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HIGHLIGHTS
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Job Opening – Senior Policy
Analyst on Finance
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Great Lakes Legacy Act – Briefing
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Energy Efficiency – Senate Letter
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Great Lakes Programs –
Letters
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Farmers’ Markets – Web Site
Job Opening – Senior Policy Analyst on Finance
The Northeast-Midwest Institute is seeking a senior
policy analyst to help develop financing vehicles for economic development
and environmental projects. The analyst will pay particular attention
to brownfield cleanup and reuse, urban forestry, community development, and
ecosystem restoration. Tasks will include researching case studies,
preparing reports, organizing workshops and briefings, and advancing policy
proposals on Capitol Hill. Click here to
review a job announcement.
Great Lakes Legacy Act
– Briefing
The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday, March
30, will brief congressional staff on the implementation of the Great Lakes
Legacy program. The act was passed in 2002 in order to provide funds
to the EPA to clean up contaminated sediments at Areas of Concern. The
March 30 briefing will begin at 2:00 pm in 2218
Rayburn House Office Building.
Contact: Joy Mulinex with
the Great Lakes Task Force (202/224-1211).
Energy Efficiency – Senate Letter
Senators Olympia Snowe (R-ME), Jack Reed (D-RI), Arlen
Specter (R-PA), Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), and Robert Menendez (D-NJ) are
seeking signatures on a letter that asks appropriators to fund critical
energy efficiency programs at the Department of Energy. Highlighted
initiatives include Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP), State Energy
Program (SEP), energy efficiency deployment programs, Industrial
Technologies Program, Equipment Standards and Analysis Program, Federal
Energy Management Program, and Distributed Energy Program. Also
important is the Energy Information Administration (EIA) that presents
unbiased data so we can effectively respond to changes and fluctuations in
energy markets. The letter’s signature deadline is COB Thursday,
April 4. Contact: Ari
Strauss with the Northeast-Midwest Senate Coalition (202/224-0606).
Great Lakes Programs –
Letters
The House and Senate Great Lakes
Task Forces are seeking signatures on letters asking appropriators
to provide funds to priority programs in the Great
Lakes, such as the Great Lakes Legacy Program, Great Lakes
Environmental Research Lab, Great Lakes National Program Office, and
dispersal barrier. The signature deadlines are March 27 in the
House and March 31 in the Senate. Contact: Joy Mulinex with the Great
Lakes Task Force (202/224-1211).
Farmers' Markets – Web Site
The Northeast-Midwest Institute, a major partner in the
Farmers’ Market Project, announces the launch of a new website, Resources for Farmers’ Markets
at www.farmersmarketsusa.org.
The website allows consumers to search for markets, provides information
about funding opportunities and policy developments, and enables market
managers and farmers to showcase their markets and products. Contact:
Alan Hunt at the Northeast-Midwest
Institute (202/464-4016).
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Institute
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Washington DC 20003
Ph. 202 544 5200
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