Assumption Quote by John Taylor

Here in the Great Lakes region, a fourth year in a row of declining water levels has caused millions of dollars in losses for…

— Timothy Egan

Our Great Lakes, harbors, ports, and rivers provide not only vital resources for us to live, but an entire maritime way of life for…

— Candice S. Miller

I'm convinced that the Great Lakes region will be at the center of an internally-focused North American economy when the hallucination of oil-powered globalism…

— James Howard Kunstler

“In 1961, before the container was in international use, ocean freight costs alone accounted for 12 percent of the value of U.S. exports and…

— Marc Levinson

Clean air and clean ocean, you can't translate that into money if you look at the cost to health, cost to fishery industry.

— Severn Cullis-Suzuki

Protecting our Great Lakes and conserving this resource for the next generation is critical both for surrounding communities and our planet as a whole.

— Brad Schneider

The oceans are a way of life. We fish; we sail; we have a robust marine economy.

— Sheldon Whitehouse

There's a lot to be said about what's happening to our ocean, big companies polluting it with their oil and all the raw garbage…

— Lloyd Bridges

We've invested millions of dollars in tourism. Now they're trying to industrialize and pollute the ocean. It doesn't make any sense to me at…

— John Scott

A rising tide (in the economy) lifts all boats.

— John F. Kennedy

I mean, there is amazing amount of oil and gas and other resources out beneath the sea. It's staggering.

— Robert Ballard

There is a lack of economic and political motivation to defend life in the oceans. The profit is made by companies exploiting the oceans…

— Paul Watson