In an effort to preserve safe drinking water supplies for the region, a two-year moratorium on new oil and gas drilling in the Great Lakes has been upheld.
A U.S. House-Senate conference committee has approved legislation that includes a two-year moratorium on new oil and gas drilling in the Great Lakes in an effort to preserve safe drinking water supplies for the region.
None of the eight Great Lakes states currently permits drilling from oilrigs on the water, but Canada allows some drilling on its side of Lake Ontario.