Video: James Olson Discusses the Great Lakes Compact
Video by Aaron Jaffe for Circle of Blue
In an interview with Circle of Blue, James M. Olson discusses the Great Lakes Compact: an international agreement intended to protect the Great Lakes Basin. Olson, an environmental lawyer specializing in natural resource law, highlights the possible unexpected consequences of the Compact. He is the senior principal at the law firm Olson, Bzdok & Howard. Read the entire transcript here.
Circle of Blue’s east coast correspondent based in New York. He specializes on water conflict and the water-food-energy nexus. He previously worked as a political risk analyst covering equatorial Africa’s energy sector, and sustainable development in sub-Saharan Africa. Contact: Cody.Pope@circleofblue.org
James Olson makes several valid points. The Great Lakes Basin compact has dangerous loopholes that may threaten the future of Lake Michigan and the surrounding surface and groundwater resources.
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