| Northeast-Midwest Institute Weekly Update |
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New St. Lawrence Seaway Caucus Launched
| NEMW Coalition Co-Chair Steve LaTourette (R-OH) and NEMW Coalition Member Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), also Members of the House Great Lakes Task Force, have launched a bipartisan Great Lakes-Seaway Congressional Caucus. This new House caucus is designed to bring Members and staff together--with their Canadian counterparts--to help improve the safety, reliability, and efficiency of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System, with attention also to its economic and environmental impact. The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway, with its interconnecting locks, has enabled ocean-going vessels to travel from the Atlantic Ocean and into the Great Lakes for over 50 years, acutely affecting industry, trade, and environment for this region of eight NEMW states. Reps. LaTourette and Kaptur are currently calling for additional Members to join the newly established caucus.
For more information, contact Kate Ostrander, Legislative Director of the Northeast-Midwest Congressional Coalition.
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Recap: USGS Hydraulic Fracturing - The State of the Science Briefing
| On Friday June 8, USGS presented "Hydraulic Fracturing: The State of the Science," which was the first of their 2012 briefing series. The session highlighted research conducted by the USGS and DOE regarding unconventional resource assessment, earthquakes induced by fluid injection, potential geologic pathways between water and oil resources, and pre- and post-well development site characterization. Brenda Pierce (Program Coordinator for USGS Energy Resource Program), Bill Leith (USGS Senior Science Advisor for Earthquake and Geologic Hazards), and Rick Hammack (DOE National Energy Technology Laboratory) gave presentations. The session was sponsored by Representative Gerry Connolly (VA) and hosted by the American Geophysical Union. Presentation materials from the session are available here.
For more information, contact Elin Betanzo, Senior Policy Analyst at the Northeast-Midwest Institute.
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New Partners for Smart Growth Conference Call for Session Proposals
| The 12th annual New Partners for Smart Growth Conference, "Building Safe, Healthy and Livable Communities," will be held in Kansas City, MO from February 7-9, 2013. The Local Government Commission (LGC) is conducting a "Call for Session Proposals" for the conference. Proposals will be accepted until June 30th and the review process will take place from mid-July through early September. All proposals must be submitted through an online form on the conference web site. More details on this multi-disciplinary conference--including information on how to propose a breakout, workshop, specialized training session, networking activity, or tour--are available at www.newpartners.org.
For more information, contact Colleen Cain, Senior Policy Analyst at the Northeast-Midwest Institute.
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