Presentations

• Great Lakes Primer and Orientation Program: Great Lakes Compact

• Great Lakes Primer and Orientation Program: Shipping

• NEMWI Hosts Briefing on New Study Examining Methods of Improving Conservation Efficiency

• The NEMWI and Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee Co-Host Congressional Briefing on the 2016 Asian Carp Action Plan-VIEW THE PRESENTATION

Hill Happenings

• Congressional Leaders Address Great Lakes Breakfast

• NEMWI Provides Further Analysis of President’s FY2017 Budget Request

• GLWP Hill Happenings February 2013

• GLWP Hill Happenings December 2013

• GLWP Hill Happenings January 2014

• GLWP Hill Happenings February 2014

• GLWP Hill Happenings March 2014

• GLWP Hill Happenings April 2014

• GLWP Hill Happenings May 2014

• GLWP Hill Happenings June 2014

• GLWP Hill Happenings July 2014

• GLWP Hill Happenings August 2014

• GLWP Hill Happenings September 2014

• GLWP Hill Happenings October 2014

• GLWP Hill Happenings November 2014

• GLWP Hill Happenings December 2014

• GLWP Hill Happenings November 2013

• GLWP Hill Happenings October 2013

• GLWP Hill Happenings September 2013

• GLWP Hill Happenings August 2013

• GLWP Hill Happenings July 2013

• GLWP Hill Happenings June 2013

• GLWP Hill Happenings May 2013

• GLWP Hill Happenings April 2013

• GLWP Hill Happenings March 2013

Water Quality & Waterways

• Issue Spotlight: Great Lakes Mapping

• Environmental Protection Agency Tracker

• NEMWI Releases Scorecard on State Legislature and Environmental Agencies PFAS Response

• Report: Congressional Oversight of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

• Report: Lead Service Line Replacement Under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

• Northeast-Midwest Institute Releases New White Paper on the Potential of Public Banking as a Catalyst for Green Infrastructure and Investment

• Northeast-Midwest Institute Releases Report on Conservation Effectiveness in Watersheds in the Upper Mississippi River Basin

• NEMWI Releases Report on Lead Policies and Media Coverage Post-Flint

• NEMWI Releases New Study on the Cost of Nitrate Treatment

• NEMW Releases Response to the U.S. EPA Lead and Copper Rules Revisions White Paper

• NEMW Launches Safe Drinking Water Research and Policy Program

• Mississippi River Collaborative Calls on EPA to Step Up Efforts to Reduce Pollution in Mississippi River

• Study Evaluates Water Monitoring in the Susquehanna River Basin

• Clarifications Needed to Strengthen the Lead and Copper Rule Working Group’s Recommendations for Long Term Revisions to the Federal Lead and Copper Rule

  (November 2015)

• Great Ships Initiative: Land-Based Status Test of the JFE BallastAce Ballast Water Management System and Components at the GSI Testing Facility

• NEMWI Lake Erie Water Monitoring Study

• Great Ships Initiative: Land-Based Performance Evaluation in Ambient and Augmented Duluth-Superior Harbor Water of Eight Commercially Available Ballast Water Treatment System Filter Units

  (June 2014)

• Invasive Species: Harmful Microbes in Ballast Water: Protecting the Great Lakes Ecosystem

• Great Ships Initiative: Final Report of the Shipboard Testing of the Sodium Hydroxide (NaOH) Ballast Water Treatment System Onboard the MV Indiana Harbor

  (June 2013)

• Great Ships Initiative: Final Report of Land-Based Freshwater Testing of a Ballast Water Treatment Involving Sodium Hypochlorite (NaOCl)

  (June 2012)

• The Northeast’s Transportation Climate Initiative

  (June 2012)

• Great Ships Initiative: Final Report of the Land-Based Freshwater Testing of the AlfaWall AB PureBallast® Ballast Water Management System

  (June 2011)

• Great Ships Initiative: Final Report of the Land-Based Freshwater Testing of the Lye (NaOH) Ballast Water Treatment System

  (June 2011)

• Great Ships Initiative: A Ballast Discharge Monitoring System for Great Lakes Relevant Ships: A Guidebook for Researchers, Ship Owners, and Agency Officials

  (June 2011)

• Great Ships Initiative: Report of the Land-Based Freshwater Testing of the Simens SiCURE™ Ballast Water Management System

  (June 2010)

• Innovative Financing for Great Lakes Environmental Restoration, Concepts for Tying Waterfront Development to Environmental Restoration and Funding the Non-Federal Match for Great Lakes Legacy Projects

  (December 2008)

• Great Ships Initiative: The Response of Zooplankton and Phytoplankton from the North American Great Lakes to Filtration (2007). Cangelosi A, Mays N, Balcer M, Reavie E, Reid D, Sturtevant R & Gao X. Harmful Algae; 6 ( iv): 547-566.

• Invasive Species: Great Ships for the Great Lakes? Commercial Vessels Free Of Invasive Species in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System. A Scoping Report for the Great Ships Initiative

  (June 2006)

• Large-Scale Demonstrations of Prospective Ballast Water Treatments Relevant to Seaway Size Commercial Ships: Disk Filtration and Ultraviolet Irradiation. Final Report to the Great Lakes Protection Fund

• Great Ships Initiative: Summary and Findings of the Ballast Discharge Monitoring Device Workshop

  (June 2005)

• Large-Scale Ecosystem Restoration and the Federal Policy Process

  (June 2005)

• Great Ships Initiative: Sampling Approaches and Recommendations of the Great Lakes Ballast Technology Demonstration Project

  (June 2003)

• Filtration as a Ballast Water Treatment Measure (2002). In: Invasive Aquatic Species of Europe. Distribution, Impacts and Management (E Leppakoski, S Gollasch & S Olenin, eds), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Boston, London.

Policy Analysis

• NEMWI Releases Analysis of FY 2024 Appropriations

• Clarifications Needed to Strengthen the Lead and Copper Rule Working Group’s Recommendations for Long Term Revisions to the Federal Lead and Copper Rule

  (November 2015)

Media

• Detroit News Covers Cuts to NOAA – June 2025

• The New Lede Covers NEMWI PFAS Briefing – May 2025

• Redistricting and Gerrymandering CBS Interview – August 13th, 2021

• NEMWI Congressional Briefing Releasing Conservation Study Covered by E&E News (July 24, 2019)

• NEMWI Staff Publish Op-Ed on Public Banking and Green Infrastructure and Conservation Projects (July 22, 2019)

• NEMWI Nitrate Study Cited by Circle of Blue (July 20th, 2018)

• NEMWI Nitrate Report Cited by Water Online (July 6th, 2018)

• Op-Ed Published in The Gazette, Written by NEMWI’s Director of the Safe Drinking Water Research and Policy Program (July 5th, 2018)

• Op-Ed Published in The Hill, Written by NEMWI’s Senior Policy Counsel for the Mississippi River Basin Program (June 26th, 2018)

• Politico Article Cites NEMWI’s Senior Policy Counsel for the Mississippi River Basin Program (June 13th, 2018)

• Association of Clean Water Administrators Discuss NEMWI’s Nitrate Report (June 8th, 2018)

• NEMWI Nitrate Report Discussed by the Association of State Drinking Water Administrators (June 5th, 2018)

• NEMWI Nitrate Report Cited in an NRDC Expert Post (May 22nd, 2018)

• Tonight’s NOVA episode delves into the Flint Water Crisis (May 31st, 2017)

• Safe Drinking Water Director Advises Consumers on Finding Lead-Free Plumbing (May 16th, 2017)

• NEMWI Safe Drinking Water Program Director Interviewed on the Third Anniversary of the Flint Water Crisis (April 26th, 2017)

• NEMW Expertise Featured in Story by Circle of Blue News (December 2nd, 2016)

• University of Michigan Highlights NEMW Program Director Elin Betanzo’s Personal Connection to the Flint Water Crisis (December 2nd, 2016)

• NPR Michigan Radio Features NEMWI Expert’s Analysis of Detroit Drinking Water (December 2nd, 2016)

SideBarFeauturedReports

• Northeast-Midwest Institute Posts Concept Paper on FRB Replacement of Non-Recoverable State and Local Revenue Shortfalls Resulting From COVID-19 Mitigation Initiatives

• Northeast-Midwest Institute Releases Report on Conservation Effectiveness in Watersheds in the Upper Mississippi River Basin

• Fighting Blight in the Northeast-Midwest

• The President’s FY2017 Budget Request & the Northeast-Midwest Region

  (March 2016)

• Study Evaluates Water Monitoring in the Susquehanna River Basin

Uncategorized

• NEMWI Hosts 2026 Great Lakes Environmental Summit

• How the Trump Administration Has Reshaped the Federal Workforce, One Year In

• Issue Spotlight: Great Lakes Mapping

• NEMWI, National Marine Sanctuary Foundation Host Capitol Hill Briefing

• NEMWI and GLFC Host Lamprey Event in Senate

• Federal Great Lakes and Water Legislation Tracker, 2025-26

• Minnesota Statistics

• Wisconsin Statistics

• Illinois Statistics

• Indiana Statistics

• Michigan Statistics

• Ohio Statistics

• Pennsylvania Statistics

• New York Statistics

• Great Lakes Statistics Hub

• NEMWI and GLFC Host Lamprey Event on Capitol Hill

• The Ripple Effect of State and Provincial Great Lakes Legislating

• Great Lakes Breakfast 2025

• AOC Spotlight: The Buffalo River

• AOC Spotlight: The Cuyahoga River

• The Great Lakes as Great Uniters Can Turn Disruption into Opportunity

• Part 3 – From Steadfastness to Success

• Part 2 — From Strategy to Success

• GLRI – Where We’ve Been Guides Where We’re Headed

• Part 1 – From Skepticism to Success

• 2026 Great Lakes Environmental Summit

• Intern for Environmental Policy

• Intern for Federal Policy Monitoring

• Intern for Communications and Development

• NEMWI Releases Report on Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund

• Federal Great Lakes and Water Legislation Tracker, 2023-24

• Federal Great Lakes and Water Legislation Tracker, 2021-22

• NEMWI Releases Environmental Justice Scorecard

• Scorecard: Climate Change Remediation Policies in Northeast and Midwest States

• Invasive Species Legislative Tracker, 2021-22

• Great Lakes Primer and Orientation Program

• NEMWI Concludes Great Lakes Primer and Orientation Program

• NEMWI Analysis of 2020 Election and the Great Lakes Region

• NEMWI Hosts Asian Carp Webinar

• Conservation Program Effectiveness Supported in New NEMWI Research Reports

• NEMWI Releases Research Brief on Social Equity and Environmental Justice

• NEMWI Releases New Report on Natural Infrastructure and Flooding in Upper Mississippi Region

• Annual Great Lakes Summit Convenes Congressmen, Stakeholders

• Article on Lead Contamination in Drinking Water Published by the Globe Post Cites NEMWI Expert (June 12, 2019)

• NEMWI Hosts Briefing on New Study Examining Methods of Improving Conservation Efficiency

• NEMWI Holds Briefing on Improving Conservation

• NEMWI’S GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL SUMMIT

• NEMWI Releases New Study on Improving Conservation

• NEMWI Releases Report on Lead Policies and Media Coverage Post-Flint

• NEMWI and Great Lakes Commission to Hold Briefing on Great Lakes Regional Green Infrastructure

• NEMWI Holds Capitol Hill Briefing on Asian Carp Control in the Upper Mississippi and Ohio River Basins

• NEMWI Hosts a Briefing on Asian Carp and the Great Lakes

• ACRCC May 21st, 2018 Briefing Audio

• NEMWI Briefing on Asian Carp

• NEMWI Hosts Four Congressional Briefings on Regional Issues

• Briefing on the 2017 Hypoxia task Force Report to Congress Full Audio Recording

• The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative: Success Stories and Challenges Ahead full audio recording

• The Lead Crisis and Safe Drinking Water: Lessons from Flint and Other Drinking Water Emergencies full audio recording

• Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Maritime Transportation Day briefing full audio

• ACRCC Contingency Plan briefing full audio recording

• Water Quality in the Upper Mississippi River Basin: Nitrates, Treatment Costs, and the Role of Agriculture full audio recording

• Lead, PFCs, and Other Threats to Safe Drinking Water Full Recording

• New Markets Tax Credit Briefing Full Audio Recording

• Historical Tax Credit Briefing Full Audio Recording

• Full Recording – Asian Carp Control and Management in the Ohio River and Upper Mississippi River Basins

• The Risks of Commercial Net-Pen Aquaculture on the Great Lakes

• Test Table Post

• Incoming Coalition Co-Chairs Headline Institute’s Annual Capitol Hill Reception

• The Great Lakes Environmental Summit

• The Capitol Hill Reception for the Region

• Mississippi River Collaborative Meeting

• IN MEMORIAM: Congressman STEVE LATOURETTE, NEMWI BOARD CHAIR

• Report Assesses Federal Response to Blight

• Fighting Blight in the Northeast-Midwest

• GLWP Hill Happenings August 2014

• Understanding the Flow of Federal Funds Data

• NEMWI Hosts Briefings on 21st Century Monitoring Technology and the Future of the GLRI

• Recap: NEMWI Great Lakes Environmental Summit 2013

Notes to the Coalitions

• Budget Cuts to Programs Important to the Northeast-Midwest Region (February 16, 2011)

News

• Environment and Public Works Committee Holds Hearing on Great Lakes Restoration

• FY27 President’s Budget Report

• NEMWI Hosts 2026 Great Lakes Environmental Summit

• How the Trump Administration Has Reshaped the Federal Workforce, One Year In

• Issue Spotlight: Great Lakes Mapping

• Senators Moreno, Peters, Announced as Senate GLTF Co-Chairs

• AOC Spotlight: The Buffalo River

• AOC Spotlight: The Cuyahoga River

• Unfinished Business: Call Congress Back to Work

• Video Briefing: EV Battery Materials Production and Recycling and The Emerging Circular Economy

• NEMWI Hosts Webinar on PFAS in the Great Lakes

• Manufacturing Network Announces New Strategic Plan

• NEMWI Webinar Provides Watershed Conservation Primer and Orientation

• NEMWI Launches Great Lakes Legislative Tracker To Monitor Great Lakes Bills

• NEMWI President Interviewed on CBS National News on Congressional Redistricting Process

• Northeast Midwest Institute Hosts Annual Great Lakes Summit

• The Electoral College Saved Democracy

• NEMWI Hosts Webinar on Great Lakes Resiliency Issues

• NEMWI Analysis of 2020 Election and the Great Lakes Region

• NEMWI Hosts Asian Carp Webinar

• NEMWI Co-Hosts Briefing on Efficiently Funding the Soo Locks

• NEMWI Briefing Highlights GLRI’s Regional Economic Benefits

• Northeast-Midwest Institute Releases New White Paper on Retooling Trade Adjustment Assistance and Modernizing the Trade Safety Net

• Northeast-Midwest Institute Releases New White Paper on the Potential of Public Banking as a Catalyst for Green Infrastructure and Investment

• Overview of America’s Transportation Infrastructure Act (ATIA) of 2019

• NEMWI Hosts Briefing on New Study Examining Methods of Improving Conservation Efficiency

• New Study of Climate Change Impacts Presented at Capitol Hill Briefing

• Northeast-Midwest Institute Releases Report on Conservation Effectiveness in Watersheds in the Upper Mississippi River Basin

• Lead in Drinking Water Examined at June 6th Capitol Hill Briefing

• NEMWI and the Congressional Caucus on Corrosion Prevention Hold a Briefing on Lead in Drinking Water

• NEMWI Co-host Congressional Briefing on the ACRCC’s 2019 Asian Carp Action Plan

• NEMWI Hosts Primer on Water Policies That Govern Its Availability, Quality, and Reliability

• American Manufacturing Communities Collaborative Launched

• NEMWI to Hold a Primer on Water Policies That Govern its Availability, Quality, and Reliability

• NEMWI Holds Congressional Great Lakes Orientation Program

• Northeast-Midwest Institute’s Congressional Great Lakes Orientation Briefing

• NEMWI Hosts Great Lakes Environmental Summit

• NEMWI Releases New Study on Improving Conservation

• NEMWI and GLC Host Congressional Briefing on Green Infrastructure

• NEMWI and Great Lakes Commission to Hold Briefing on Great Lakes Regional Green Infrastructure

• NEMWI Holds Capitol Hill Briefing on Asian Carp Control in the Upper Mississippi and Ohio River Basins

• NEMWI Hosts a Briefing on Asian Carp and the Great Lakes

• NEMWI Holds Briefing on New Study of Cost of Nitrate Removal from the Mississippi River

• NEMWI Releases New Study on the Cost of Nitrate Treatment

• NEMWI Submits Proposal to Present Testimony to the United States Trade Representative on the Impact of Proposed Tariffs against the People’s Republic of China

• Importance of the Soo Locks to the American Steel Industry Highlighted at Capitol Hill Briefing

• Hypoxia Task Force 2017 Report to Congress Presented at Capitol Hill Briefing

• Briefing Held to Highlight Maritime Issues on Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Maritime Day

• Briefing Held on Nitrates and Water Treatment Costs in the Mississippi River Basin

• Threats to Drinking Water Examined at NEMWI Briefing

• Impact of New Markets and Historic Tax Credit Programs Explored

• NEMWI Staff Expertise Directory

• NEMWI Submits Comment on the 2017 Draft U.S. Action Plan for Lake Erie

• NEMWI Submits Comment on Proposed Repeal of the Clean Water Rule

• NEMWI Briefing Addresses Asian Carp Control in Mississippi and Ohio River Basins

• New Director of Safe Drinking Water Program Joins NEMWI Staff on August 28

• NEMWI Submits Comments on the Great Lakes Draft Binational Strategy for PCB Risk Management

• Senior Fellow Presents on Trump’s Impact on Brownfields

• Asian Carp Contingency Plan Reviewed at NEMWI Briefing

• NEMWI Monitors Appropriations, Tracks Impact on Regional Priorities with Fact Sheets

• NEMWI and the Council of the Great Lakes Region Announce New Partnership

• NEMWI Launches Senior Fellows Program

• National Expert on Brownfields is New Institute Senior Fellow

• Briefing Highlights Importance of Manufacturing and Wage Growth

• Capitol Hill Briefing Addresses GLRI ‘Success Stories’

• New Senior Fellow for Summer 2017 to Focus on Urban Economics and Growth

• NEMWI Releases Analysis of President Trump’s FY 18 Budget Request

• NEMWI Expert Submits Comments on EPA’s Proposed Rule on Use of Lead Free Pipes, Fittings, Fixtures, Solder, and Flux for Drinking Water

• Institute’s Safe Drinking Water Program Holds Briefing on Lead Crisis

• Twelve Representatives Speak at Great Lakes Day Breakfast Reception

• NEMWI Releases Preliminary Analysis of President Trump’s Budget Blueprint

• Great Lakes Leaders Convene for Environmental Summit

• Incoming Coalition Co-Chairs Headline Institute’s Annual Capitol Hill Reception

• Northeast-Midwest Congressional Coalition Elects New Co-Chairs

• NEMW Releases Response to the U.S. EPA Lead and Copper Rules Revisions White Paper

• NEMW Launches Safe Drinking Water Research and Policy Program

• Mississippi River Collaborative Calls on EPA to Step Up Efforts to Reduce Pollution in Mississippi River

• NEMWI Works with Detroit to Minimize Lead in Drinking Water

• Congressional Briefing on Efforts to Control Asian Carp in the Mississippi River Basin

• Report Assesses Federal Response to Blight

• NEMWI Analyst Plays Critical Role in Diagnosing Flint Water Crisis

• Study Evaluates Water Monitoring in the Susquehanna River Basin

• NEMWI Hosts “Train-the-Trainer” Ballast Water Workshop

• Investing in Manufacturing Communities Reception

• NEMWI Releases “How Clean Is Clean?”

• Great Lakes Leaders Stress Economic Importance of Seaway System

• NEMWI Assists with Resolution of Lead in Drinking Water in Flint, Michigan

• APPROPRIATORS NEGOTIATE SPENDING AHEAD OF DECEMBER 11 DEADLINE

• 2015 LAND-BASED TESTING SEASON FOR GREAT SHIPS INITIATIVE UNDERWAY

• Roll-Out of NEMWI’s Lake Erie Water Monitoring Study Continues

• Recap: Algal Blooms, Agriculture & Lake Erie

• NEMWI Study Finds Inadequate Water Data in the Lake Erie Drainage Basin

• Recap: NEMWI Great Lakes Water Levels Management Briefing

• NEMWI Announces Steve LaTourette as New Board Chair

• Briefing “Great Lakes Water Levels, Recent Analyses of Historically-Low Levels and Policy Considerations”: December 4

Economic Development

• Report: Legacy Cities Local Governance

• Federal Manufacturing Legislation Tracker, 2025-26

• Northeast-Midwest Institute Releases Report on the Impacts of the Infrastructure, Investment, and Jobs Act of 2021

• Report: Congressional Oversight of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

• Federal Manufacturing Legislation Tracker, 2023-24

• Manufacturing Legislative Tracker, 2021-22

• NEMWI Launches Economic Recovery and Workforce Development Policy Initiative for 2021 Forward

• Northeast-Midwest Institute Releases New White Paper on Retooling Trade Adjustment Assistance and Modernizing the Trade Safety Net

• Northeast-Midwest Institute Releases New White Paper on the Potential of Public Banking as a Catalyst for Green Infrastructure and Investment

Reports

• FY27 President’s Budget Report

• Issue Spotlight: Great Lakes Mapping

• Report: Legacy Cities Local Governance

• Federal Great Lakes and Water Legislation Tracker, 2025-26

• Great Lakes Statistics Hub

• Environmental Protection Agency Tracker

• Critical Minerals Legislative Tracker 2025-26

• Report: Brownfields in the Northeast and Midwest

• Federal Manufacturing Legislation Tracker, 2025-26

• Report: State Permitting for Clean Energy Infrastructure

• NEMWI Releases Scorecard on State Legislature and Environmental Agencies PFAS Response

• Northeast-Midwest Institute Releases Report on the Impacts of the Infrastructure, Investment, and Jobs Act of 2021

• NEMWI Releases Northeastern States Energy Scorecard

• Great Lakes Provisions in the President’s FY 2025 Budget Request

• NEMWI Releases Analysis of FY 2024 Appropriations

• Report: Congressional Oversight of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

• Report: Lead Service Line Replacement Under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

• NEMWI Releases Report on Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund

• Federal Great Lakes and Water Legislation Tracker, 2023-24

• Federal Great Lakes and Water Legislation Tracker, 2021-22

• Federal Manufacturing Legislation Tracker, 2023-24

• Scorecard: Climate Change Remediation Policies in Northeast and Midwest States

• Manufacturing Legislative Tracker, 2021-22

• Invasive Species Legislative Tracker, 2021-22

• Three Key Challenges for Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic States Scaling Up Off-Shore Wind Generation

  (June 2021)

• NEMWI Launches Economic Recovery and Workforce Development Policy Initiative for 2021 Forward

• NEMWI Issue Brief Addresses Increased Medicaid Costs and Need for Federal Unemployment Benefits

• NEMWI Releases Research Brief on Social Equity and Environmental Justice

• NEMWI Releases Issue Brief on Macroeconomic Policy to Fight the “Greater Recession”

• Northeast-Midwest Institute Posts Concept Paper on FRB Replacement of Non-Recoverable State and Local Revenue Shortfalls Resulting From COVID-19 Mitigation Initiatives

• Northeast-Midwest Institute Releases New White Paper on Retooling Trade Adjustment Assistance and Modernizing the Trade Safety Net

• Northeast-Midwest Institute Releases New White Paper on the Potential of Public Banking as a Catalyst for Green Infrastructure and Investment

• New Study of Climate Change Impacts Presented at Capitol Hill Briefing

• Northeast-Midwest Institute Releases Report on Conservation Effectiveness in Watersheds in the Upper Mississippi River Basin

• NEMWI Releases Report on Lead Policies and Media Coverage Post-Flint

• NEMWI Releases New Study on the Cost of Nitrate Treatment

• Four Perspectives on Asian Grass Carp Examined at Capitol Hill Briefing

• NEMW Releases Response to the U.S. EPA Lead and Copper Rules Revisions White Paper

• NEMW Launches Safe Drinking Water Research and Policy Program

• Mississippi River Collaborative Calls on EPA to Step Up Efforts to Reduce Pollution in Mississippi River

• Fighting Blight in the Northeast-Midwest Region: Assessing the Federal Response to Vacant and Abandoned Properties

  (May 2016)

• Fighting Blight in the Northeast-Midwest

• The President’s FY2017 Budget Request & the Northeast-Midwest Region

  (March 2016)

• Study Evaluates Water Monitoring in the Susquehanna River Basin

• Clarifications Needed to Strengthen the Lead and Copper Rule Working Group’s Recommendations for Long Term Revisions to the Federal Lead and Copper Rule

  (November 2015)

• NEMWI Releases “How Clean Is Clean?”

• Great Ships Initiative: Land-Based Status Test of the JFE BallastAce Ballast Water Management System and Components at the GSI Testing Facility

• NEMWI Lake Erie Water Monitoring Study

• NEMWI Lake Erie Water Monitoring Study Report Files

• Waterborne Trade & Invasive Species

• The President’s FY2016 Budget and the Northeast-Midwest Region

  (March 2015)

• Building a Climate-Resilient Great Lakes: Federal Resources and Assistance for State and Local Governments

• Great Ships Initiative: Land-Based Performance Evaluation in Ambient and Augmented Duluth-Superior Harbor Water of Eight Commercially Available Ballast Water Treatment System Filter Units

  (June 2014)

• The President’s FY2015 Budget and the NEMW Region

  (March 2014)

• Invasive Species: Harmful Microbes in Ballast Water: Protecting the Great Lakes Ecosystem

• Great Ships Initiative: Final Report of the Shipboard Testing of the Sodium Hydroxide (NaOH) Ballast Water Treatment System Onboard the MV Indiana Harbor

  (June 2013)

• Federal Programs That Benefit the NEMW Region: A Post Budget Day Addendum

  (June 2013)

• NEMWI Note to the Coalitions: Superstorm Sandy Appropriations

  (June 2013)

• The President’s FY2014 Budget and the Northeast-Midwest Region

  (April 2013)

• Superstorm Sandy Appropriations Update

  (January 2013)

• Children’s Environmental Health: Asthma and Lead Poisoning in NEMW States and Cities

  (December 2012)

• Great Ships Initiative: Final Report of Land-Based Freshwater Testing of a Ballast Water Treatment Involving Sodium Hypochlorite (NaOCl)

  (June 2012)

• The Northeast’s Transportation Climate Initiative

  (June 2012)

• New Energy for Older Cities: District Energy and Combined Heat and Power

  (June 2012)

• The Landman Cometh: Property Questions within the NEMW Natural Gas Debate

  (June 2012)

• Update on the Federal Partnership for Sustainable Communities: Programs, Funding, and NEMW Grantees

  (June 2012)

• Analysis: Key Regional Programs – President’s FY 2013 Budget

  (June 2012)

• The President’s FY2013 Budget and The Region

  (June 2012)

• Great Ships Initiative: Final Report of the Land-Based Freshwater Testing of the AlfaWall AB PureBallast® Ballast Water Management System

  (June 2011)

• Great Ships Initiative: Final Report of the Land-Based Freshwater Testing of the Lye (NaOH) Ballast Water Treatment System

  (June 2011)

• Great Ships Initiative: A Ballast Discharge Monitoring System for Great Lakes Relevant Ships: A Guidebook for Researchers, Ship Owners, and Agency Officials

  (June 2011)

• NEMW Region Loses Clout in U.S. House of Representatives with 2012 Redistricting

  (June 2011)

• Northeast-Midwest Trends in State Electricity Statistics

  (June 2011)

• Inside the Northeast-Midwest: Population Change in the Region’s Largest Cities

  (June 2011)

• NEMW Region Loses Clout in U.S. House of Representatives with 2012 Redistricting

  (June 2011)

• Federal Partnership for Sustainable Communities: Background, Funding History, and NEMW Grantees

  (June 2011)

• Getting to the Bottom of Federal Spending and Taxation in the NEMW Region

  (June 2011)

• Programs in the FY 2011-2012 Budget with a Major Role in the NEMW Region

  (June 2011)

• Great Ships Initiative: Report of the Land-Based Freshwater Testing of the Simens SiCURE™ Ballast Water Management System

  (June 2010)

• New Demographic Realities: The Northeast-Midwest Region

  (June 2010)

• Overcoming Impediments to Public Agency Acquisition of Brownfield Sites

  (June 2009)

• Revitalizing Older Cities Summit Report

  (June 2009)

• Exploring Green Infrastructure and the Role of Federal Policy

  (May 2009)

• The Cleanup War Chest: State Bond Financing for Environmental Initiatives and Brownfields Redevelopment

• Heritage Tax Credits: Maryland’s Stimulus to Renovate Buildings and Create Jobs

  (February 2009)

• Large-scale Brownfields Sustainable Tax Increment Financing Projects

• Innovative Financing for Great Lakes Environmental Restoration, Concepts for Tying Waterfront Development to Environmental Restoration and Funding the Non-Federal Match for Great Lakes Legacy Projects

  (December 2008)

• Using Tax Increment Financing for Brownfields Redevelopment

• Environmental and Energy Conservation Benefits of the Maryland Historic Tax Credit Program

  (July 2008)

• Federal Program Summary Chart – Programs to Assist Brownfields Redevelopment in Disadvantaged Communities

• Sustainable Urban Redevelopment and Climate Change

  (July 2008)

• Understanding the Flow of Federal Funds Data

  (July 2008)

• Energy Benefits of Urban Infill, Brownfields, and Sustainable Urban Redevelopment

  (June 2008)

• Fostering Green Development Practices- Roles of the Public Sector

  (June 2008)

• Environmental and Economic Impacts of Brownfields Redevelopment

  (June 2008)

• Mothballed Sites and Local Government Acquisition

  (June 2008)

• Establishing Pilot Programs for Sustainable Development and Alternative Energy Reuse of Brownfields

  (June 2008)

• Brownfields Redevelopment Toolbox for Disadvantaged Communities

  (June 2008)

• Removing Market Barriers to Green Development

  (June 2008)

• Brown to Green: Sustainable Redevelopment of America’s Brownfield Sites

  (June 2008)

• Economic Benefits of Remediating the Sheboygan River, Wisconsin Area of Concern (2008). Braden JB, Won D, Taylor LO, Mays N, Cangelosi A & Patunru AA. Journal of Great Lakes Research; 34(4):649-660.

• Economic Benefits of Remediating the Buffalo River, New York Area of Concern (2008). Braden JB, Taylor LO, Won D, Mays N, Cangelosi A & Patunru AA. Journal of Great Lakes Research; 34(4):631-648.

• Mega-Brownfields Projects Use Tax Increment Financing as the Gap-closer

• Market Barriers to Green Development

  (June 2007)

• An Assessment of the Impacts of Cooper v. Aviall on Brownfields Cleanups

  (June 2007)

• Petroleum/UST Brownfields Cleanups

  (June 2007)

• Great Ships Initiative: The Response of Zooplankton and Phytoplankton from the North American Great Lakes to Filtration (2007). Cangelosi A, Mays N, Balcer M, Reavie E, Reid D, Sturtevant R & Gao X. Harmful Algae; 6 ( iv): 547-566.

• Great Lakes Island: Biodiversity Elements and Threats. A Final Report to the Great Lakes National Program Office of the Environmental Protection Authority

  (June 2007)

• Montgomery Park: A Model for Using HUD 108 for Brownfields Development

• State Brownfields Tax Incentives

• Local Brownfield Financing Tools: Structures and Strategies for Spurring Cleanup and Redevelopment

• Community Involvement at Brownfield Sites: Proven Strategies & Current Issues

  (June 2006)

• Linking Brownfield Redevelopment and Housing

  (June 2006)

• Promoting Brownfield Redevelopment: Role of Public-Private Partnerships

  (June 2006)

• Getting Started with Brownfields – Key Issues and Opportunities: What Communities Need to Know

  (June 2006)

• Petroleum Brownfields: How Can Communities Promote Their Reuse?

  (June 2006)

• Financing Brownfield Redevelopment in Small Towns and Rural Areas: Helpful Hints and Examples

  (June 2006)

• State and Local Non-Cash Tools and Strategies for Enhancing a Brownfield Project’s Bottom Line

  (June 2006)

• Invasive Species: Great Ships for the Great Lakes? Commercial Vessels Free Of Invasive Species in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System. A Scoping Report for the Great Ships Initiative

  (June 2006)

• Downtown Revitalization in Urban Neighborhoods and Small Cities

  (June 2006)

• Baseline Study: Opportunities for Financing Great Lakes Cleanup and Ecosystem Restoration

  (June 2006)

• Economic Benefit of Sediment Remediation in the Buffalo River AOC and Sheboygan River AOC: Final Project Report

  (June 2006)

• Great Ships for the Great Lakes? Commercial Vessels Free Of Invasive Species in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System. A Scoping Report for the Great Ships Initiative

  (June 2006)

• State Brownfield Planning Assessment and Cleanup Programs

• Guide to Federal Brownfields Programs

• Brownfield Redevelopment: Trends in Federal Program Policies and Funding

• From Rags to Riches: Innovations in Petroleum Brownfields

  (June 2005)

• Large-Scale Demonstrations of Prospective Ballast Water Treatments Relevant to Seaway Size Commercial Ships: Disk Filtration and Ultraviolet Irradiation. Final Report to the Great Lakes Protection Fund

• Great Ships Initiative: Summary and Findings of the Ballast Discharge Monitoring Device Workshop

  (June 2005)

• Large-Scale Ecosystem Restoration and the Federal Policy Process

  (June 2005)

• Contaminant Cleanup in the Waukegan Harbor Area of Concern: Homeowner Attitudes and Economic Benefits (2005). Braden J, Chattopadhyay S, Mays N & Patunru A. Journal of Great Lakes Research; 30(4): 474-491.

• Large-Scale Demonstrations of Prospective Ballast Water Treatments Relevant to Seaway Size Commercial Ships: Disk Filtration and Ultraviolet Irradiation. Final Report to the Great Lakes Protection Fund.

• State Brownfield Financing Tools and Strategies

• Brownfields State of the States in 2004

• Life after the Grant, Phase II – EPA Brownfields Assistance

  (January 2004)

• From Brownfields to Housing: Opportunities, Issues and Answers

  (June 2003)

• Community Involvement in Brownfield Redevelopment

  (June 2003)

• Great Ships Initiative: Sampling Approaches and Recommendations of the Great Lakes Ballast Technology Demonstration Project

  (June 2003)

• Role of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Brownfields Redevelopment

• Brownfields “State of the States”

• Northeast-Midwest Institute Staff Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity on Using HUD’s BEDI Program to Enhance Brownfield Financing Opportunities

• Using the Clean Water State Revolving Fund for Brownfields and USTfields

• Recycling America’s Gas Stations

  (June 2002)

• Full-Scale Design Studies of Ballast Water Treatment Systems. Glosten-Herbert & Hyde Marine.

  (June 2002)

• Filtration as a Ballast Water Treatment Measure (2002). In: Invasive Aquatic Species of Europe. Distribution, Impacts and Management (E Leppakoski, S Gollasch & S Olenin, eds), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Boston, London.

• Integrating Sediment Cleanup and Brownfield Redevelopment

• Brownfields Basics: An Issue Primer

• Smart Growth and the Clean Water Act

  (June 2001)

• Smart Growth and the Clean Air Act

  (June 2001)

• Global Market Analysis of Ballast Water Treatment Technology

  (June 2001)

• Contract Designs for Ballast Water Treatment Systems on Containership R.J. Pfeiffer and Tanker Polar Endeavor. MEETS Technical Paper by Hurley, Schilling & Mackey.

  (June 2001)

• Revealing the Economic Value of Protecting the Great Lakes

  (June 2001)

• How Are State Voluntary Cleanup Programs Encouraging Residential Development?

• Northeast-Midwest Institute Testimony on Brownfield Financing and Tax Incentive Issues

• Brownfield Redevelopment and Transportation Policy

• Marketing Brownfield Cleanup Technologies

• Brownfield Voluntary Cleanup Program Impacts: Reuse Benefits, State by State

• Working on Brownfields: The Employment and Training Connection

• Coming Clean for Economic Development

  (June 1996)

Great Lakes Events

• NEMWI and GLC Co-Host 2026 Great Lakes Congressional Breakfast

• NEMWI Hosts 2026 Great Lakes Environmental Summit

• NEMWI, National Marine Sanctuary Foundation Host Capitol Hill Briefing

• NEMWI Hosts Briefing on State Revolving Funds

• NEMWI and GLFC Host Lamprey Event in Senate

• Great Lakes Primer and Orientation Program: Great Lakes Compact

• Great Lakes Primer and Orientation Program: Shipping

• NEMWI and GLFC Host Lamprey Event on Capitol Hill

• Great Lakes Primer and Orientation Program: PFAS

• Great Lakes Primer and Orientation Program: The GLRI

• NEMWI, Great Lakes Commission, Co-Host 2025 Great Lakes Congressional Breakfast Reception

• Webinar: Great Lakes Sea Grant Programs

• NEMWI Hosts 2025 Great Lakes Environmental Summit

• Briefing: Great Lakes Science

• Webinar: Green Shipping Corridor Network

• Webinar: HABs Research

• NEMWI Hosts Annual Great Lakes Environmental Summit

• Primer: Climate Change in the Great Lakes

• Great Lakes Primer and Orientation Session Four – HABs

• Great Lakes Primer and Orientation Program

• NEMWI Hosts Second Session of Great Lakes Primer and Orientation Program

• Great Lakes Orientation and Primer Program – Session One – The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI)

• Northeast-Midwest Institute’s Congressional Great Lakes Orientation Briefing

• Federal Maritime Transportation Priorities of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Governors and Premiers

• Congressional Briefing on the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative

• Great Lakes Leaders Convene for Environmental Summit

• The Great Lakes Environmental Summit

Events

• NEMWI and GLC Co-Host 2026 Great Lakes Congressional Breakfast

• NEMWI Hosts 2026 Great Lakes Environmental Summit

• NEMWI, National Marine Sanctuary Foundation Host Capitol Hill Briefing

• NEMWI Hosts Briefing on State Revolving Funds

• NEMWI and GLFC Host Lamprey Event in Senate

• Great Lakes Primer and Orientation Program: Great Lakes Compact

• Great Lakes Primer and Orientation Program: Shipping

• NEMWI and GLFC Host Lamprey Event on Capitol Hill

• Great Lakes Primer and Orientation Program: PFAS

• Great Lakes Primer and Orientation Program: The GLRI

• NEMWI, Great Lakes Commission, Co-Host 2025 Great Lakes Congressional Breakfast Reception

• Webinar: Great Lakes Sea Grant Programs

• NEMWI Hosts 2025 Great Lakes Environmental Summit

• Briefing: Great Lakes Science

• Webinar: Invasive Carp Management

• Webinar: Green Shipping Corridor Network

• Webinar: HABs Research

• NEMWI Hosts Annual Great Lakes Environmental Summit

• Primer: Climate Change in the Great Lakes

• Primer: Harmful Algal Blooms and the Great Lakes

• Primer: Keeping Invasive Carp Out of the Great Lakes

• PFAS and the Great Lakes: A Primer

• “Watershed Conservation Primer and Orientation: Policy-Makers and Stakeholders”

• Great Lakes Primer and Orientation Session Four – HABs

• Great Lakes Primer and Orientation Program

• Webinar on 2021 Invasive Carp Action Plan

• NEMWI Hosts Second Session of Great Lakes Primer and Orientation Program

• Great Lakes Orientation and Primer Program – Session One – The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI)

• Great Lakes Water Resiliency Webinar

• Webinar on Invasive Asian Carp and the Great Lakes

• Congressional Briefing on Efficiently Funding the Soo Locks

• The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI): A Driver for the Region’s Prosperity through Economic, Environmental, and Societal Revitalization

• NEMWI Hosts Briefing on New Study Examining Methods of Improving Conservation Efficiency

• Upcoming Briefing: Making Conservation More Effective – An Assessment of RCPP Projects as a Roadmap for Improving Future Conservation Efforts

• Upcoming Briefing: Climate Change Impacts on the Great Lakes

• Lead in Drinking Water Examined at June 6th Capitol Hill Briefing

• NEMWI and the Congressional Caucus on Corrosion Prevention Hold a Briefing on Lead in Drinking Water

• Briefing: How Communities Can Drive Defense Manufacturing

• Briefing on Asian Carp in the Great Lakes Region

• NEMWI to Hold a Primer on Water Policies That Govern its Availability, Quality, and Reliability

• Northeast-Midwest Institute’s Congressional Great Lakes Orientation Briefing

• NEMWI and Great Lakes Commission to Hold Briefing on Great Lakes Regional Green Infrastructure

• NEMWI to Hold Congressional Briefing on Asian Carp Control and Management in the Upper Mississippi and Ohio River Basins

• NEMWI Hosts a Briefing on Asian Carp and the Great Lakes

• NEMWI Holds Briefing on New Study of Cost of Nitrate Removal from the Mississippi River

• NEMWI Briefing on Asian Carp

• Great Lakes Water Equity Congressional Briefing: Tuesday March 6, 2018

• Congressional Briefing on Invasive Asian Grass Carp and the Great Lakes

• Congressional Briefing on the Soo Locks and the American Steel Industry

• Congressional Briefing on Gulf Hypoxia Task Force Report to Congress

• Federal Maritime Transportation Priorities of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Governors and Premiers

• Water Quality in the Upper Mississippi Basin: Nitrates, Treatment Costs, and the Role of Agriculture

• Lead, PFCs and Other Threats to Safe Drinking Water

• Two-Part Briefing on Tax Credits and Tax Reform

• The Risks of Commercial Net-Pen Aquaculture on the Great Lakes

• Congressional Briefing on Asian Carp Control and Management

• Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee Congressional Briefing

• Congressional Briefing on Manufacturing and Wages in the Industrial Midwest

• Congressional Briefing on the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative

• A Congressional briefing on the lead in water crisis

• Great Lakes Congressional Breakfast Reception

• Great Lakes Leaders Convene for Environmental Summit

• Incoming Coalition Co-Chairs Headline Institute’s Annual Capitol Hill Reception

• The Great Lakes Environmental Summit

• The Capitol Hill Reception for the Region

• Congressional Briefing on Efforts to Control Asian Carp in the Mississippi River Basin

• Fighting Blight in the Northeast-Midwest: A Capitol Hill Briefing on Vacant and Abandoned Property and the Federal Response

• NEMWI and ACRCC to Cohost Congressional Briefing on the 2016 CAWS Monitoring and Response Plan

• The NEMWI and Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee Co-Host Congressional Briefing on the 2016 Asian Carp Action Plan

• Capitol Hill Briefing: Water Data to Answer Urgent Water Policy Questions: Shale Gas Development in the Susquehanna River Basin

• 2016 Great Lakes Asian Carp Congressional Briefing

• Public Webinar on Susquehanna River Basin Shale Gas Development Study

• Annual Reception for the Northeast-Midwest Region

• Mississippi River Network Annual Meeting

• Investing in Manufacturing Communities Reception

• NEMWI Breakfast Briefing: The Great Lakes Seaway Navigation System

• Brownfields 2015 Conference

• Capitol Hill Briefing and Webinar: Study Evaluates Water Quality Monitoring in Lake Erie Basin

• Capitol Hill Briefing: Asian Carp Framework 2015 – Great Lakes, Ohio River, & Upper Mississippi River Basins Tuesday

Invasive Species Events

• NEMWI and GLFC Host Lamprey Event in Senate

• NEMWI and GLFC Host Lamprey Event on Capitol Hill

• Webinar: Invasive Carp Management

• Primer: Keeping Invasive Carp Out of the Great Lakes

• Webinar on 2021 Invasive Carp Action Plan

• Webinar on Invasive Asian Carp and the Great Lakes

• Briefing on Asian Carp in the Great Lakes Region

• NEMWI Hosts a Briefing on Asian Carp and the Great Lakes

• NEMWI Briefing on Asian Carp

• Congressional Briefing on Invasive Asian Grass Carp and the Great Lakes

• Congressional Briefing on Asian Carp Control and Management

• Congressional Briefing on Efforts to Control Asian Carp in the Mississippi River Basin

Revitalizing Older Cities

• Report: Legacy Cities Local Governance

• Report: Brownfields in the Northeast and Midwest

• Northeast-Midwest Institute Releases New White Paper on the Potential of Public Banking as a Catalyst for Green Infrastructure and Investment

• NEMW Launches Safe Drinking Water Research and Policy Program

• Fighting Blight in the Northeast-Midwest Region: Assessing the Federal Response to Vacant and Abandoned Properties

  (May 2016)

• Fighting Blight in the Northeast-Midwest

• New Energy for Older Cities: District Energy and Combined Heat and Power

  (June 2012)

• Update on the Federal Partnership for Sustainable Communities: Programs, Funding, and NEMW Grantees

  (June 2012)

• Federal Partnership for Sustainable Communities: Background, Funding History, and NEMW Grantees

  (June 2011)

• New Demographic Realities: The Northeast-Midwest Region

  (June 2010)

• Overcoming Impediments to Public Agency Acquisition of Brownfield Sites

  (June 2009)

• Revitalizing Older Cities Summit Report

  (June 2009)

• Exploring Green Infrastructure and the Role of Federal Policy

  (May 2009)

• The Cleanup War Chest: State Bond Financing for Environmental Initiatives and Brownfields Redevelopment

• Heritage Tax Credits: Maryland’s Stimulus to Renovate Buildings and Create Jobs

  (February 2009)

• Large-scale Brownfields Sustainable Tax Increment Financing Projects

• Using Tax Increment Financing for Brownfields Redevelopment

• Environmental and Energy Conservation Benefits of the Maryland Historic Tax Credit Program

  (July 2008)

• Federal Program Summary Chart – Programs to Assist Brownfields Redevelopment in Disadvantaged Communities

• Sustainable Urban Redevelopment and Climate Change

  (July 2008)

• Energy Benefits of Urban Infill, Brownfields, and Sustainable Urban Redevelopment

  (June 2008)

• Fostering Green Development Practices- Roles of the Public Sector

  (June 2008)

• Environmental and Economic Impacts of Brownfields Redevelopment

  (June 2008)

• Mothballed Sites and Local Government Acquisition

  (June 2008)

• Establishing Pilot Programs for Sustainable Development and Alternative Energy Reuse of Brownfields

  (June 2008)

• Brownfields Redevelopment Toolbox for Disadvantaged Communities

  (June 2008)

• Removing Market Barriers to Green Development

  (June 2008)

• Brown to Green: Sustainable Redevelopment of America’s Brownfield Sites

  (June 2008)

• Mega-Brownfields Projects Use Tax Increment Financing as the Gap-closer

• Market Barriers to Green Development

  (June 2007)

• An Assessment of the Impacts of Cooper v. Aviall on Brownfields Cleanups

  (June 2007)

• Petroleum/UST Brownfields Cleanups

  (June 2007)

• Montgomery Park: A Model for Using HUD 108 for Brownfields Development

• State Brownfields Tax Incentives

• Local Brownfield Financing Tools: Structures and Strategies for Spurring Cleanup and Redevelopment

• Community Involvement at Brownfield Sites: Proven Strategies & Current Issues

  (June 2006)

• Linking Brownfield Redevelopment and Housing

  (June 2006)

• Promoting Brownfield Redevelopment: Role of Public-Private Partnerships

  (June 2006)

• Getting Started with Brownfields – Key Issues and Opportunities: What Communities Need to Know

  (June 2006)

• Petroleum Brownfields: How Can Communities Promote Their Reuse?

  (June 2006)

• Financing Brownfield Redevelopment in Small Towns and Rural Areas: Helpful Hints and Examples

  (June 2006)

• State and Local Non-Cash Tools and Strategies for Enhancing a Brownfield Project’s Bottom Line

  (June 2006)

• Downtown Revitalization in Urban Neighborhoods and Small Cities

  (June 2006)

• State Brownfield Planning Assessment and Cleanup Programs

• Guide to Federal Brownfields Programs

• Brownfield Redevelopment: Trends in Federal Program Policies and Funding

• From Rags to Riches: Innovations in Petroleum Brownfields

  (June 2005)

• State Brownfield Financing Tools and Strategies

• Brownfields State of the States in 2004

• Life after the Grant, Phase II – EPA Brownfields Assistance

  (January 2004)

• From Brownfields to Housing: Opportunities, Issues and Answers

  (June 2003)

• Community Involvement in Brownfield Redevelopment

  (June 2003)

• Role of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Brownfields Redevelopment

• Brownfields “State of the States”

• Northeast-Midwest Institute Staff Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity on Using HUD’s BEDI Program to Enhance Brownfield Financing Opportunities

• Using the Clean Water State Revolving Fund for Brownfields and USTfields

• Recycling America’s Gas Stations

  (June 2002)

• Integrating Sediment Cleanup and Brownfield Redevelopment

• Brownfields Basics: An Issue Primer

• Smart Growth and the Clean Water Act

  (June 2001)

• Smart Growth and the Clean Air Act

  (June 2001)

• How Are State Voluntary Cleanup Programs Encouraging Residential Development?

• Northeast-Midwest Institute Testimony on Brownfield Financing and Tax Incentive Issues

• Brownfield Redevelopment and Transportation Policy

• Marketing Brownfield Cleanup Technologies

• Brownfield Voluntary Cleanup Program Impacts: Reuse Benefits, State by State

• Working on Brownfields: The Employment and Training Connection

• Coming Clean for Economic Development

  (June 1996)

Water Quality & Waterways Events

• NEMWI and GLC Co-Host 2026 Great Lakes Congressional Breakfast

• NEMWI Hosts 2026 Great Lakes Environmental Summit

• NEMWI, National Marine Sanctuary Foundation Host Capitol Hill Briefing

• NEMWI Hosts Briefing on State Revolving Funds

• Great Lakes Primer and Orientation Program: Great Lakes Compact

• Great Lakes Primer and Orientation Program: PFAS

• Great Lakes Primer and Orientation Program: The GLRI

• Webinar: Great Lakes Sea Grant Programs

• Briefing: Great Lakes Science

• Webinar: Green Shipping Corridor Network

• Webinar: HABs Research

• Primer: Harmful Algal Blooms and the Great Lakes

• Primer: Keeping Invasive Carp Out of the Great Lakes

• PFAS and the Great Lakes: A Primer

• “Watershed Conservation Primer and Orientation: Policy-Makers and Stakeholders”

• Lead in Drinking Water Examined at June 6th Capitol Hill Briefing

• NEMWI and the Congressional Caucus on Corrosion Prevention Hold a Briefing on Lead in Drinking Water

• NEMWI to Hold a Primer on Water Policies That Govern its Availability, Quality, and Reliability

• NEMWI and Great Lakes Commission to Hold Briefing on Great Lakes Regional Green Infrastructure

• NEMWI Holds Briefing on New Study of Cost of Nitrate Removal from the Mississippi River

• Great Lakes Water Equity Congressional Briefing: Tuesday March 6, 2018

• Water Quality in the Upper Mississippi Basin: Nitrates, Treatment Costs, and the Role of Agriculture

• Lead, PFCs and Other Threats to Safe Drinking Water

• Capitol Hill Briefing and Webinar: Study Evaluates Water Quality Monitoring in Lake Erie Basin

Great Lakes

• Issue Spotlight: Great Lakes Mapping

• Federal Great Lakes and Water Legislation Tracker, 2025-26

• Great Lakes Statistics Hub

• Environmental Protection Agency Tracker

• New Study of Climate Change Impacts Presented at Capitol Hill Briefing

• Building a Climate-Resilient Great Lakes: Federal Resources and Assistance for State and Local Governments

• Innovative Financing for Great Lakes Environmental Restoration, Concepts for Tying Waterfront Development to Environmental Restoration and Funding the Non-Federal Match for Great Lakes Legacy Projects

  (December 2008)

• Economic Benefits of Remediating the Sheboygan River, Wisconsin Area of Concern (2008). Braden JB, Won D, Taylor LO, Mays N, Cangelosi A & Patunru AA. Journal of Great Lakes Research; 34(4):649-660.

• Economic Benefits of Remediating the Buffalo River, New York Area of Concern (2008). Braden JB, Taylor LO, Won D, Mays N, Cangelosi A & Patunru AA. Journal of Great Lakes Research; 34(4):631-648.

• Great Lakes Island: Biodiversity Elements and Threats. A Final Report to the Great Lakes National Program Office of the Environmental Protection Authority

  (June 2007)

• Baseline Study: Opportunities for Financing Great Lakes Cleanup and Ecosystem Restoration

  (June 2006)

• Economic Benefit of Sediment Remediation in the Buffalo River AOC and Sheboygan River AOC: Final Project Report

  (June 2006)

• Large-Scale Demonstrations of Prospective Ballast Water Treatments Relevant to Seaway Size Commercial Ships: Disk Filtration and Ultraviolet Irradiation. Final Report to the Great Lakes Protection Fund

• Large-Scale Ecosystem Restoration and the Federal Policy Process

  (June 2005)

• Contaminant Cleanup in the Waukegan Harbor Area of Concern: Homeowner Attitudes and Economic Benefits (2005). Braden J, Chattopadhyay S, Mays N & Patunru A. Journal of Great Lakes Research; 30(4): 474-491.

• Large-Scale Demonstrations of Prospective Ballast Water Treatments Relevant to Seaway Size Commercial Ships: Disk Filtration and Ultraviolet Irradiation. Final Report to the Great Lakes Protection Fund.

• Revealing the Economic Value of Protecting the Great Lakes

  (June 2001)

Economic Development Events

• Great Lakes Primer and Orientation Program: Shipping

• Webinar: Green Shipping Corridor Network

• Congressional Briefing on Efficiently Funding the Soo Locks

• Briefing: How Communities Can Drive Defense Manufacturing

• Congressional Briefing on the Soo Locks and the American Steel Industry

• Congressional Briefing on Manufacturing and Wages in the Industrial Midwest

• Investing in Manufacturing Communities Reception

• NEMWI Breakfast Briefing: The Great Lakes Seaway Navigation System

Federal Budget & Spending

• FY27 President’s Budget Report

• Northeast-Midwest Institute Releases Report on the Impacts of the Infrastructure, Investment, and Jobs Act of 2021

• Great Lakes Provisions in the President’s FY 2025 Budget Request

• NEMWI Releases Analysis of FY 2024 Appropriations

• The President’s FY2017 Budget Request & the Northeast-Midwest Region

  (March 2016)

• The President’s FY2016 Budget and the Northeast-Midwest Region

  (March 2015)

• The President’s FY2015 Budget and the NEMW Region

  (March 2014)

• Federal Programs That Benefit the NEMW Region: A Post Budget Day Addendum

  (June 2013)

• NEMWI Note to the Coalitions: Superstorm Sandy Appropriations

  (June 2013)

• The President’s FY2014 Budget and the Northeast-Midwest Region

  (April 2013)

• Superstorm Sandy Appropriations Update

  (January 2013)

• Update on the Federal Partnership for Sustainable Communities: Programs, Funding, and NEMW Grantees

  (June 2012)

• Analysis: Key Regional Programs – President’s FY 2013 Budget

  (June 2012)

• The President’s FY2013 Budget and The Region

  (June 2012)

• Inside the Northeast-Midwest: Population Change in the Region’s Largest Cities

  (June 2011)

• NEMW Region Loses Clout in U.S. House of Representatives with 2012 Redistricting

  (June 2011)

• Federal Partnership for Sustainable Communities: Background, Funding History, and NEMW Grantees

  (June 2011)

• Getting to the Bottom of Federal Spending and Taxation in the NEMW Region

  (June 2011)

• Programs in the FY 2011-2012 Budget with a Major Role in the NEMW Region

  (June 2011)

• New Demographic Realities: The Northeast-Midwest Region

  (June 2010)

• Understanding the Flow of Federal Funds Data

  (July 2008)

Revitalizing Older Cities Events

• NEMWI Hosts Briefing on State Revolving Funds

• Fighting Blight in the Northeast-Midwest: A Capitol Hill Briefing on Vacant and Abandoned Property and the Federal Response

• Brownfields 2015 Conference

Climate

• Environmental Protection Agency Tracker

• Critical Minerals Legislative Tracker 2025-26

• Report: State Permitting for Clean Energy Infrastructure

• NEMWI Releases Northeastern States Energy Scorecard

• Report: Lead Service Line Replacement Under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

• NEMWI Releases Report on Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund

• Scorecard: Climate Change Remediation Policies in Northeast and Midwest States

• New Study of Climate Change Impacts Presented at Capitol Hill Briefing

• Northeast-Midwest Institute Releases Report on Conservation Effectiveness in Watersheds in the Upper Mississippi River Basin

• Children’s Environmental Health: Asthma and Lead Poisoning in NEMW States and Cities

  (December 2012)

• New Energy for Older Cities: District Energy and Combined Heat and Power

  (June 2012)

• The Landman Cometh: Property Questions within the NEMW Natural Gas Debate

  (June 2012)

• Northeast-Midwest Trends in State Electricity Statistics

  (June 2011)

• Environmental and Energy Conservation Benefits of the Maryland Historic Tax Credit Program

  (July 2008)

• Sustainable Urban Redevelopment and Climate Change

  (July 2008)

• Energy Benefits of Urban Infill, Brownfields, and Sustainable Urban Redevelopment

  (June 2008)

• Establishing Pilot Programs for Sustainable Development and Alternative Energy Reuse of Brownfields

  (June 2008)

Climate Events

• NEMWI Hosts 2026 Great Lakes Environmental Summit

• Webinar: Great Lakes Sea Grant Programs

• NEMWI Hosts 2025 Great Lakes Environmental Summit

• Briefing: Great Lakes Science

• Webinar: Green Shipping Corridor Network

• Webinar: HABs Research

• NEMWI Hosts Annual Great Lakes Environmental Summit

• Primer: Climate Change in the Great Lakes

• Great Lakes Water Resiliency Webinar

• Upcoming Briefing: Climate Change Impacts on the Great Lakes

• Great Lakes Leaders Convene for Environmental Summit

Briefings

• NEMWI Hosts 2026 Great Lakes Environmental Summit

• NEMWI, National Marine Sanctuary Foundation Host Capitol Hill Briefing

• NEMWI Hosts Briefing on State Revolving Funds

• NEMWI and GLFC Host Lamprey Event in Senate

• Great Lakes Primer and Orientation Program: Great Lakes Compact

• Great Lakes Primer and Orientation Program: Shipping

• NEMWI and GLFC Host Lamprey Event on Capitol Hill

• Great Lakes Primer and Orientation Program: PFAS

• Great Lakes Primer and Orientation Program: The GLRI

• NEMWI, Great Lakes Commission, Co-Host 2025 Great Lakes Congressional Breakfast Reception

• Webinar: Great Lakes Sea Grant Programs

• NEMWI Hosts 2025 Great Lakes Environmental Summit

• Briefing: Great Lakes Science

• Webinar: HABs Research

• Primer: Climate Change in the Great Lakes

• Primer: Harmful Algal Blooms and the Great Lakes

• Primer: Keeping Invasive Carp Out of the Great Lakes

• Primer: The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative

• PFAS and the Great Lakes: A Primer

• Great Lakes Water Resiliency Webinar

• NEMWI Hosts Briefing on New Study Examining Methods of Improving Conservation Efficiency

• New Study of Climate Change Impacts Presented at Capitol Hill Briefing

• NEMWI Holds Briefing on Improving Conservation

• Lead in Drinking Water Examined at June 6th Capitol Hill Briefing

• NEMWI and the Congressional Caucus on Corrosion Prevention Hold a Briefing on Lead in Drinking Water

• NEMWI Hosts Primer on Water Policies That Govern Its Availability, Quality, and Reliability

• NEMWI to Hold a Primer on Water Policies That Govern its Availability, Quality, and Reliability

• NEMWI Holds Congressional Great Lakes Orientation Program

• NEMWI Releases New Study on Improving Conservation

• NEMWI Holds Capitol Hill Briefing on Asian Carp Control in the Upper Mississippi and Ohio River Basins

• NEMWI Hosts a Briefing on Asian Carp and the Great Lakes

• NEMWI Holds Briefing on New Study of Cost of Nitrate Removal from the Mississippi River

• NEMWI Briefing on Asian Carp

• Four Perspectives on Asian Grass Carp Examined at Capitol Hill Briefing

• Importance of the Soo Locks to the American Steel Industry Highlighted at Capitol Hill Briefing

• Hypoxia Task Force 2017 Report to Congress Presented at Capitol Hill Briefing

• Briefing Held to Highlight Maritime Issues on Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Maritime Day

• Briefing Held on Nitrates and Water Treatment Costs in the Mississippi River Basin

• Threats to Drinking Water Examined at NEMWI Briefing

• Impact of New Markets and Historic Tax Credit Programs Explored

• NEMWI Briefing Addresses Asian Carp Control in Mississippi and Ohio River Basins

• Asian Carp Contingency Plan Reviewed at NEMWI Briefing

• Briefing Highlights Importance of Manufacturing and Wage Growth

• Capitol Hill Briefing Addresses GLRI ‘Success Stories’

• Institute’s Safe Drinking Water Program Holds Briefing on Lead Crisis

• Congressional Briefing on Efforts to Control Asian Carp in the Mississippi River Basin

• Restoring Aquatic Connectivity: A Strategic, Landscape-Scale Approach

• Fighting Blight in the Northeast-Midwest: A Capitol Hill Briefing on Vacant and Abandoned Property and the Federal Response

• Susquehanna River Basin Shale Gas Water Monitoring Study

• 2016 CAWS Monitoring and Response Plan

• NEMWI and ACRCC to Cohost Congressional Briefing on the 2016 CAWS Monitoring and Response Plan

• The NEMWI and Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee Co-Host Congressional Briefing on the 2016 Asian Carp Action Plan

• The NEMWI and Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee Co-Host Congressional Briefing on the 2016 Asian Carp Action Plan-VIEW THE PRESENTATION

• 2016 Great Lakes Asian Carp Congressional Briefing

• Clarifications Needed to Strengthen the Lead and Copper Rule Working Group’s Recommendations for Long Term Revisions to the Federal Lead and Copper Rule

  (November 2015)

• 2015 Briefing & Webinar Recaps: Great Lakes Leaders Stress Economic Importance of Seaway System

• 2015 Briefing & Webinar Recaps: Water Data to Answer Urgent Water Policy Questions: Harmful Algal Blooms, Agriculture & Lake Erie

• 2015 Briefing Recap: Asian Carp Framework 2015

• 2015 Briefing Recap: Federal Support for Effective Workforce and Economic Development Practices at Every Stage of the Business Life Cycle

• 2015 Briefing Recap: Nutrient Trading

• 2015 Briefing Recap: Invasive Species Success Stories – They Exist!

• 2015 Briefing Recap: U.S. Army Corps Great Lakes Navigation System

• 2015 Briefing Recap: Great Lakes Days – Congressional Briefing on Asian Carp

• 2015 Briefing Recap: Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) in Great Lakes Transportation

• 2014 Briefing Recap: Water Wars in the Great Lakes

• 2014 Webinar Recap: How Well do Today’s Ballast Water Filters Perform in Natural Fresh Water?

• 2014 Briefing Recap: Great Lakes Wastewater Infrastructure

• 2014 Briefing Recap: Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Draft Action Plan FY2015-19

• 2014 Briefing Recap: 21st Century Innovation in Great Lakes Monitoring: Fisheries Science and Technology

• 2014 Briefing Recap: Army Corps’ Great Lakes Mississippi River Interbasin Study Findings

• 2013 Briefing Recap: Future of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative

• 2013 Briefings Recap: NEMWI Coordinates Briefings on Asian Carp eDNA, Control Framework

• 2013 Briefing Recap: WRRDA in the House: Impacts on the Great Lakes

• 2013 Briefing Recap: Harmful Algal Blooms in the Great Lakes

• 2013 Briefing Recap: Ballast Water Regulations in the Great Lakes

Webinars

• NEMWI Hosts Briefing on State Revolving Funds

• Great Lakes Primer and Orientation Program: PFAS

• Webinar: Invasive Carp Management

• Webinar: HABs Research

• NEMWI Hosts Webinar on PFAS in the Great Lakes

• “Watershed Conservation Primer and Orientation: Policy-Makers and Stakeholders”

• NEMWI Hosts Webinar on Great Lakes Resiliency Issues

• Webinar on Invasive Asian Carp and the Great Lakes

• The NEMWI and Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee Co-Host Congressional Briefing on the 2016 Asian Carp Action Plan-VIEW THE PRESENTATION

• 2014 Webinar Recap: Conservation, HABs, and New Approaches

• 2014 Webinar Recap: Managing Harmful Algal Bloom Impacts on Drinking Water and Public Health in the Great Lakes

• 2014 Webinar Recap: Energy Efficiency and Clean Energy Financing in the Northeast-Midwest Region