Howard Learner
CEO & Executive Director
Environmental Law & Policy Center
Learn more about Howard LearnerThe Great Lakes Compact is a Congressionally-approved agreement between eight U.S. states – Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin – to protect, conserve, and manage Great Lakes waters.
Many of the guidances and regulations were written before today’s mounting pressures from climate change, water scarcity, and political uncertainty. Moreover, the U.S. Supreme Court’s decisions in Loper and other cases have changed governing administrative law principles.
Join this ELPC Thinks webinar to explore modernizing the Compact’s administrative standards to make it more resilient and to better “future‑proof” this landmark agreement.

CEO & Executive Director
Environmental Law & Policy Center
Learn more about Howard Learner
Joseph L. Sax Collegiate Professor of Law; Co-director, Environmental & Energy Law Program
University of Michigan
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