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HIGHLIGHTS
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Recycled Energy: The Local Energy
Solution
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Economic Development Roundtables
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Great Lakes Meetings
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Funding for Energy Efficiency
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Combined Federal Campaign
Recycled
Energy: The Local Energy Solution
A Capitol Hill briefing on December 14 will highlight
the network of Regional CHP (combined heat and power) Application
Centers. RACs, part of the Department of Energy’s Office of
Distributed Energy, seek to address the numerous barriers to the
introduction of innovative and efficient energy systems.
Speakers will include representatives from the Department of Energy and RAC
leaders from New England, California, and Mississippi. The December
14 briefing will run from 2:00 pm until 3:00 pm in 122 Cannon House Office
Building. Contact: Diane DeVaul
at the Northeast-Midwest Institute (202/464-4009).
Economic Development Roundtables
The Northeast-Midwest Institute last week held the final
of three congressionally hosted roundtable discussion sessions on ways federal
policy could encourage revitalization for older core cities and close-in
suburbs when it comes to such challenges as housing, infrastructure, vacant
properties and brownfield redevelopment, and business and economic
development. Session hosts included Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones of
Ohio’s 11th district, Rep. Thaddeus G. McCotter of Michigan’s
11th district, and Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island, who co-chairs the
Northeast-Midwest Senate Coalition. Funded by the Surdna Foundation,
this Northeast-Midwest Institute project brought together community leaders
and stakeholders for facilitated discussions about possible federal policy
changes and proposals. Institute staff will draw upon comments made
at the three roundtable sessions to frame an agenda that underscores key
federal policy issues and suggest possible federal initiatives for the
bipartisan Northeast-Midwest Coalitions to consider.
Great Lakes Meetings
Representatives of the region’s governors, mayors,
tribal leaders, and congressional delegation are expected to announce in
Chicago on Monday, December 12, the results of the past year’s Great
Lakes Regional Collaboration. On Tuesday, the Council of Great Lakes
Governors will announce in Milwaukee an agreement among governors regarding
water usage in the Great Lakes. Also on Tuesday, the board of the
Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative will meet in Chicago.
Funding for Energy Efficiency
Senators Jack Reed (D-RI), Olympia Snowe (R-ME), and
Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) are requesting signatures on a letter asking President
Bush to support full funding for energy efficiency and renewable energy
programs in his fiscal 2007 budget. Fully funding energy efficiency and
renewable energy programs at the levels authorized in the Energy Policy Act
of 2005 is the first step in reducing our demand for fossil fuels and is
currently our nation's best means of addressing a secure energy
future. The letter’s signature deadline is Friday, December
16. Contact: Kris
Sarri with Senator Reed (202/224-4661).
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.
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