alexs
Limestone bluffs of the Scioto
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Representative Lynn Watchmann sponsors legislation with the most permissive water-use rules of all the Great Lakes compact states - oh lookie there, he owns a bottling company.
http://www.house.state.oh.us/index.php?option=com_displaymembers&task=detail&district=75
TomOver
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@Berdwan : Are u serious or joking ? If ur serious, well, yeah, sweeping criticism of capitalism doesn't seem useful--not even to those who may want a revolution. The devil, or perhaps the savior, is in the details. But as for the privatization of water, perhaps there are legitimate concerns. Maude Barlowe presents a detailed case against increased corporate control of water. But what's she know ? She's just a Canadian.
TomOver
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While we're on this topic, allow me to ask what you think about the following idea: what environmental and social issues have in common is concern over the increased corporate control over resources vital to our survival and well-being.
At least in some ways, decision makers in big corporations are harder to hold accountable than elected officials. The solution offered by some defenders of the status quo--"if you don't like what corporations do, don't buy their products"-- sometimes comes up short.
Is voting w/ our dollars always a viable way to get big corporations and governments to be more accountable, especially if the corporation becomes the only show in town offering access to resources vital to our quality of life ?
And this is not just a left-versus-right situation. An obstacle to greater public accountability seems to be the combination of big government w/ the power of big corporations, a situation that involves what both the political left and the political right has traditionally opposed.
It's a situation in which big government regulatory bodies such as FDA, USDA seem kind of in bed w/ the industries they supposedly regulate. Another question is whether US EPA is also in bed w/ industries you'd think they'd be regulating.
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alexs
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TomOver said:
What's the timeline for working with legislators and their constituents regarding this bill ?
It's headed for Kasich's signature.
I compiled a list of political districts in the upper Scioto watershed, with contact information:
http://sciotoriverfriends.org/sharedfiles/scioto_political_districts.doc
That's not in the Great Lakes watershed but the law applies to waters in the Ohio basin as well.
vuch
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This would be a great first step in either advancing hydraulic fracturing (fracking) drilling for natural gas (which Kasich has recently mentioned) or selling this water to neighboring states like PA and WV who will need a TON of water as this practice spreads. (I am vehemently against fracking btw. Horrible track record of energy companies destroying and contaminating). Anyway, this is my hunch (in addition to bottling).
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Kasich says Great Lakes need his protection
By Joe Vardon
The Columbus Dispatch
Friday November 18, 2011 7:52 AM
A new Great Lakes bill — Kasich style — is headed for the Statehouse. Gov. John Kasich’s new proposal reportedly cuts in half the 5 million gallons of water that could have been withdrawn from Lake Erie daily without a permit under House Bill 231. That bill, which in July drew Kasich’s veto — his only so far — was supported by every Republican legislator and three Democrats in the House and Senate.
READ MORE: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2011/11/18/kasich-says-great-lakes-need-his-protection.html
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