A Suprising Legal/ Communications Strategy. A Hint of Honest

A business group being sued is acknowledging that they are part of the problem over which they’re being sued. It’s amazing. Ocean-going ships bring invasive species into the Great Lakes in their ballast water. It’s been a problem for years, and results in destructive non-native species like the zebra mussel that harm the ecosystem. The federal government is trying to regulate the problem, but some states, and now a coalition of environmental groups, say the feds are moving too slow (there’s a surprise). An industry group that represents the shipping companies is taking some responsibility for the problem, while they’re fighting in court what they consider to be too-tough regulations they say would hurt shipping and jobs. “Shipping companies acknowledge being part of the problem and say they’re working as fast as possible to develop technology that would kill invasive species in ballast tanks,” the Associated Press reported today in a story about the environmentalists’ suit,...