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| Title | Description | Organization |
Date published |
Content Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Screening Factsheet: Congress can act now to prevent costly invasions of non-native species and diseases |
NECIS factsheet on Screening for Invasive Species |
NECIS | Dec 13 2011 | Factsheet |
| NECIS Economics Factsheet |
Economic impact of invasive species from the live animal trade |
NECIS | Nov 1 2011 | Factsheet |
| Great Lakes United By-Laws, 2010 |
The approved by-laws effective December 2010. |
Great Lakes United | Oct 21 2011 | Letter, comment, or government submissions |
| Proposed By-Law Amendments 2011 |
A document containing proposed changes to the Great Lakes United by-laws at the 2011 Annual General Meeting. |
Great Lakes United | Oct 21 2011 | Letter, comment, or government submissions |
| ENGO Comments for 2011 |
Forty-one citizens’ groups from throughout the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River basin submit the following comments at this the critical final stage of public consultation of the renegotiation of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (GLWQA).
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Multiple | Sep 20 2011 | Letter, comment, or government submissions |
| Letter to GLWQA Negotiators |
A letter to Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement negotiators outlining essential elements for the new agreemnet on behalf of citizens. |
Great Lakes United | Sep 7 2011 | Letter, comment, or government submissions |
| Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement 2011 - FAQ |
A document prepared by Great Lakes United answering common questions about the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (during the 2011-2012 renegotiation of the Agreement). |
Great Lakes United | Aug 9 2011 | Factsheet |
| Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement Negotiation Guide |
A background document prepared by Great Lakes United outlining major topics concerning the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (during the 2011-2012 renegotiation of the Agreement). |
Great Lakes United | Aug 9 2011 | Report |
| 108 organizational letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,Great Lakes and Mississippi River Interbasin Study. | Multiple | Mar 31 2011 | Letter, comment, or government submissions | |
| GLMRIS Sign on Letter 2011 |
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are collecting public comments until March 31, 2011 on their Great Lakes and Mississippi River Interbasin Feasibility Study (GLMRIS). This sign on letter outlines the ENGO position on this issue. |
Great Lakes United, NRDC, NWF, Prairie Rivers Network | Mar 15 2011 | Letter, comment, or government submissions |
| Letter to Secretary Salazar on the need for improving measures to screen for invasive species imports |
A letter to Secretary Ken Salazar of the U.S. Department of the Interior expressing the need for improved legislation to screen animal and plant imports on their risk to the environment. |
National Environmental Coalition on Invasive Species | Jan 26 2011 | Letter, comment, or government submissions |
| Resolution opposing the construction of new nuclear reactor at Darlington Generation Station |
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Great Lakes United urges the suspension of the federal environmental assessment and licensing process currently underway for the construction of up to four new nuclear reactors at the Darlington Generating Station, |
Great Lakes United | Dec 22 2010 | Great Lakes United resolution |
| Resolution Calling For Dedicated Funding for Large-Scale Remedial Actions in the Next Canada-Ontario Agreement |
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Great Lakes United, in concert with stakeholders, urge the Governments of Canada and Ontario to commit, on the signing of the next Canada-Ontario Agreement, to the establishment and resourcing of a 10-year, $ 1.0 billion (total) CDN fund, to be made available on a cost-share basis to municipalities for the implementation of large-scale ( (greater than $10 million CDN) Remedial Actions that address contaminated sediment, combined-sewer overflows, or other green or grey infrastructure upgrades as required to meet Beneficial Use Impairment delisting criteria in the remaining Canadian Areas of Concern. |
Great Lakes United | Dec 22 2010 | Great Lakes United resolution |
| Resolution Requesting Serious Opportunities for Public Input into Renegotiation of Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement |
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Great Lakes United ask the Canadian and U.S. governments to provide a draft new GLWQA to the public for comment before finalization of the Agreement; and, |
Great Lakes United | Dec 22 2010 | Great Lakes United resolution |
| Resolution in Support of the Promotion of Green Infrastructure Policies and Practices |
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Great Lakes United urge the provincial and state governments of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River region to give integrated watershed planning legal standing in water management instruments, including the Planning Act and Provincial Policy Statement, the Water Resources Act, Clean Water Act, and Conservation Authorities Act; THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Great Lakes United urge the state and provincial governments of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River region to quantify the economic, social, environmental, and health benefits of green infrastructure, and that such accounting be inclusive of any savings realized from the extended life of existing grey infrastructure; THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Great Lakes United urge municipalities and the state and provincial governments of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River region to set ambitious, achievable performance measures and targets to ensure sustainable water resources on a watershed and aquifer basis; such targets will take into consideration human, economic, and ecosystem needs; |
Great Lakes United | Dec 22 2010 | Great Lakes United resolution |
| Resolution in Opposition of Movement of Hazardous Cargo on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River |
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Great Lakes United opposes setting the precedent of shipping radioactive waste metals and materials on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River. THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Great Lakes United firmly opposes the shipping of any hazardous material in ice conditions; THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Great Lakes United strongly recommends that the following conditions be met as it pertains to the movement of hazardous cargo on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River: |
Great Lakes United | Dec 22 2010 | Great Lakes United resolution |
| Resolution Against Radioactive Waste Metal and Materials Dispersal Into Consumer Products |
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Great Lakes United: |
Great Lakes United | Dec 22 2010 | Great Lakes United resolution |
| An Introduction to Green Infrastructure |
This slideshow from the the Green Infrastructure Ontario Coalition identifies opportunities and benefits of green infrastructure practices. |
Green Infrastructure Ontario Coalition | Dec 6 2010 | Multimedia (image, video, audio, PowerPoint) |
| Public Participation in the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement Renegotiation |
Presentation explaining the need for greater public participation in the renegotiation of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, including recommendations |
Great Lakes United; Canadian Environmental Law Association | Dec 2 2010 | Multimedia (image, video, audio, PowerPoint) |
| Construction of New Nuclear Reactors at Darlington Generating Station |
Presentation regarding the construction of new nuclear reactors at Darlington Generating Station. |
Northwatch, Greenpeace | Dec 1 2010 | Multimedia (image, video, audio, PowerPoint) |
| Annual Report 2009 |
Great Lakes United's Annual Report for 2009. |
Great Lakes United | Nov 20 2010 | Report |
| Great Lakes Green Chemistry Network Wins Michigan Green Chemistry Governor's Award |
The Great Lakes Green Chemistry Network, an organization whose mission is to promote the practice of Green Chemistry in the binational Great Lakes basin, has won the 2010 Michigan Green Chemistry Governor's Award for outstanding work by a public sector organization to advance green chemistry. |
Great Lakes Green Chemistry Network | Oct 29 2010 | Letter, comment, or government submissions |
| Release: Groups Warn of Radioactive Waste Shipping Risks on Great Lakes | Beyond Nuclear, Great Lakes United | Sep 16 2010 | Letter, comment, or government submissions | |
| Letter to Leaders Regarding the Shipment of Steam Generators |
This letter and the accompanying resolution requests immediate action to halt the shipment of sixteen radioactively contaminated nuclear steam generators, each weighing more than 100 metric tonnes, through the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence Seaway. |
Great Lakes United | Sep 12 2010 | Letter, comment, or government submissions |
| The costs and benefits of changing operations in the Chicago Waterway System | Multiple | Sep 9 2010 | Factsheet |