Protecting the Resources of the Great Lakes

So its late Sunday morning and we stop at a local watering hole for a bloody mary brunch. We belly up, and my eyes fall on a copy of the Star Tribunes Opinion Exchange. I found my blog on the front page. While not directly related to the culinary industry I hope Jay will give me a break, without water there wont be much food around, will there? While reading the article I learned, just last month Minnesota became the first state to approve the "Great Lakes Water Resources Compact", an international agreement prohibiting the transfer of water out of the great lakes basin. This comes at a time when the water level of Lake Superior has dropped to within inches of the record low set in 1926. Over the past three decades there have been proposals to use water from the great lakes to feed a coal-slurry pipeline in Wyoming, to replenish the depleted Ogallala aquifier stretching from Texas to the Dakotas, and most ludacris of all, to ship 800 million gallons of Lake Superior water to Asia. These bodies of water are obviously feeling the stress of modern mans careless lifestyle. Hey Minnesota, thanks for leading the way.
To read the whole story visit startribune.com/water