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Article: EDITORIAL: A cleanup that would generate money is worth the investment.(Editorial)
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- The Daily Telegram (Superior, WI)
- Article date:
- September 6, 2007
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Sep. 6--Tourism spending could increase by $11 billion. Property values could jump 10 percent near lakes. The construction industry would receive a cash infusion of $30 billion to $50 billion.
That's a lot of money. What's the catch?
We'd have to clean up the Great Lakes. Fix the ailing ecology. Improve wastewater treatment systems.
That's the finding of a Brookings Institution analysis, reported today in a Page 1 Associated Press story. It's particularly significant because pollution cleanup efforts typically are considered costly ventures -- not ones that generate revenue.
Not that this effort would be free. Brookings estimates the cost would be $26 billion. ...