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Video: James Olson discusses the Great Lakes Compact

September 29, 2008

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.

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  1. Great Lakes Compact flows through U.S. House on its way to the President | Circle of Blue | WaterNews on September 29th, 2008 2:09 pm

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    […] The bottled water loophole in the Great Lakes Compact – an opening that initially worried lawyers, conservationists and concerned citizens — is inspiring corporations like Nestle to […]

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    […] is heading the campaign to revisit the legislation — told Circle of Blue during an interview, “It’s not that there aren’t good things in the Compact like the diversion ban, it’s […]

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