Waterborne Trade & Environment / Invasive Species
Oct 21, 2014 Comments Off on Waterborne Trade & Environment / Invasive Species adminFor almost two decades, the Northeast-Midwest Institute has been a leading source of policy, scientific, and technological innovation to advance “clean trade” in the Northeast-Midwest region and beyond, especially through the prevention and management of aquatic …
Continue ReadingManufacturing and Workforce
Oct 21, 2014 Comments Off on Manufacturing and Workforce adminThe Northeast-Midwest region was once the industrial heart of the nation and manufacturing remains an important sector of its economy. Global competition has reduced the number of manufacturing jobs in …
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Oct 21, 2014 Comments Off on Energy adminNortheastern and Midwestern states lack abundant supplies of oil and natural gas and their residents typically pay higher energy prices than those in energy-producing states. As a result, the development …
Continue ReadingBrownfields
Oct 21, 2014 Comments Off on Brownfields adminOne consequence of being the nation’s historic industrial heartland is that the Northeast-Midwest region suffers disproportionately from vacant contaminated properties, or brownfields. The Institute has been at the forefront of …
Continue ReadingAgriculture and Food
Oct 21, 2014 Comments Off on Agriculture and Food adminAgriculture, the Northeast-Midwest region’s largest single industry, contributes tens of billions of dollars in revenue to our economy each year (and billions more in total economic impact) and it has …
Continue ReadingRevitalizing Older Cities Congressional Task Force
Oct 21, 2014 Comments Off on Revitalizing Older Cities Congressional Task Force adminHistory Members of Congress sharing an interest in restoring prosperity to America’s great historic industrial cities have created the Revitalizing Older Cities (ROC) Congressional Task Force to exchange legislative ideas …
Continue ReadingDelaware River Basin Task Force
Oct 21, 2014 Comments Off on Delaware River Basin Task Force adminHistory The Delaware River Basin Task Force was created in 1999 to better coordinate efforts to promote river basin restoration through appropriations, authorizations, and other federal legislation. The Task Force …
Continue ReadingUpper Mississippi River Basin Task Force
Oct 21, 2014 Comments Off on Upper Mississippi River Basin Task Force adminHistory, Mission and Overview The Upper Mississippi River Basin Task Force was created in 1997 to disseminate information and coordinate legislative efforts on areas of agreement for the benefit of …
Continue ReadingChesapeake Bay Watershed Task Force
Oct 21, 2014 Comments Off on Chesapeake Bay Watershed Task Force adminHistory The Congressional Chesapeake Bay Watershed Task Force was initiated several years ago, but was re-launched in 2004 with a newly focused mission and role: to build consensus around initiatives …
Continue ReadingGreat Lakes Task Forces
Oct 21, 2014 Comments Off on Great Lakes Task Forces adminThe House and Senate Great Lakes Task Forces are bipartisan working groups within the Northeast-Midwest Congressional and Senate Coalitions that cooperate to enhance the economic and environmental health of the …
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