Biden Announces $1 Billion , Great Lakes Restoration Plan.<br />Biden Announces $1 Billion , Great Lakes Restoration Plan.<br />CNN reports that on Feb. 17, <br />President Joe Biden announced plans to <br />allot $1 billion toward the restoration of <br />the Great Lakes of the United States.<br />CNN reports that on Feb. 17, <br />President Joe Biden announced plans to <br />allot $1 billion toward the restoration of <br />the Great Lakes of the United States.<br />Biden shared his plans while on a <br />presidential visit to Lorain, Ohio. .<br />He says his administration has drafted targeted plans to restore sites designated <br />by the Environmental Protection <br />Agency (EPA) as "areas of concern.".<br />White House officials say the <br />$1 billion would restore at <br />least 22 areas of concern by 2030.<br />It’s going to allow the <br />most significant restoration <br />of the Great Lakes in the history of the Great Lakes. , President Joe Biden, via statement.<br />Though the Great Lakes provide <br />potable water to over 40 million <br />citizens of the United States.<br />Biden said several areas across the region <br />had been “dangerously polluted for decades.”.<br />The president made his remarks from <br />the Black River in Lorain, Ohio.<br />The president made his remarks from <br />the Black River in Lorain, Ohio.<br />The Black River, known as the <br />“river of fish tumors," according to <br />the EPA, has earned its reputation...<br />... "due to its long history of industrial, <br />agricultural, and urban uses, which led to <br />poor water quality, loss of biodiversity, <br />habitat degradation and sedimentation.”.<br />... "due to its long history of industrial, <br />agricultural, and urban uses, which led to <br />poor water quality, loss of biodiversity, <br />habitat degradation and sedimentation.”
