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Northeast-Midwest Congressional Coalition Appropriations Letters
The Northeast-Midwest Congressional Coalition is currently
circulating the following appropriations letters in the House:
Staff contacts and deadlines for sign-on is enclosed in each letter.
For more information contact Mary Cronin (202-226-6795), Legislative Director, Northeast-Midwest Congressional Coalition. |
St. Patrick's Day Green Infrastructure Briefing
The Northeast-Midwest Institute, in coordination with the Northeast-Midwest Congressional Coalition is sponsoring a briefing on two green infrastructure bills, HR 2222, The Green Communities Act and HR 4202, The Green Infrastructure for Clean Water Act. In recognition of the tremendous economic benefits of community greening projects, HR 2222, introduced by Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) would create a technical assistance and grants program through the Economic Development Administration. Because of declining water resources, particularly in urban areas, Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD) has sponsored HR 4202, legislation that would develop centers of excellence for green infrastructure. The centers would conduct research and develop best practices in utilizing "green" to manage water quality.
The briefing will take place on March 17 from 2 to 3:30 in Rayburn 2253. St. Patty's Day cookies and refreshments will be provided.
Along with the offices of Rep. Schwartz and Rep. Edwards, organizations slated to speak at the event include:
For more information contact Greg Lewis, 202-464-4005, at the Northeast-Midwest Institute. |
CEQ Extends Commenting Period
The White House Council on Environmental Quality
(CEQ) is
providing a 30-day extension (until April 5) for commenting on the Draft
Principles and Standards sections of the ''Economic and
Environmental Principles and Guidelines for Water and Related Land
Resources
Implementation Studies.'' The extension was announced in a
March 4, Federal Register notice.
The draft revised Principles and Guidelines include a number of
significant
changes to the current approach to water resources development, and if
approved
would impact Federal agency management of such projects throughout the
country.
More on the Principles and Guidelines can be found on this CEQ web site
(including a
link to a form for submitting comments on-line).
For more information, contact Mark Gorman, at the Northeast-Midwest Institute.
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Brownfields Inner Circle Formed to Advance the Federal Brownfields Agenda
For more information contact Evans Paull, at the Northeast-Midwest Institute. |
Series of Free Public Colloquia on New York City's Waterfront and Harbor
New York's future waterfront in 1609 was an arcadian shore of forests, wetlands, beaches, and sand bars. That landscape is lost forever, and by the mid-20th Century, the city was "walled off" from its shoreline by wharves, railroads, highways, power plants, and waste facilities. As maritime activities have moved elsewhere, the vision of a post-industrial, neo-natural, and people-centered waterfront have abounded. And, under the guidance of PlaNYC and the Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance, the transformation of New York's waterfront is in full swing.
This colloquium series, taking place on Feb. 24, March 17, April 7, and April 28 will celebrate the transformation progress to date and highlight what remains to be done.
For more information visit the event's website at: http://www.cunysustainablecities.org/.
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