Great History And Economics Lesson About The Erie Canal
The famous waterway is making a quiet comeback, thanks to geography, new industry and fuel prices, The New York Times tells us.
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The historic 19th-century building has stone floors, copper decoration, and iron work by the famous artisan Cyril Kolnic. Stop in and walk around.
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Waukesha County, Republican pols failed to kill it.
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86 turbines overcame Walker's blockade
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The historic 19th-century building has stone floors, copper decoration, and iron work by the famous artisan Cyril Kolnic. Stop in and walk around.
What water, wetland protection is all about
"A little fill here and there may seem to be nothing to become excited about. But one fill, though comparatively inconsequential, may lead to another, and another, and before long a great body may be eaten away until it may no longer exist. Our navigable waters are a precious natural heritage, once gone, they disappear forever," wrote the Wisconsin Supreme Court in its 1960 opinion resolving Hixon v. PSC and buttressing The Public Trust Doctrine, Article IX of the Wisconsin State Constitution.
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1 comment:
And I can the day when sailing ships take cargo around the Great
Lakes again, that would so fantastic!
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