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Oct 20, 2009
Aug 4, 2009
Cincinnati, Ohio (July 31, 2009) - Brigadier General John W. Peabody, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Great Lakes and Ohio River Division (LRD) Commanding General, was promoted to major general during a ceremony at the Westin Hotel, located in downtown Cincinnati, today.
May 13, 2009
WASHINGTON -- Cleaning up the Great Lakes and tributaries and keeping them healthy -- and navigable -- will take a lot of money. President Barack Obama, building on blueprints authorized by then-President George W. Bush in 2004 and completed in 2005, has shown a commitment to the plan known as the Great Lakes Regional Collaboration Strategy.
When it comes to talking green, Gov. Jennifer Granholm can hang with any politician. Hardly a day goes by that she fails to remind us that Michigan's future depends on developing a sustainable economy based on renewable energy, energy efficiency and stewardship over Michigan's unique natural resources, particularly the Great Lakes.
May 11, 2009
Granholm seeks to shift oversight to feds, saving $2M
May 7, 2009
Even if the last few inches of the drop in water levels in the upper Great Lakes is the result of a capricious Mother Nature and even if a new study making that allegation is valid, there is still good reason to plug the so-called hole in the St. Clair River near Detroit. The U.S. Army of Corps of Engineers needs to start looking at ways to restore the water that has been lost, regardless of the cause.
Army Corps earlier said process was completed
Apr 23, 2009
Mar 23, 2009
By John Flesher
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - Governor Jennifer Granholm's proposal to hand over protection of Michigan wetlands to the federal government comes as critics in Congress and elsewhere say federal agencies are falling down on the job.
Mar 12, 2009
The Army Corps of Engineers is close to finalizing plans to tie the West Bank hurricane protection system into the Mississippi River levee, the last link in a 66-mile chain of levees and floodwalls protecting parts of Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines and St. Charles parishes.
Mar 11, 2009
Michigan state lawmakers and Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D) are promoting legislation that would hand wetland permitting responsibilities back to the federal government amid deepening state budget problems.
WASHINGTON -- President Obama on Wednesday ordered his administration to change how government contracts are awarded to private businesses, saying he intended to reverse some practices of the Bush administration and do away with no-bid contracts that have cost billions and led to corruption investigations.
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