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	<title>Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives - Urge Congress to Protect the Great Lakes</title>
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		<title>Landmark Great Lakes Bill Would Provide Permanent Stream of Funds</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/congressional-winners-and-losers/2010/03/03/landmark-great-lakes-bill-would-provide-permanent-stream-of-funds</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/congressional-winners-and-losers/2010/03/03/landmark-great-lakes-bill-would-provide-permanent-stream-of-funds#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:36:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Danitz Pache</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Congressional Winners and Losers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andy Buchsbaum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Great Lakes Ecosystem Protection Act of 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Great Lakes National Program Office]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Great Lakes Restoration Initiative]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Great-Lakes-Legacy-Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeff-Skelding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senator Carl Levin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senator George Voinovich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Kiernan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<p>If all goes well, funding for Great Lakes programs, from toxic clean up to the fight to stop invasive species from entering the lakes, will all be rolled into one legislative package that will create a permanent funding source for&#8230;</p><p><a href="http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/congressional-winners-and-losers/2010/03/03/landmark-great-lakes-bill-would-provide-permanent-stream-of-funds">Landmark Great Lakes Bill Would Provide Permanent Stream of Funds</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.healthylakes.org">Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives - Urge Congress to Protect the Great Lakes</a></p>
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		<title>Long-Range Thinking Could Save Chicago From Asian Carp Catastrophe</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/white-house-great-lakes-congressional-watch-2/2010/03/03/long-range-thinking-could-save-chicago-from-asian-carp-catastrophe</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/white-house-great-lakes-congressional-watch-2/2010/03/03/long-range-thinking-could-save-chicago-from-asian-carp-catastrophe#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:21:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Danitz Pache</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asian Carp Barrier Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[White House]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Army Corps of Engineers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asian-Carp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chicago Sanitary and Shipping Canal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ecological Separation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Locks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tour Boat Industry]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.healthylakes.org/?p=3909</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>The <a href="http://www.healthylakes.org/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5jaGljYWdvdHJpYnVuZS5jb20vdHJhdmVsL2NoaWNhZ28vY3QtbWV0LTAyMjgtdG91ci1ib2F0LXRocmVhdC0yMDEwMDMwMSwwLDYyMDA1OTQuc3Rvcnk=">Chicago Tribune ran a story</a> about the economic damage that closing the locks would cause to the cities summer tourist industry. The Army Corps is considering limiting the number of times the locks are opened and closed to&#8230;</p><p><a href="http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/white-house-great-lakes-congressional-watch-2/2010/03/03/long-range-thinking-could-save-chicago-from-asian-carp-catastrophe">Long-Range Thinking Could Save Chicago From Asian Carp Catastrophe</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.healthylakes.org">Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives - Urge Congress to Protect the Great Lakes</a></p>
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		<title>HOW coalition urges Congress, federal agencies to step up efforts to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/uncategorized/2010/02/25/how-coalition-urges-congress-federal-agencies-to-step-up-efforts-to-keep-asian-carp-out-of-the-great-lakes</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/uncategorized/2010/02/25/how-coalition-urges-congress-federal-agencies-to-step-up-efforts-to-keep-asian-carp-out-of-the-great-lakes#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:25:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>WASHINGTON, D.C. (FEB. 25) — The co-chair of the Healing Our Waters<sup>®</sup>-Great Lakes Coalition today called on Congress to declare the Asian carp an imminent threat to the Great Lakes and direct federal agencies to separate the carp-infested Mississippi River&#8230;</p><p><a href="http://www.healthylakes.org/uncategorized/2010/02/25/how-coalition-urges-congress-federal-agencies-to-step-up-efforts-to-keep-asian-carp-out-of-the-great-lakes">HOW coalition urges Congress, federal agencies to step up efforts to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.healthylakes.org">Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives - Urge Congress to Protect the Great Lakes</a></p>
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		<title>Message From Congress: Keep Carping</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/congressional-winners-and-losers/2010/02/24/message-from-congress-keep-carping</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/congressional-winners-and-losers/2010/02/24/message-from-congress-keep-carping#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:08:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Danitz Pache</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Congressional Winners and Losers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Army Corps of Engineers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asian-Carp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CSSC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[engineering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Locks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rep. Marcy Kaptur]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rep. Mark Shauer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rep. Nancy Dahlkemper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rep. Vern Ehlers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Separation of the Basins]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Sixteen years ago, that is when Rep. Vern Ehlers (R-Mich.) first started asking his colleagues in Congress to deal with the Asian carp threat. “When I first learned about the Asian carp in the Mississippi, I thought good grief, we&#8230;</p><p><a href="http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/congressional-winners-and-losers/2010/02/24/message-from-congress-keep-carping">Message From Congress: Keep Carping</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.healthylakes.org">Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives - Urge Congress to Protect the Great Lakes</a></p>
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		<title>One Voice</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/congressional-winners-and-losers/2010/02/23/one-voice</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/congressional-winners-and-losers/2010/02/23/one-voice#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:55:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Danitz Pache</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Congressional Winners and Losers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andy Buchsbaum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asian-Carp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GLRI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Great Lakes Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Great Lakes Governers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Great Lakes Governors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[White House]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.healthylakes.org/?p=3901</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>The Great Lakes Governors, the Great Lakes Commission and the Healing Our Waters- Great Lakes Coalition are joining forces to ask Congress and the President to save the Great Lakes from the Asian carp and continue to invest in restoration.&#8230;</p><p><a href="http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/congressional-winners-and-losers/2010/02/23/one-voice">One Voice</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.healthylakes.org">Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives - Urge Congress to Protect the Great Lakes</a></p>
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		<title>Stop the Carp: In Unison GL Commission Calls for Separation of Basins</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/2010/02/23/stop-the-carp-in-unison-gl-commission-calls-for-separation-of-basins</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/2010/02/23/stop-the-carp-in-unison-gl-commission-calls-for-separation-of-basins#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:41:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Danitz Pache</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Great Lakes Congressional Watch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andy Buchsbaum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asian-Carp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Des Plaines River]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ecological Separation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GLIN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[great-lakes-commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HOW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tim Eder]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.healthylakes.org/?p=3899</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>The Great Lakes Commission – including Illinois – <a href="http://www.healthylakes.org/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5nbGMub3JnL2Fubm91bmNlLzEwLzAybWVldGluZy5odG1s">unanimously approved a resolution </a>calling for Congress and the US Army Corps of Engineers to establish ecological separation of the Great Lakes and Mississippi River watersheds as the long-term strategy to&#8230;</p><p><a href="http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/2010/02/23/stop-the-carp-in-unison-gl-commission-calls-for-separation-of-basins">Stop the Carp: In Unison GL Commission Calls for Separation of Basins</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.healthylakes.org">Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives - Urge Congress to Protect the Great Lakes</a></p>
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		<title>It’s Lobby Season and the Great Lakes are on the Agenda</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/uncategorized/2010/02/22/it%e2%80%99s-lobby-season-and-the-great-lakes-are-on-the-agenda</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/uncategorized/2010/02/22/it%e2%80%99s-lobby-season-and-the-great-lakes-are-on-the-agenda#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:27:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Danitz Pache</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asian-Carp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EPA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Great Lakes Interagency Task Force]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Great Lakes Restoration Initiative]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HOW Lobby Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US House]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Senate]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Healing Our Waters Coalition Members are arriving in Washington DC today to launch an aggressive lobbying campaign on Capitol Hill. It is true that HOW comes to the Capitol City to pay our Senators and Representatives a visit annually, but&#8230;</p><p><a href="http://www.healthylakes.org/uncategorized/2010/02/22/it%e2%80%99s-lobby-season-and-the-great-lakes-are-on-the-agenda">It’s Lobby Season and the Great Lakes are on the Agenda</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.healthylakes.org">Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives - Urge Congress to Protect the Great Lakes</a></p>
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		<title>The Great Lakes are the Talk of the Town</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/congressional-winners-and-losers/2010/02/22/the-great-lakes-are-the-talk-of-the-town</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/congressional-winners-and-losers/2010/02/22/the-great-lakes-are-the-talk-of-the-town#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:02:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Danitz Pache</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Congressional Winners and Losers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Cuomo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asian-Carp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Close All Routes and Prevent Asian Carp Act of 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Close the locks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment-and-Public-Works-Committee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michigan Lawsuit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senator Gillibrand]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<p>It is a big week for the Great Lakes, not only are HOW members flying into Washington today to encourage lawmakers to continue to support restoration, but the Environment and Public Works Committee will hold a hearing on Thursday morning.&#8230;</p><p><a href="http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/congressional-winners-and-losers/2010/02/22/the-great-lakes-are-the-talk-of-the-town">The Great Lakes are the Talk of the Town</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.healthylakes.org">Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives - Urge Congress to Protect the Great Lakes</a></p>
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		<title>Carpageddon Devours GLRI Funds</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/policy/2010/02/19/carpageddon-devours-glri-funds</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/policy/2010/02/19/carpageddon-devours-glri-funds#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:26:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Danitz Pache</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asian-Carp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brooking Institution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Great Lakes Restoration Initiative]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Locks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sport fishing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[White House]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.healthylakes.org/?p=3881</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>If it wasn’t bad enough that the Federal plan for dealing with the carp is short sighted, now Carpageddon is eating into the historic Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funding. The Feds are paying for their $78.5 million battle plan (weak&#8230;</p><p><a href="http://www.healthylakes.org/policy/2010/02/19/carpageddon-devours-glri-funds">Carpageddon Devours GLRI Funds</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.healthylakes.org">Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives - Urge Congress to Protect the Great Lakes</a></p>
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		<title>Federal Asian Carp Plan Needs to Be Strengthened</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/uncategorized/2010/02/12/federal-asian-carp-plan-needs-to-be-strengthened</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/uncategorized/2010/02/12/federal-asian-carp-plan-needs-to-be-strengthened#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:53:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jordan Lubetkin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Conservation groups today are urging the Obama Administration to strengthen a federal plan to protect the Great Lakes from the advancing Asian carp and move toward a permanent solution of physically separating the Mississippi River and the Great Lakes basin.&#8230;</p><p><a href="http://www.healthylakes.org/uncategorized/2010/02/12/federal-asian-carp-plan-needs-to-be-strengthened">Federal Asian Carp Plan Needs to Be Strengthened</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.healthylakes.org">Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives - Urge Congress to Protect the Great Lakes</a></p>
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		<title>Asian Carp Get Hearing on Hill</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/congressional-winners-and-losers/2010/02/10/asian-carp-get-hearing-on-hill</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/congressional-winners-and-losers/2010/02/10/asian-carp-get-hearing-on-hill#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:41:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Danitz Pache</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Congressional Winners and Losers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alliance for the Great Lakes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Waterways Operators]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asian-Carp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cam Davis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Del Wilkins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Framework Document]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Great Lakes Czar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joel Brammeier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Locks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michigan Department of Natural Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[permanent separation of the basins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rep. James Oberstar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transportation and Infrastructure Committee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Army Corps General John Peabody]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[White House Asian Carp Summit]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<p>In the midst of back-to-back snowstorm that have disabled Washington, several members of the House <a href="http://www.healthylakes.org/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3RyYW5zcG9ydGF0aW9uLmhvdXNlLmdvdi9oZWFyaW5ncy9oZWFyaW5nLmFzcHg=">Transportation Committee</a> met for a hearing on the Asian Carp crisis.   </p>
<p>But even though the audience was small, <a href="http://www.healthylakes.org/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5lZW5ld3MubmV0L0VFRGFpbHkvMjAxMC8wMi8xMC83Lw==">the news </a>was not&#8230;</p><p><a href="http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/congressional-winners-and-losers/2010/02/10/asian-carp-get-hearing-on-hill">Asian Carp Get Hearing on Hill</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.healthylakes.org">Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives - Urge Congress to Protect the Great Lakes</a></p>
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		<title>Does The White House Plan Add Up to Zero Tolerance for Asian Carp?</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/white-house-great-lakes-congressional-watch-2/2010/02/08/does-the-white-house-plan-add-up-to-zero-tolerance-for-asian-carp</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:09:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Danitz Pache</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.healthylakes.org/?p=3865</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>The White House has promised a zero tolerance policy toward new invasive species and they believe that the draft Asian Carp Control Strategy Framework released today at the summit meeting with Great Lakes Governors is proof positive that they are&#8230;</p><p><a href="http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/white-house-great-lakes-congressional-watch-2/2010/02/08/does-the-white-house-plan-add-up-to-zero-tolerance-for-asian-carp">Does The White House Plan Add Up to Zero Tolerance for Asian Carp?</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.healthylakes.org">Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives - Urge Congress to Protect the Great Lakes</a></p>
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		<title>Asian Carp Summit Reveals White House Strategy For Fighting Asian Carp</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/white-house-great-lakes-congressional-watch-2/2010/02/08/asian-carp-summit-reveals-white-house-strategy-for-fighting-asian-carp</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/white-house-great-lakes-congressional-watch-2/2010/02/08/asian-carp-summit-reveals-white-house-strategy-for-fighting-asian-carp#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:41:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Danitz Pache</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.healthylakes.org/?p=3861</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>Despite a historic snowfall in the Nation’s Capitol, the White House met with Great Lakes Governors and unveiled both <a href="http://www.healthylakes.org/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=d3d3LmFzaWFuY2FycC5vcmc=">short term and long-term strategies</a> to deal with the Asian Carp. They did not call for the locks to be&#8230;</p><p><a href="http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/white-house-great-lakes-congressional-watch-2/2010/02/08/asian-carp-summit-reveals-white-house-strategy-for-fighting-asian-carp">Asian Carp Summit Reveals White House Strategy For Fighting Asian Carp</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.healthylakes.org">Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives - Urge Congress to Protect the Great Lakes</a></p>
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		<title>David Obey Cracks Door Shedding Some Light on an Increase in GLRI Funds</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/congressional-winners-and-losers/2010/02/05/david-obey-cracks-door-shedding-some-light-on-an-increase-in-glri-funds</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:18:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Danitz Pache</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Congressional Winners and Losers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Great Lakes Restoration Initiative]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Appropriations Chair]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lisa Jackson]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.healthylakes.org/?p=3859</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>When Appropriations Chair <a href="http://www.healthylakes.org/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL2h0dHA6Ly93d3cub2JleS5ob3VzZS5nb3Yv">David Obey (D-Wisc.)</a> 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&#8230;</p><p><a href="http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/congressional-winners-and-losers/2010/02/05/david-obey-cracks-door-shedding-some-light-on-an-increase-in-glri-funds">David Obey Cracks Door Shedding Some Light on an Increase in GLRI Funds</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.healthylakes.org">Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives - Urge Congress to Protect the Great Lakes</a></p>
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		<title>Michigan AG Asks Court To Reconsider Lock Closure; Study Shows Illinois Exaggerated Economic Impact</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/policy/asian-carp-barrier-act/2010/02/04/michigan-ag-asks-court-to-reconsider-lock-closure-study-shows-illinois-exaggerated-economic-impact</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/policy/asian-carp-barrier-act/2010/02/04/michigan-ag-asks-court-to-reconsider-lock-closure-study-shows-illinois-exaggerated-economic-impact#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:24:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Danitz Pache</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asian Carp Barrier Act]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox has filed a new motion with the US Supreme Court asking for an immediate injunction to close Chicago-area locks because the Court did not have all the information (ie that Carp eDNA was already in&#8230;</p><p><a href="http://www.healthylakes.org/policy/asian-carp-barrier-act/2010/02/04/michigan-ag-asks-court-to-reconsider-lock-closure-study-shows-illinois-exaggerated-economic-impact">Michigan AG Asks Court To Reconsider Lock Closure; Study Shows Illinois Exaggerated Economic Impact</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.healthylakes.org">Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives - Urge Congress to Protect the Great Lakes</a></p>
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		<title>Coalition Presses to Restore Great Lakes Funding</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/uncategorized/2010/02/03/coalition-presses-to-restore-great-lakes-funding</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/uncategorized/2010/02/03/coalition-presses-to-restore-great-lakes-funding#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:59:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jordan Lubetkin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>On Monday, President Obama released his annual budget—which includes $300 million for the president’s Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, down from $475 million in his inaugural budget.</p>
<p>To see how Great Lakes restoration programs have fared in the last several annual&#8230;</p><p><a href="http://www.healthylakes.org/uncategorized/2010/02/03/coalition-presses-to-restore-great-lakes-funding">Coalition Presses to Restore Great Lakes Funding</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.healthylakes.org">Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives - Urge Congress to Protect the Great Lakes</a></p>
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		<title>White House Party Crashers? Not the Great Lakes Governors</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/governors/2010/02/02/white-house-party-crashers-not-the-great-lakes-governors</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/governors/2010/02/02/white-house-party-crashers-not-the-great-lakes-governors#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Danitz Pache</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Governors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cam Davis]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.healthylakes.org/?p=3841</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>Oh to be a fly on the wall at the White House Asian Carp Summit next Monday, February 8. Who doesn’t want to be there? The Great Lakes Attorney Generals have requested an invite, Healing Our Waters and others working&#8230;</p><p><a href="http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/governors/2010/02/02/white-house-party-crashers-not-the-great-lakes-governors">White House Party Crashers? Not the Great Lakes Governors</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.healthylakes.org">Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives - Urge Congress to Protect the Great Lakes</a></p>
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		<title>Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Funding Still In President&#8217;s Budget</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/white-house-great-lakes-congressional-watch-2/2010/02/01/great-lakes-restoration-initiative-funding-still-in-presidents-budget</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/white-house-great-lakes-congressional-watch-2/2010/02/01/great-lakes-restoration-initiative-funding-still-in-presidents-budget#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:37:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Danitz Pache</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.healthylakes.org/?p=3835</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative in 2011 maintained a line in the President&#8217;s new budget released this a.m. but it was cut from $475 million to $300 million. Last year, President Barack Obama used his first budget to provide money&#8230;</p><p><a href="http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/white-house-great-lakes-congressional-watch-2/2010/02/01/great-lakes-restoration-initiative-funding-still-in-presidents-budget">Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Funding Still In President&#8217;s Budget</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.healthylakes.org">Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives - Urge Congress to Protect the Great Lakes</a></p>
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		<title>HOW Sends EPA Comprehensive Plan of Attack</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/white-house-great-lakes-congressional-watch-2/2010/01/29/how-sends-epa-comprehensive-plan-of-attack</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/white-house-great-lakes-congressional-watch-2/2010/01/29/how-sends-epa-comprehensive-plan-of-attack#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:35:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Danitz Pache</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Advisor to the Administrator Cameron Davis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asian Carp Crisis]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.healthylakes.org/?p=3833</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>Yesterday, the Healing Our Waters Coalition sent Great Lakes Czar Cameron Davis a comprehensive 12-point plan to halt the advance of the Asian Carp. We have to stop the fish from getting a foothold in the Great Lakes ecosystem and&#8230;</p><p><a href="http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/white-house-great-lakes-congressional-watch-2/2010/01/29/how-sends-epa-comprehensive-plan-of-attack">HOW Sends EPA Comprehensive Plan of Attack</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.healthylakes.org">Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives - Urge Congress to Protect the Great Lakes</a></p>
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		<title>Asian Carp Summit Will Happen February 8, 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/white-house-great-lakes-congressional-watch-2/2010/01/29/asian-carp-summit-will-happen-february-8-2010</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/white-house-great-lakes-congressional-watch-2/2010/01/29/asian-carp-summit-will-happen-february-8-2010#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:12:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Danitz Pache</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>In response to the finding of Asian Carp eDNA in the Calumet Harbor on Lake Michigan, and the failure of the US Supreme Court to invoke an injunction closing the locks to help stem any carp advance, the Great Lakes&#8230;</p><p><a href="http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/white-house-great-lakes-congressional-watch-2/2010/01/29/asian-carp-summit-will-happen-february-8-2010">Asian Carp Summit Will Happen February 8, 2010</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.healthylakes.org">Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives - Urge Congress to Protect the Great Lakes</a></p>
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		<title>Pressure Mounts for White House to Make a Public Effort on Carp Issue</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/white-house-great-lakes-congressional-watch-2/2010/01/26/pressure-mounts-for-white-house-to-make-a-public-effort-on-carp-issue</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/white-house-great-lakes-congressional-watch-2/2010/01/26/pressure-mounts-for-white-house-to-make-a-public-effort-on-carp-issue#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:17:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Danitz Pache</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.healthylakes.org/?p=3821</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>Editorials blanket the Midwest calling for President Barack Obama to step in and do something immediately to stop the advance of the Asian carp into the Great Lakes ecosystem. While the Administration has dedicated funds to deal with the carp&#8230;</p><p><a href="http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/white-house-great-lakes-congressional-watch-2/2010/01/26/pressure-mounts-for-white-house-to-make-a-public-effort-on-carp-issue">Pressure Mounts for White House to Make a Public Effort on Carp Issue</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.healthylakes.org">Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives - Urge Congress to Protect the Great Lakes</a></p>
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		<title>Capitol Hill Will Hold Emergency Asian Carp Meeting on Wednesday</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/uncategorized/2010/01/26/capitol-hill-will-hold-asian-carp-hearing-wednesday</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/uncategorized/2010/01/26/capitol-hill-will-hold-asian-carp-hearing-wednesday#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:43:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Danitz Pache</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Tomorrow at 9 a.m. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio), along with other Great Lakes lawmakers, will attend an emergency meeting on the Asian Carp crisis, <a title=\"sandusky register on asian carp meeting\" href="http://www.healthylakes.org/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5zYW5kdXNreXJlZ2lzdGVyLmNvbS9hcnRpY2xlcy8yMDEwLzAxLzI2L2Zyb250LzE4ODQwMzEudHh0" target=\"_blank\">reports the Sandusky Register</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.healthylakes.org/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5oZWFsdGh5bGFrZXMub3JnL3VuY2F0ZWdvcml6ZWQvMjAxMC8wMS8yNi9jYXBpdG9sLWhpbGwtd2lsbC1ob2xkLWFzaWFuLWNhcnAtaGVhcmluZy13ZWRuZXNkYXk=">Capitol Hill Will Hold Emergency Asian</a>&#8230;</p><p><a href="http://www.healthylakes.org/uncategorized/2010/01/26/capitol-hill-will-hold-asian-carp-hearing-wednesday">Capitol Hill Will Hold Emergency Asian Carp Meeting on Wednesday</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.healthylakes.org">Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives - Urge Congress to Protect the Great Lakes</a></p>
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		<title>White House Summit on Asian Carp Could Get Crowded</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/policy/asian-carp-barrier-act/2010/01/25/white-house-summit-on-asian-carp-could-get-crowded</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/policy/asian-carp-barrier-act/2010/01/25/white-house-summit-on-asian-carp-could-get-crowded#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Danitz Pache</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asian Carp Barrier Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asian Carp Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asian Carp Summit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Council on Environmental Quality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GLRI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indiana AG Greg Zoeller]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michigan AG Mike Cox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nancy Sutley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ohio AG Richard Cordray]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pennsylvania AG Tom Corbett]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.healthylakes.org/?p=3818</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>Attorney Generals from five Great Lakes states have asked to be at the table when the Administration holds a summit to discuss the Asian Carp crisis. AGs from Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin want a chance to express regional&#8230;</p><p><a href="http://www.healthylakes.org/policy/asian-carp-barrier-act/2010/01/25/white-house-summit-on-asian-carp-could-get-crowded">White House Summit on Asian Carp Could Get Crowded</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.healthylakes.org">Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives - Urge Congress to Protect the Great Lakes</a></p>
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		<title>Michigan Congressional Delegation Calls for a More Rapid Response to Asian Carp Crisis</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/uncategorized/2010/01/25/michigan-congressional-delegation-calls-for-a-more-rapid-response-to-asian-carp-crisis</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/uncategorized/2010/01/25/michigan-congressional-delegation-calls-for-a-more-rapid-response-to-asian-carp-crisis#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:11:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Danitz Pache</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Army]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asian-Carp]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>The Michigan Congressional Delegation is &#8220;alarmed” and “dismayed” at the slow pace of the rapid response efforts to halt the progress of the voracious Asian Carp. In a strongly worded letter to the Army, Coast Guard, EPA and Fish and&#8230;</p><p><a href="http://www.healthylakes.org/uncategorized/2010/01/25/michigan-congressional-delegation-calls-for-a-more-rapid-response-to-asian-carp-crisis">Michigan Congressional Delegation Calls for a More Rapid Response to Asian Carp Crisis</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.healthylakes.org">Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives - Urge Congress to Protect the Great Lakes</a></p>
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		<title>When All Else Fails, Turn To Congress</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/congressional-winners-and-losers/2010/01/22/when-all-else-fails-turn-to-congress</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/congressional-winners-and-losers/2010/01/22/when-all-else-fails-turn-to-congress#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Danitz Pache</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Congressional Winners and Losers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asian Carp Advance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congressman Dave Camp (R- Mich)]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>A Michigan Congressman reacted to the US Supreme Court&#8217;s failure to invoke a lock closure by introducing a bill in the US House that would force lock closure and further direct the Army Corps of Engineers to build barriers and&#8230;</p><p><a href="http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/congressional-winners-and-losers/2010/01/22/when-all-else-fails-turn-to-congress">When All Else Fails, Turn To Congress</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.healthylakes.org">Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives - Urge Congress to Protect the Great Lakes</a></p>
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		<title>Congress Takes Steps To Obtain Funds To Fight Asian Carp</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/congressional-winners-and-losers/2010/01/21/congress-takes-steps-to-obtain-funds-to-fight-asian-carp</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/congressional-winners-and-losers/2010/01/21/congress-takes-steps-to-obtain-funds-to-fight-asian-carp#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Danitz Pache</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Congressional Winners and Losers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asian-Carp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fish poison]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rep. Vern Ehlers (R-Mich.)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sen. George Voinovich (R-OH)]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>A bipartisan group of Great Lakes congressmen called for the Office of Management and Budget and the US Army for Civil Works to ID funds that can be used now and in the future to fight back the march of&#8230;</p><p><a href="http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/congressional-winners-and-losers/2010/01/21/congress-takes-steps-to-obtain-funds-to-fight-asian-carp">Congress Takes Steps To Obtain Funds To Fight Asian Carp</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.healthylakes.org">Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives - Urge Congress to Protect the Great Lakes</a></p>
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		<title>Great Lakes Stakeholders Ask CEQ to Include Them In Asian Carp Strategy Session</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/white-house-great-lakes-congressional-watch-2/2010/01/21/great-lakes-stakeholders-ask-ceq-to-include-them-in-asian-carp-strategy-session</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:57:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Danitz Pache</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[White House]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asian-Carp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CEQ Nancy Sutley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Governors]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Within 24 hours of Great Lakes Governors request for a White House Summit on Asian Carp, CEQ Head Nancy Sutley agreed to a meeting the first week of February. Now, HOW and other Great Lakes stakeholders are sending a letter&#8230;</p><p><a href="http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/white-house-great-lakes-congressional-watch-2/2010/01/21/great-lakes-stakeholders-ask-ceq-to-include-them-in-asian-carp-strategy-session">Great Lakes Stakeholders Ask CEQ to Include Them In Asian Carp Strategy Session</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.healthylakes.org">Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives - Urge Congress to Protect the Great Lakes</a></p>
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		<title>White House Puts Asian Carp Summit Off Until February</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/white-house-great-lakes-congressional-watch-2/2010/01/21/asian-carp-summit-put-off-until-february</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:15:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Danitz Pache</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[White House]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Yesterday, HOW learned from the White House that they would welcome a meeting with the Great Lakes Governors to discuss the Asian carp threat, but last night <a href="http://www.healthylakes.org/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5lZW5ld3MubmV0L3BtLzIwMTAvMDEvMjAvNA==">E&#038;E News reported </a>that such a meeting wouldn&#8217;t happen before February.</p>
<p>After&#8230;</p><p><a href="http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/white-house-great-lakes-congressional-watch-2/2010/01/21/asian-carp-summit-put-off-until-february">White House Puts Asian Carp Summit Off Until February</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.healthylakes.org">Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives - Urge Congress to Protect the Great Lakes</a></p>
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		<title>White House Welcomes A Meeting With Great Lakes Governors</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/uncategorized/2010/01/20/white-house-welcomes-a-meeting-with-great-lakes-governors</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Danitz Pache</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asian-Carp]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.healthylakes.org/?p=3805</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>Today, the White House responded positively to the Great Lakes Governors request for a summit on the Asian carp threat. </p>
<p>&#8220;While we have been working with state officials on an ongoing basis, we would welcome a meeting with Great&#8230;</p><p><a href="http://www.healthylakes.org/uncategorized/2010/01/20/white-house-welcomes-a-meeting-with-great-lakes-governors">White House Welcomes A Meeting With Great Lakes Governors</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.healthylakes.org">Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives - Urge Congress to Protect the Great Lakes</a></p>
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		<title>Carp eDNA in Lake Makes Meeting with the President More than Necessary</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/policy/asian-carp-barrier-act/2010/01/20/carp-edna-in-lake-makes-meeting-with-the-president-more-than-necessary</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:33:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Danitz Pache</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asian Carp Barrier Act]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.healthylakes.org/?p=3802</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>The <a href="http://www.healthylakes.org/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy53YXNoaW5ndG9ucG9zdC5jb20vd3AtZHluL2NvbnRlbnQvYXJ0aWNsZS8yMDEwLzAxLzE5L0FSMjAxMDAxMTkwMzE1OS5odG1s">Asian Carp eDNA has been found in the Calumet Harbor</a> at the mouth of Lake Michigan, past the O’Brien Locks and the Electric Barrier, meanwhile the Supreme Court has failed to force the closure of the locks and&#8230;</p><p><a href="http://www.healthylakes.org/policy/asian-carp-barrier-act/2010/01/20/carp-edna-in-lake-makes-meeting-with-the-president-more-than-necessary">Carp eDNA in Lake Makes Meeting with the President More than Necessary</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.healthylakes.org">Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives - Urge Congress to Protect the Great Lakes</a></p>
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		<title>GL Govs Call for White House Summit After Court Punts on Lock Closure</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/uncategorized/2010/01/19/gl-govs-call-for-white-house-summit-after-court-punts-on-lock-closure</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/uncategorized/2010/01/19/gl-govs-call-for-white-house-summit-after-court-punts-on-lock-closure#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:43:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Danitz Pache</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>The US Supreme Court did not call for the closing of the locks to keep the Asian Carp out of Lake Michigan and the Great Lakes ecosystem. While they rejected Michigan&#8217;s injunction they did not decide if they will hear&#8230;</p><p><a href="http://www.healthylakes.org/uncategorized/2010/01/19/gl-govs-call-for-white-house-summit-after-court-punts-on-lock-closure">GL Govs Call for White House Summit After Court Punts on Lock Closure</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.healthylakes.org">Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives - Urge Congress to Protect the Great Lakes</a></p>
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		<title>US Supreme Court Makes No Move to Stop Asian Carp</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/policy/asian-carp-barrier-act/2010/01/16/us-supreme-court-makes-no-move-to-stop-asian-carp</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 13:48:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Danitz Pache</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>For the second time in two weeks, the US Supreme Court chose not to deal with the state of Michigan’s request for an injunction to close the locks that threaten to let the Asian Carp into Lake Michigan via the&#8230;</p><p><a href="http://www.healthylakes.org/policy/asian-carp-barrier-act/2010/01/16/us-supreme-court-makes-no-move-to-stop-asian-carp">US Supreme Court Makes No Move to Stop Asian Carp</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.healthylakes.org">Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives - Urge Congress to Protect the Great Lakes</a></p>
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		<title>Sen. Dick Durban’s Chicago Asian Carp Summit Uninspired</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/congressional-winners-and-losers/2010/01/13/sen-dick-durban%e2%80%99s-chicago-asian-carp-summit-uninspired</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:59:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Danitz Pache</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Let’s let Congress address the Asian Carp threat to Lake Michigan and the Great Lakes economy and ecosystem – that was Sen. Dick Durban’s (D-Ill) suggestion at a news conference at the Shed Aquarium in Chicago. </p>
<p>An array of&#8230;</p><p><a href="http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/congressional-winners-and-losers/2010/01/13/sen-dick-durban%e2%80%99s-chicago-asian-carp-summit-uninspired">Sen. Dick Durban’s Chicago Asian Carp Summit Uninspired</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.healthylakes.org">Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives - Urge Congress to Protect the Great Lakes</a></p>
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		<title>The Supreme Court Chooses to Wait on Injunction to Close Locks</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/uncategorized/2010/01/11/the-supreme-court-chooses-to-wait-on-injunction-to-close-locks</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/uncategorized/2010/01/11/the-supreme-court-chooses-to-wait-on-injunction-to-close-locks#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Danitz Pache</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>It seems the US Supreme Court doesn’t realize that time is of the essence when trying to stop the Asian Carp from entering Lake Michigan and the Great Lakes ecosystem <a href="http://www.healthylakes.org/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5tbGl2ZS5jb20vbXVkcHVwcHkv">since on Friday the court chose not to deal</a>&#8230;</p><p><a href="http://www.healthylakes.org/uncategorized/2010/01/11/the-supreme-court-chooses-to-wait-on-injunction-to-close-locks">The Supreme Court Chooses to Wait on Injunction to Close Locks</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.healthylakes.org">Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives - Urge Congress to Protect the Great Lakes</a></p>
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		<title>News Reports Accuse MidWest of Hysterical React to Asian Carp</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/policy/asian-carp-barrier-act/2010/01/06/news-reports-accuse-midwest-of-hysterical-react-to-asian-carp</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/policy/asian-carp-barrier-act/2010/01/06/news-reports-accuse-midwest-of-hysterical-react-to-asian-carp#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:27:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Danitz Pache</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asian Carp Barrier Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asian-Carp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chicago Sanitary and Shipping Canal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Great Lakes Congressional Delegation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Hysterical? Questionable DNA? Ever seen a 100 plus pound flying fish? Even if scientists didn’t find fish DNA beyond the Electric Barrier in the Chicago Sanitary and Shipping Canal -just miles from the entry to Lake Michigan (which they did)-&#8230;</p><p><a href="http://www.healthylakes.org/policy/asian-carp-barrier-act/2010/01/06/news-reports-accuse-midwest-of-hysterical-react-to-asian-carp">News Reports Accuse MidWest of Hysterical React to Asian Carp</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.healthylakes.org">Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives - Urge Congress to Protect the Great Lakes</a></p>
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		<title>Ticking Clock for Comments on GLRI Plan</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/policy/great-lakes-restoration-initiative-policy/2010/01/05/ticking-clock-for-comments-on-glri-plan</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/policy/great-lakes-restoration-initiative-policy/2010/01/05/ticking-clock-for-comments-on-glri-plan#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:19:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Danitz Pache</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Great Lakes Restoration Initiative]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EPA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EPA draft plan for Great Lakes restoration]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.healthylakes.org/?p=3780</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>Time is running out for any and all who want to comment on the EPA&#8217;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&#8230;</p><p><a href="http://www.healthylakes.org/policy/great-lakes-restoration-initiative-policy/2010/01/05/ticking-clock-for-comments-on-glri-plan">Ticking Clock for Comments on GLRI Plan</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.healthylakes.org">Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives - Urge Congress to Protect the Great Lakes</a></p>
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		<title>Superior Surfers Take On Winter Storm</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/uncategorized/2010/01/04/superior-surfers-take-on-winter-storm</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/uncategorized/2010/01/04/superior-surfers-take-on-winter-storm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Danitz Pache</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Great Lakes surfers are hitting the waves regardless of snow, hail and sleet &#8211; in fact, those are just the conditions that make great waves. Hanging ten in fresh water is a great reason to fight for the restoration of&#8230;</p><p><a href="http://www.healthylakes.org/uncategorized/2010/01/04/superior-surfers-take-on-winter-storm">Superior Surfers Take On Winter Storm</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.healthylakes.org">Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives - Urge Congress to Protect the Great Lakes</a></p>
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		<title>Michigan Sues Illinios Over Carp</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/policy/asian-carp-barrier-act/2009/12/22/michigan-sues-illinios-over-carp</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/policy/asian-carp-barrier-act/2009/12/22/michigan-sues-illinios-over-carp#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:39:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Danitz Pache</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asian Carp Barrier Act]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<p>It is now official, Michigan is suing to force the closure of the O&#8217;Brien Lock and Dam in the Calumet-Sag Channel, the Chicago Controlling Works in the Illinois River and the permanent seperation of the artificial link between the Mississippi&#8230;</p><p><a href="http://www.healthylakes.org/policy/asian-carp-barrier-act/2009/12/22/michigan-sues-illinios-over-carp">Michigan Sues Illinios Over Carp</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.healthylakes.org">Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives - Urge Congress to Protect the Great Lakes</a></p>
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		<title>Congress and Legislators Demand the Asian Carp be Stopped</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/congressional-winners-and-losers/2009/12/21/congress-and-legislators-demand-the-asian-carp-be-stopped</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/congressional-winners-and-losers/2009/12/21/congress-and-legislators-demand-the-asian-carp-be-stopped#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:33:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Danitz Pache</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>We learned weeks ago that the DNA of Asian Carp was present beyond the electric barrier in the Chicago Sanitary and Shipping Canal but from Congress and the White House we only heard silence. Then last week closed with a&#8230;</p><p><a href="http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/congressional-winners-and-losers/2009/12/21/congress-and-legislators-demand-the-asian-carp-be-stopped">Congress and Legislators Demand the Asian Carp be Stopped</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.healthylakes.org">Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives - Urge Congress to Protect the Great Lakes</a></p>
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		<title>US House Expected to Pass Jobs Bill Tonight: Promising News for Great Lakes Water Infrastructure</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/congressional-winners-and-losers/2009/12/16/us-house-expected-to-pass-jobs-bill-tonight-promising-news-for-great-lakes-water-infrastructure</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Danitz Pache</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jobs & Economic Recovery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clean Water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[combined sewer systems]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Tonight is the night that the US House intends to put people to work modernizing this nation’s water infrastructure. The jobs bill that is expected to pass tonight provides $1 billion for clean water and $1 billion for drinking water&#8230;</p><p><a href="http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/congressional-winners-and-losers/2009/12/16/us-house-expected-to-pass-jobs-bill-tonight-promising-news-for-great-lakes-water-infrastructure">US House Expected to Pass Jobs Bill Tonight: Promising News for Great Lakes Water Infrastructure</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.healthylakes.org">Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives - Urge Congress to Protect the Great Lakes</a></p>
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		<title>Some Interesting Holiday Reading Coming Your Way: GLRI All The Way</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/policy/great-lakes-restoration-initiative-policy/2009/12/16/some-interesting-holiday-reading-coming-your-way-glri-all-the-way</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/policy/great-lakes-restoration-initiative-policy/2009/12/16/some-interesting-holiday-reading-coming-your-way-glri-all-the-way#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:51:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Danitz Pache</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Great Lakes Restoration Initiative]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asian-Carp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Funding Guide]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.healthylakes.org/?p=3767</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>After all those public meetings and after reading through all our public comments, the EPA has just released the <a href="http://www.healthylakes.org/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL2dyZWF0bGFrZXNyZXN0b3JhdGlvbi51cy9hY3Rpb24vP3A9NQ==">final draft of their plan </a>for implementing the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative from 2010 to 2014. They are asking for&#8230;</p><p><a href="http://www.healthylakes.org/policy/great-lakes-restoration-initiative-policy/2009/12/16/some-interesting-holiday-reading-coming-your-way-glri-all-the-way">Some Interesting Holiday Reading Coming Your Way: GLRI All The Way</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.healthylakes.org">Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives - Urge Congress to Protect the Great Lakes</a></p>
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		<title>Feds Invest In Stopping Asian Carp</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/white-house-great-lakes-congressional-watch-2/2009/12/15/feds-invest-in-stopping-asian-carp</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/white-house-great-lakes-congressional-watch-2/2009/12/15/feds-invest-in-stopping-asian-carp#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:29:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Danitz Pache</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[White House]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.healthylakes.org/?p=3765</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>As invasive species, Asian Carp were always going get some fiscal attention from the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funding, and now EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, has announced that $13 million will go directly to trying to stop the carp from&#8230;</p><p><a href="http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/white-house-great-lakes-congressional-watch-2/2009/12/15/feds-invest-in-stopping-asian-carp">Feds Invest In Stopping Asian Carp</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.healthylakes.org">Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives - Urge Congress to Protect the Great Lakes</a></p>
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		<title>The Great Lakes Echo Takes On the Power Industry</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/uncategorized/2009/12/15/the-great-lakes-echo-takes-on-the-power-industry</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthylakes.org/uncategorized/2009/12/15/the-great-lakes-echo-takes-on-the-power-industry#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:22:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Danitz Pache</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.healthylakes.org/?p=3763</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>In a <a href="http://www.healthylakes.org/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL2dyZWF0bGFrZXNlY2hvLmNvbS8=">provocative series </a>about the Environmental Protection Agencies attempt to rectify years of lax regulation of the power industry, the Great Lakes Echo brings home some very salient points about what is going into our waterways. To read&#8230;</p><p><a href="http://www.healthylakes.org/uncategorized/2009/12/15/the-great-lakes-echo-takes-on-the-power-industry">The Great Lakes Echo Takes On the Power Industry</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.healthylakes.org">Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives - Urge Congress to Protect the Great Lakes</a></p>
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		<title>Rumors of Abuse of GLRI Funds Already Circulating</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/policy/great-lakes-restoration-initiative-policy/2009/12/14/rumors-of-abuse-of-glri-funds-already-circulating</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:54:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Danitz Pache</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Great Lakes Restoration Initiative]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andy Buchsbaum]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>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&#8230;</p><p><a href="http://www.healthylakes.org/policy/great-lakes-restoration-initiative-policy/2009/12/14/rumors-of-abuse-of-glri-funds-already-circulating">Rumors of Abuse of GLRI Funds Already Circulating</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.healthylakes.org">Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives - Urge Congress to Protect the Great Lakes</a></p>
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		<title>Great Lakes Day 2010 &#8211; February 23-24 &#8211; Washington, DC &#8211; Registration is now open!</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/news-events/events/great-lakes-day/2009/12/14/great-lakes-day-2010-february-23-24-washington-dc-registration-is-now-open</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:48:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mwood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With your help, the effort to restore the Great Lakes has made significant progress in the past year, which is why it is more important now than ever to attend Great Lakes Day, February 23-24 in Washington, D.C.!<p><a href="http://www.healthylakes.org/news-events/events/great-lakes-day/2009/12/14/great-lakes-day-2010-february-23-24-washington-dc-registration-is-now-open">Great Lakes Day 2010 &#8211; February 23-24 &#8211; Washington, DC &#8211; Registration is now open!</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.healthylakes.org">Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives - Urge Congress to Protect the Great Lakes</a></p>
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		<title>Some Great Lakes Congressmen Call for Locks to Close &amp; Permanent Separation of Basins; Others May Follow</title>
		<link>http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/congressional-winners-and-losers/2009/12/11/some-great-lakes-congressmen-call-for-locks-to-close-others-may-follow</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:12:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Danitz Pache</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>The Great Lakes Task Force has been circulating a letter on Capitol Hill urging immediate action to stop the Asian Carp from entering the Great Lakes. They join Michigan’s Governor in calling for the locks to be closed and consideration&#8230;</p><p><a href="http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/congressional-winners-and-losers/2009/12/11/some-great-lakes-congressmen-call-for-locks-to-close-others-may-follow">Some Great Lakes Congressmen Call for Locks to Close &#038; Permanent Separation of Basins; Others May Follow</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.healthylakes.org">Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives - Urge Congress to Protect the Great Lakes</a></p>
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		<title>Great Lakes Thanks, Rep. Norm Dicks</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:32:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Danitz Pache</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>There would be no Great Lakes Restoration Initiative – no $475 million – if it weren’t for a democrat from Washington State: Rep. Norm Dicks. As Chair of the Interior Subcommittee on Appropriations, Rep. Dicks was one of the stars&#8230;</p><p><a href="http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/congressional-winners-and-losers/2009/12/11/great-lakes-man-of-the-year-rep-norm-dicks">Great Lakes Thanks, Rep. Norm Dicks</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.healthylakes.org">Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives - Urge Congress to Protect the Great Lakes</a></p>
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		<title>It is Time for the Restoration of America’s Great Waters</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:04:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Danitz Pache</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>The Great Waters Coalition launched to vivid enthusiasm among members of Congress who want to help restore this nation’s great waters. A number of these Congressmen and women appeared at the Great Waters launch to urge the newly formed coalition&#8230;</p><p><a href="http://www.healthylakes.org/uncategorized/2009/12/09/it-is-time-for-the-restoration-of-america%e2%80%99s-great-waters">It is Time for the Restoration of America’s Great Waters</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.healthylakes.org">Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives - Urge Congress to Protect the Great Lakes</a></p>
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		<title>The Third Wave of Conservationism Hits Washington</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:55:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Danitz Pache</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>With today’s launch of the Great Waters Coalition, the nation’s conservation movement matures into its third and hopefully most powerful wave to ever hit Washington. This morning, on Capitol Hill, representatives of more than 30 organizations working to restore this&#8230;</p><p><a href="http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/congressional-winners-and-losers/2009/12/08/the-third-wave-of-conservationism-hits-washington">The Third Wave of Conservationism Hits Washington</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.healthylakes.org">Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives - Urge Congress to Protect the Great Lakes</a></p>
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		<title>Davis’ Quote says it all: &#8220;We knew this day would come.”</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:57:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Danitz Pache</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>“We knew this day would come,” Great Lakes Czar Cam Davis told the <a href="http://www.healthylakes.org/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5jaGljYWdvdHJpYnVuZS5jb20vbmV3cy9jaGktYXNpYW4tY2FycC0wNi1iZC1kZWMwNiwwLDU1ODg4NDcuc3Rvcnk=">Chicago Tribune </a>in reference to the threatened great Asian Carp invasion of 2010. Davis promises that as early as today there could be a decision made&#8230;</p><p><a href="http://www.healthylakes.org/great-lakes-congressional-watch/congressional-winners-and-losers/2009/12/07/davis%e2%80%99-quote-says-it-all-we-knew-this-day-would-come-%e2%80%9d">Davis’ Quote says it all: &#8220;We knew this day would come.”</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.healthylakes.org">Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives - Urge Congress to Protect the Great Lakes</a></p>
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