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A monthly
summary of issues, activities and events
at the Great Lakes
Commission |
September 27, 2007 | |
Climate change,
renewable energy top annual meeting agenda
Dr. Rosina
Bierbaum, vice chair of the United Nations Scientific Expert Group
on Climate Change, will give the opening keynote address at the 2007
Annual Meeting of the Great Lakes Commission, Oct. 1-2 in Chicago,
speaking on the environmental challenges and economic opportunities
presented by climate change in the Great Lakes. More
Workshop to focus on aging Great Lakes coastal
infrastructure
The Great Lakes
Commission and the NOAA Coastal Services Center will host a scoping
workshop on the current condition and future viability of coastal
protection infrastructure in the Great Lakes, Oct. 10-11 in Duluth,
Minn. More
New York land-use roundtable focuses on Great Lakes
region
The last in a
series of state land-use roundtables conducted by the Great Lakes
Commission was held Sept. 18 in Albany, N.Y. More
Third RDX conference to boost data exchange,
management
The Great Lakes
Commission will host the third Great Lakes Regional Data Exchange
(RDX) Conference Oct. 29 in Ottawa, Ontario. More
Advocacy & Legislation -
This week, Great
Lakes Commission senior project manager Katherine Glassner-Shwayder
is scheduled to testify before a House subcommittee on invasive
species from vectors other than ballast water. More
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Featured project:
Quebec Internships
Through an
ongoing arrangement with the Québec government, several interns are
being placed with the Great Lakes Commission for six-month
assignments focusing on water quality management and binational
Great Lakes environmental policy. More |
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