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Senators Moreno, Peters, Announced as Senate GLTF Co-Chairs
(2025)
AOC Spotlight: The Buffalo River
(2024)
AOC Spotlight: The Cuyahoga River
(2024)
Unfinished Business: Call Congress Back to Work
(2024)
Video Briefing: EV Battery Materials Production and Recycling and The Emerging Circular Economy
(2022)
NEMWI Hosts Webinar on PFAS in the Great Lakes
(2021)
Manufacturing Network Announces New Strategic Plan
(2021)
NEMWI Webinar Provides Watershed Conservation Primer and Orientation
(2021)
NEMWI Launches Great Lakes Legislative Tracker To Monitor Great Lakes Bills
(2021)
NEMWI President Interviewed on CBS National News on Congressional Redistricting Process
(2021)
Northeast Midwest Institute Hosts Annual Great Lakes Summit
(2021)
The Electoral College Saved Democracy
(2021)
NEMWI Hosts Webinar on Great Lakes Resiliency Issues
(2021)
NEMWI Analysis of 2020 Election and the Great Lakes Region
(2020)
NEMWI Hosts Asian Carp Webinar
(2020)
NEMWI Co-Hosts Briefing on Efficiently Funding the Soo Locks
(2019)
NEMWI Briefing Highlights GLRI’s Regional Economic Benefits
(2019)
Northeast-Midwest Institute Releases New White Paper on Retooling Trade Adjustment Assistance and Modernizing the Trade Safety Net
(2019)
Northeast-Midwest Institute Releases New White Paper on the Potential of Public Banking as a Catalyst for Green Infrastructure and Investment
(2019)
Overview of America’s Transportation Infrastructure Act (ATIA) of 2019
(2019)
NEMWI Hosts Briefing on New Study Examining Methods of Improving Conservation Efficiency
(2019)
New Study of Climate Change Impacts Presented at Capitol Hill Briefing
(2019)
Northeast-Midwest Institute Releases Report on Conservation Effectiveness in Watersheds in the Upper Mississippi River Basin
(2019)
Lead in Drinking Water Examined at June 6th Capitol Hill Briefing
(2019)
NEMWI and the Congressional Caucus on Corrosion Prevention Hold a Briefing on Lead in Drinking Water
(2019)
NEMWI Co-host Congressional Briefing on the ACRCC’s 2019 Asian Carp Action Plan
(2019)
NEMWI Hosts Primer on Water Policies That Govern Its Availability, Quality, and Reliability
(2019)
American Manufacturing Communities Collaborative Launched
(2019)
NEMWI to Hold a Primer on Water Policies That Govern its Availability, Quality, and Reliability
(2019)
NEMWI Holds Congressional Great Lakes Orientation Program
(2019)
Northeast-Midwest Institute’s Congressional Great Lakes Orientation Briefing
(2019)
NEMWI Hosts Great Lakes Environmental Summit
(2019)
NEMWI Releases New Study on Improving Conservation
(2018)
NEMWI and GLC Host Congressional Briefing on Green Infrastructure
(2018)
NEMWI and Great Lakes Commission to Hold Briefing on Great Lakes Regional Green Infrastructure
(2018)
NEMWI Holds Capitol Hill Briefing on Asian Carp Control in the Upper Mississippi and Ohio River Basins
(2018)
NEMWI Hosts a Briefing on Asian Carp and the Great Lakes
(2018)
NEMWI Holds Briefing on New Study of Cost of Nitrate Removal from the Mississippi River
(2018)
NEMWI Releases New Study on the Cost of Nitrate Treatment
(2018)
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
(2018)
Importance of the Soo Locks to the American Steel Industry Highlighted at Capitol Hill Briefing
(2018)
Hypoxia Task Force 2017 Report to Congress Presented at Capitol Hill Briefing
(2018)
Briefing Held to Highlight Maritime Issues on Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Maritime Day
(2017)
Briefing Held on Nitrates and Water Treatment Costs in the Mississippi River Basin
(2017)
Threats to Drinking Water Examined at NEMWI Briefing
(2017)
Impact of New Markets and Historic Tax Credit Programs Explored
(2017)
NEMWI Staff Expertise Directory
(2017)
NEMWI Submits Comment on the 2017 Draft U.S. Action Plan for Lake Erie
(2017)
NEMWI Submits Comment on Proposed Repeal of the Clean Water Rule
(2017)
NEMWI Briefing Addresses Asian Carp Control in Mississippi and Ohio River Basins
(2017)
New Director of Safe Drinking Water Program Joins NEMWI Staff on August 28
(2017)
NEMWI Submits Comments on the Great Lakes Draft Binational Strategy for PCB Risk Management
(2017)
Senior Fellow Presents on Trump’s Impact on Brownfields
(2017)
Asian Carp Contingency Plan Reviewed at NEMWI Briefing
(2017)
NEMWI Monitors Appropriations, Tracks Impact on Regional Priorities with Fact Sheets
(2017)
NEMWI and the Council of the Great Lakes Region Announce New Partnership
(2017)
NEMWI Launches Senior Fellows Program
(2017)
National Expert on Brownfields is New Institute Senior Fellow
(2017)
Briefing Highlights Importance of Manufacturing and Wage Growth
(2017)
Capitol Hill Briefing Addresses GLRI ‘Success Stories’
(2017)
New Senior Fellow for Summer 2017 to Focus on Urban Economics and Growth
(2017)
NEMWI Releases Analysis of President Trump’s FY 18 Budget Request
(2017)
NEMWI Expert Submits Comments on EPA’s Proposed Rule on Use of Lead Free Pipes, Fittings, Fixtures, Solder, and Flux for Drinking Water
(2017)
Institute’s Safe Drinking Water Program Holds Briefing on Lead Crisis
(2017)
Twelve Representatives Speak at Great Lakes Day Breakfast Reception
(2017)
NEMWI Releases Preliminary Analysis of President Trump’s Budget Blueprint
(2017)
Great Lakes Leaders Convene for Environmental Summit
(2017)
Incoming Coalition Co-Chairs Headline Institute’s Annual Capitol Hill Reception
(2017)
Northeast-Midwest Congressional Coalition Elects New Co-Chairs
(2017)
NEMW Releases Response to the U.S. EPA Lead and Copper Rules Revisions White Paper
(2016)
NEMW Launches Safe Drinking Water Research and Policy Program
(2016)
Mississippi River Collaborative Calls on EPA to Step Up Efforts to Reduce Pollution in Mississippi River
(2016)
NEMWI Works with Detroit to Minimize Lead in Drinking Water
(2016)
Congressional Briefing on Efforts to Control Asian Carp in the Mississippi River Basin
(2016)
Report Assesses Federal Response to Blight
(2016)
NEMWI Analyst Plays Critical Role in Diagnosing Flint Water Crisis
(2016)
Study Evaluates Water Monitoring in the Susquehanna River Basin
(2016)
NEMWI Hosts “Train-the-Trainer” Ballast Water Workshop
(2015)
Investing in Manufacturing Communities Reception
(2015)
NEMWI Releases “How Clean Is Clean?”
(2015)
Great Lakes Leaders Stress Economic Importance of Seaway System
(2015)
NEMWI Assists with Resolution of Lead in Drinking Water in Flint, Michigan
(2015)
APPROPRIATORS NEGOTIATE SPENDING AHEAD OF DECEMBER 11 DEADLINE
(2015)
2015 LAND-BASED TESTING SEASON FOR GREAT SHIPS INITIATIVE UNDERWAY
(2015)
Roll-Out of NEMWI’s Lake Erie Water Monitoring Study Continues
(2015)
Recap: Algal Blooms, Agriculture & Lake Erie
(2015)
NEMWI Study Finds Inadequate Water Data in the Lake Erie Drainage Basin
(2015)
Recap: NEMWI Great Lakes Water Levels Management Briefing
(2013)
NEMWI Announces Steve LaTourette as New Board Chair
(2013)
Briefing “Great Lakes Water Levels, Recent Analyses of Historically-Low Levels and Policy Considerations”: December 4
(2012)