A new study says global warming could cost Michigan billions of dollars. The report says lake levels have fallen in recent years, and if they keep falling, the annual cost of dredging could rise as much as 154-million dollars. Michigan Department of Environmental Quality spokesperson Robert McCann says warmer temperatures mean less ice on the lake, causing more water to evaporate. And he says that could have a huge impact on Lake Michigan.

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The National Conference of State Legislatures issued the report yesterday (Tues). But in Saint Joseph, The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Chief of Operations, Wayne Schloop says dredging is not determined by water levels, rather by a constant reference point.

   

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