Doyle Pushes Water Compact; He Accuses Assembly Leaders of Toying with Precious Great Lakes

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Gov. Jim Doyle turned up the heat on the Wisconsin lawmakers Friday to quickly pass the Great Lakes compact.

Speaking near the shore of Lake Michigan at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Great Lakes WATER Institute, Doyle accused Assembly leadership of playing political games with what he considers Wisconsin's best chance to both protect and capitalize on the state's grandest natural resource.

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Doyle Pushes Water Compact; He Accuses Assembly Leaders of Toying with Precious Great Lakes

The compact is an agreement all eight Great Lakes governors signed in Milwaukee over two years ago that essentially blocks new water diversions outside the Great Lakes basin, with limited exceptions for communities and counties that straddle the ...

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