Great Lakes
The Great Lakes has twenty percent of the world’s fresh water, and there is a war over who can tap it. Larry Nelson is mayor of Waukesha, Wisconsin — just miles away from Lake Michigan. He tells us how his residents are divided over who gets access to the water and what he would like to be done about it.
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