THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Great Lakes United:
--Opposes the deregulation, release, and dispersal of radioactive waste metals and materials into commerce and the environment;
--Opposes the processing for release, buying and selling of any materials or products from or made from materials that have been contaminated by nuclear power or weapons fuel chain facilities;
--Opposes setting the precedent of shipping radioactive waste metals and materials on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River.
--Advocates public policy which prohibits releases of radioactive wastes and materials into commerce or their unrestricted dumping; that radioactive waste metals and materials be regulated and isolated from the environment and public for their entire hazardous life; that all costs of recapturing, isolating and managing radioactive wastes and materials be borne by the generator;
--Appeals to all public officials at all levels to oppose and prohibit the deregulation of radioactive wastes and materials for “clearance,” “release,” “recycling,” “exemption,” listing them as “below regulatory concern,” or any other legalistic mechanism that results in dispersal of nuclear wastes and materials into public commerce or unrestricted dumping, or in any way being treated as if they were nonradioactive.

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;

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.
THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Great Lakes United advocate that the Governments of Canada and Ontario determine cost-sharing formulae for large-scale Remedial Action projects in consultation with Area of Concern municipalities and other stakeholders.

This slideshow from the the Green Infrastructure Ontario Coalition identifies opportunities and benefits of green infrastructure practices.

Presentation regarding the construction of new nuclear reactors at Darlington Generating Station.

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.

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.

A new report has been released which attempts to determine the life history of the bighead carp captured on June 22, 2010, in Lake Calumet, just 6 miles from Lake Michigan. Great Lakes United, in partnership with Alliance for the Great Lakes, Healing Our Waters Coalition, National Wildlife Federation, Natural Resources Defense Council, and Prairie Rivers Network have produced a factsheet to unravel the science and clear up some of the misconceptions behind the bighead carp found in Lake Calumet.

Great Lakes United signed onto this group letter sent to key members of U.S. Congress regarding the need to separate the Great Lakes and Mississippi River basins to protect our waters from Asian carp and other damaging species. The letter describes what hydrological separation is, what benefits will come from it, and what hydrological separation does not mean. It is a useful resource for anyone seeking information about how to successfully stop invasive species from entering the Great Lakes from the Mississippi river ecosystem. The document gives a clear outline of the economic and ecological benefits of hydrological separation and urges decision makers to take action to prevent further spread of invasive species.

Letter to the US Army Corps of Engineers: Comments regarding preparation of Environmental Assesment

We write today to recommend important changes to the public consultation process for the renegotiation of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. The process outlined by the governments on their January 14 public Webinar is inadequate and unsatisfactory. The process outlined will not provide for sufficient public input that is both relevant and meaningful to you as you renegotiate the agreement. We urge you to re-evaluate your consultation plans and make changes to the process to ensure the public consultation process undertaken this year is as or more robust than the one that the Canadian and U.S. governments followed in their 1987 negotiations.

The Great Lakes Task Force has begun circulating the attached letter to the Great Lakes Congressional delegation for sign on. The letter calls on the Army Corps of Engineers, the Coast Guard, the EPA and the US Fish & Wildlife Service to take immediate action to keep the Asian carp out of the Great Lakes.