| Northeast-Midwest Institute Weekly Update |
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| Senator Levin Speaks at Great Lakes Day Breakfast | On Wednesday, March 2, 2011, Senator Carl Levin, Co-Chair of the Senate Great Lakes Task Force, spoke to a roomful of enthusiastic Great Lakes regional advocates at a breakfast reception hosted by the Northeast-Midwest Institute and the Great Lakes Commission. His remarks focused on the need to remove tax breaks for the wealthy to support vital public programs like the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. He also noted the need for a single federal standard for ship discharges of live organisms to effectively stop new ship-mediated introductions of aquatic invasive species. Senator Levin called on states to exercise restraint in standard-setting to enable a single federal standard to work. Other speakers included James M. Tierney (Commission Chair), Assistant Commissioner, Div. of Water Resources of the NY State Dept. of Environmental Conservation, and Allegra Cangelosi, President, Northeast-Midwest Institute.
For more information, contact Allegra Cangelosi. |
| Organizations File Notice of Intent to Sue over Mississippi River Basin Pollution | On March 1, the Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club and Prairie Rivers Network filed a 60-day "notice of intent to sue" with the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, notifying the District of their intent to sue it over water pollution impacts resulting from wastewater discharges that reach from Chicago, Illinois, down the Chicago, Des Plaines, Illinois and Mississippi Rivers and into the Gulf of Mexico. The notice and its attachments (which include correspondence related to the issue) are available here.
For more information, contact Mark Gorman, Policy Analyst at the Northeast-Midwest Institute. |
| Nonpoint Source Pollution Conference Registration Opens | Registration is now open for the 22nd Annual Nonpoint Source Pollution Conference, to take place May 17 & 18, 2011 at the Holiday Inn of Saratoga Springs, New York. Early-bird pricing is in effect through April 29. For more information about accommodations, sponsorship opportunities, the draft agenda and to register, visit the conference website: http://www.neiwpcc.org/npsconference
Since 1990, New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission (NEIWPCC), in partnership with its member states, has coordinated the Annual Nonpoint Source (NPS) Pollution Conference, the premier forum in our region for sharing information and improving communication on NPS pollution issues and projects. The conference brings together all those in our region involved in NPS pollution management, including participants from state, federal, and municipal governments, the private sector, academia, and watershed organizations.
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| Joy Mulinex, GLTF Director, Given Send-Off at Canadian Embassy | Long-time Great Lakes Task Force Director and NEMWI staff person, Joy Mulinex, received a heart-felt fare-well at a Canadian Embassy reception celebrating Great Lakes Day in Washington on March 1, 2011. Ms. Mulinex served on the Hill and in the role of GLTF Director for nearly 10 years. In the process, she organized GLTF support for several important regional legislative measures, including the Great Lakes Legacy Act, Asian Carp barrier measures, the Great Lakes Regional Collaborative, and the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. Ms. Mulinex left the GLTF position to relocate with her family to her native Ohio. Her position at NEMWI will be filled in the near future.
For more information, contact Allegra Cangelosi, President of the Northeast-Midwest Institute. |
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