now
The Kalamazoo Gazette has done an outstanding job of reporting on the crisis facing toxic cleanup funding in Michigan. Regrettably, while citizens want to see toxic messes addressed, Lansing lawmakers yawn at the concept.
http://blog.mlive.com/grpress/2008/01/deq_funds_drying_up.html#post
It took over 100 years to generate thousands of chemical contamination sites in Michigan. Serious cleanup with adequate funding dates back to about 1983. How about a $1 billion bond to finish the job, or at least carry it forward 25 more years? (And meanwhile, we could institute a policy of prevention to make sure that future generations don't have to clean up our toxic messes.)
Download michigan_cleanup_and_michigans_health_and_future.ppt
Doesn't Birkholz, who wants to court business, realize that companies don't want to locate in toxic areas?
People don't want to live in them either.
What's so hard about looking beyond he next budget cycle?
Posted by: Gary Wilson | January 28, 2008 at 06:33 AM