HermitSolo
06-22-2007, 10:37 AM
An environmental group took the first step in its battle to combat foreign ships' transport of invasive species.
The legal battle over biologically tainted ballast water from ocean-going ships escalated Thursday as eight environmental groups acted against foreign shippers under the national Clean Water Act.
The ships are blamed for bringing more than a dozen harmful invasive species into the Great Lakes in recent years, including a new fish-killing virus and the infamous zebra mussels. ...
http://www.startribune.com/484/story/1261395.html
The legal battle over biologically tainted ballast water from ocean-going ships escalated Thursday as eight environmental groups acted against foreign shippers under the national Clean Water Act.
The ships are blamed for bringing more than a dozen harmful invasive species into the Great Lakes in recent years, including a new fish-killing virus and the infamous zebra mussels. ...
http://www.startribune.com/484/story/1261395.html