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NEMWI to Hold Congressional Briefing on Asian Carp Control and Management in the Upper Mississippi and Ohio River Basins
What:
A Congressional Briefing on Asian Carp Control and Management in the Upper Mississippi River Ohio River Basins
When:
Wednesday, July 25, 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Where:
2167 Rayburn House Office Building
The Northeast-Midwest Institute's Mississippi River Basin Program and the Mississippi Interstate Cooperative Resource Association (MICRA) will hold a Congressional briefing to discuss the ongoing efforts to control the spread of Asian carp in the Mississippi River Basin on
July 25 from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. in 2167 Rayburn
.
The briefing will provide Congressional staff, regional and environmental organizations, and interested members of the public the opportunity to hear directly from stakeholders from the Upper Mississippi and Ohio Rivers about the current efforts to monitor, control, remove, and deter the spread of Asian carp, as well as a discussion of the impact that invasive Asian carp have on the recreational fishing and related industries. Presentations will be followed by a Q + A session with the panel.
The list of speakers includes:
- Mr. Greg Conover, MICRA, US Fish and Wildlife Service
-
Mr. Nick Frohnauer, MN Department of Resources
- Mr. Ron Brooks, KY Department of Fish and Wildlife
- Mr. Aaron Woldt, US Fish and Wildlife Service
- Mr. Bill Taylor, Fishing League Worldwide
For more information, please contact
Eric Heath
, Senior Policy Counsel for the Mississippi River Basin Program at the Northeast-Midwest Institute
.
This Week in Washington
Wheeler Plans to Change the
EPA's Transparency but Not Its Agenda
Despite Scott Pruitt's
recent
resignation from his position as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the agency is expected to follow a similar deregulatory pattern under Deputy Director and Acting Administrator of the EPA Andrew Wheeler.
Wheeler has "vow[ed] to be more transparent with reporters and other
members of the public," which includes the EPA "approach to calendars, schedules, briefings, etc.," according to
The Washington Post
. This shift
comes amid criticism that former Administrator Pruitt had a secret calendar
and either did not make his public appearances known far enough in advance
or simply did not make them known at all.
The Acting Administrator has spent this week not only transitioning to his new role, but also speaking with the media. During an interview with
The Post
, Wheeler maintained that the EPA's job is to follow Congress' statutes.
Wheeler also explained, "I don't think the overall agenda [of the EPA] is going
to change that much because we're implementing what the president has laid
back regulations, and, according to its
website
, the EPA creates and enforces regulations so as to implement Congress' laws.
The Washington Post
also
noted
that White House officials believe an EPA Administrator will be confirmed before the midterm elections in November.
Kavanaugh's "Limited-Government Jurisprudence" May Affect SCOTUS and Its Environmental Decisions
Concern arose among environmentalists
following President Trump's Monday night announcement of his Supreme Court nominee,
Brett Kavanaugh.
In his twelve years as a judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, Kavanaugh
"has weighed in on dozens of environmental cases
. . . and he's widely seen as critical of many Obama-
era rules from the EPA," according to
Politico
. Many believe that, should the Senate confirm him, Trump's nomination will lead to a rollback on such environmental regulations. This is partly because of Kavanaugh's "limited-government jurisprudence" and his
principle
to "uphold the expansion of regulatory authority only when there is clear evidence Congress intended to
do so."
Judge Kavanaugh has also
criticized the EPA
for considering its regulations' impact on animals while ignoring the economic costs to humans. News
that his decisions will be industry-friendly despite his
belief
that humans are contributing to Earth's changing climate.
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