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EPA Names Finalists for $160 Million to Advance Great Lakes Restoration, Economic Recovery

Tiffany Danitz Pache — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 20:33:26 +0000

Coalition urges U.S. Congress to continue to fund program at $475 million to
create jobs, restore Lakes, and lay foundation for long-term prosperity

ANN ARBOR, MICH. (June 1, 2010)—The EPA today announced preliminary grant awards to restore the…

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Great Lakes Chambers Go to Bat for Great Lakes Restoration

Tiffany Danitz Pache — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:27:13 +0000

Last week, a coalition of Great Lakes Chambers of Commerce met with Congress members from across the Great Lakes region and asked each and every one to fully fund the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.

The group of 30 metro…

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Implementation Program Offers Hope to Great Lakes Region

Tiffany Danitz Pache — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 16:22:00 +0000

The Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition is going to help local groups in the Great Lakes region obtain and use funds from the federal Great Lakes Restoration Initiative with a new Implementation Program. The effort will ensure local groups are…

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David Obey Cracks Door Shedding Some Light on an Increase in GLRI Funds

Tiffany Danitz Pache — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:18:11 +0000

When Appropriations Chair David Obey (D-Wisc.) caught wind of a “dear colleague” letter addressed to him and asking him to up the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative from the President’s proposed $300 million back to last year’s $475 million he…

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Ticking Clock for Comments on GLRI Plan

Tiffany Danitz Pache — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:19:05 +0000

Time is running out for any and all who want to comment on the EPA’s multiyear plan for restoring the Great Lakes with the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funding. The draft plan discusses how the government will use the funds…

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Some Interesting Holiday Reading Coming Your Way: GLRI All The Way

Tiffany Danitz Pache — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:51:23 +0000

After all those public meetings and after reading through all our public comments, the EPA has just released the final draft of their plan for implementing the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative from 2010 to 2014. They are asking for…

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Rumors of Abuse of GLRI Funds Already Circulating

Tiffany Danitz Pache — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:54:38 +0000

The Great Lakes haven’t seen one dollar of the $475 million Great Lakes Restoration Initiative money approved by Congress this Fall, but already rumors are flying around the region that the money will be used to shore up state and…

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EPA Hears from HOW on GLRI

Tiffany Danitz Pache — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:27:44 +0000

Last week, the HOW coalition submitted its comments on the $475 million Great Lakes Restoration Initiative to the Environmental Protection Agency website. The comment period closed after a set of summer meetings held throughout the region during the EPA’s listening…

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NY Senators Schumer and Gillibrand Should Vote Yes for GLRI

Tiffany Danitz Pache — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:20:00 +0000

The Editorial page of the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle urges Empire State Senators Kirsten Gillibrand to vote in favor of…

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Great Lakes Land on DC Radar

Tiffany Danitz Pache — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:47:32 +0000

It truly is a great time to be a Great Lake because, as Great Lakes Watcher Dave Dempsey points out – instead of debating whether to fund restoration, the federal government is debating…

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