Five States Agree to Halt Lake Erie Pollution
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Ecology and the Environment Series
- Categories: Environmental Issues
- Subcategories: Treaties, Agreements, Negotiations, Ecology, Environment, Conservation, Pollution, Toxic Waste
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present, Canadian History
- Geographical Location: Ohio
- Date: August 12, 1965
Article abstract: Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, New York, and Pennsylvania agreed to cooperate with the federal government in a program to halt the severe pollution of Lake Erie.
Summary of Event
In 1965, Governor James A. Rhodes of Ohio requested an interstate enforcement conference for representatives of all the states within the Lake Erie watershed (Indiana, Michigan, New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania) and the federal government. Lake Erie had become so polluted that public indignation over its condition had reached Rhodes at the statehouse. A Cleveland...
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