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HIGHLIGHTS
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Chesapeake Bay Restoration Bill
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Royalty-In-Kind Natural Gas Discount
Heating Pilot Program
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Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement
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Great Lakes Collaboration
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Job Opening – Research Assistant
(Ecosystem Team)
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Brownfield Grants
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Combined Federal Campaign
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From Edison to Enron
Chesapeake Bay
Reauthorization Bill
Rep. Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD), a co-chair of the
Chesapeake Bay Watershed Task Force, introduced the Chesapeake Bay
Restoration Enhancement Act of 2005 (H.R. 4126). The bill has 16
original cosponsors, including the Task Force's other three chairs and
ten of its members. The bill amends section 117 of the Clean Water
Act and reauthorizes the Chesapeake Bay Program for five years. The
bill focuses on increasing support to local governments in the region,
requiring more accountability by federal and state agencies, and expanding
the Small Watershed Grants program to $10 million. Contact: Peter Marx at the Northeast-Midwest
Institute (202/464-4008).
Royalty-In-Kind Natural Gas Discount Heating Pilot Program
The Northeast-Midwest Senate Coalition is requesting signatures
for a letter to Interior Secretary Gayle Norton expressing support for her
to act on a provision in the National Energy Policy Act of 2005 authorizing
the Department of Interior to provide royalty natural gas to low-income
consumers at a reduced price. The signature deadline is Wednesday,
November 2. Contact: Ari Strauss with
the Northeast-Midwest Senate Coalition (202) 224-0606.
Great Lakes Water Quality
Agreement
Officials from the International Joint Commission and
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday, November 3, will brief
the Great Lakes Task Force on efforts to review the Great Lakes Water
Quality Agreement. The pact between Canada and the
U.S. expresses the commitment of
each country to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological
integrity of the Great Lakes basin
ecosystem. It was signed in 1972 and was last revised in 1987.
The agreement requires the parties to review the pact every six years for
possible revisions. The November 3 briefing will begin at 11:00 am in room
SC-6 of the U.S. Capitol. Contact: Joy Mulinex with the Great
Lakes Task Force (202/224-1211).
Great Lakes Collaboration
The Great Lakes Task Force is circulating a letter among
House and Senate members to the Environmental Protection Agency and the
Council on Environmental Quality regarding the Great Lakes Interagency
Task Force (IATF) draft report. The letter thanks the
administration for its work on the Great Lakes Regional Collaboration
(GLRC) process so far and urges the administration to continue this
partnership and consider additional contributions to
restoration. The signature deadline is Nov. 3. Contact: Joy Mulinex with the Great
Lakes Task Force (202/224-1211).
Job Opening -- Research Assistant
(Ecosystem Team)
The Northeast-Midwest Institute seeks qualified
individuals to apply for a research assistant position within the
Institute's Ecosystem Team. The successful candidate will undertake a
number of tasks in support of the Institute's efforts to improve federal
policy and technology aimed at reducing the introduction of nonindigenous
invasive species. Click here to read a job
description.
Brownfield Grants
The
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has posted guidelines for fiscal 2006
Brownfields Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Grants at www.epa.gov/brownfields. The
proposal deadline is December 14, 2005.
These grants may be used to address sites contaminated by petroleum and
hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants (including hazardous
substances co-mingled with petroleum).
Combined Federal Campaign
The
Northeast-Midwest Institute – a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization,
financed by contributions from foundations, state governments, federal
grants, and individuals – has been approved to participate in the
Combined Federal Campaign (CFC), the nation’s largest workplace
giving campaign. If you are a federal government employee and would
like to help support Institute's programs dedicated to issues affecting the
Northeast-Midwest region, please enter CFC code #0851 on
your pledge card during the annual fund drive. Thank you.
From Edison to Enron – New Book
Praeger Publishers has released From Edison to Enron, a new book by
the Institute’s Richard Munson that highlights the business of power
and what it means for the future of electricity. “This splendid
book,” said one reviewer, “is as readable as it is rigorous in
its fascinating journey through the creation and the evolution of the
electricity enterprise in the 20th century. What sets
Munson’s work apart is his probing exploration of the powerful and
diverse personalities who collectively shaped what has become the
world’s largest and most complex machine.” Click here to read more reviews
or to purchase a copy.
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