Thursday, October 7, 2010
10:38 AM
Feingold seeks ban on Canadian drilling in Great Lakes
U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold and 15 other lawmakers are urging a joint U.S.-Canadian commission to consider a Great Lakes oil and gas drilling ban when commission members meet later this month in Ottawa.
In a letter to the International Joint Commission -- charged with oversight of the Great Lakes -- the lawmakers call on Canada to suspend drilling from hundreds of active wells in Lake Erie, as well as banning future drilling in the other lakes.
The U.S. has banned such drilling, but seven Michigan wells continue to operate after being grand-fathered under the American law.
“While the U.S. has banned new oil and gas drilling in the Great Lakes, Canada has yet to follow suit,” Feingold said in a statement. “Banning U.S.-based drilling is only half the battle."
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