ENVIRO-NEWS: EPA Water Headlines for the week of April 19, 2010

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Water Headlines for the week of April 19, 2010

Water Headlines is a weekly on-line publication that announces
publications, policies, and activities of the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency's Office of Water

In This Week's Water Headlines:
1) Nation's Top Collegiate Debaters Tackle Key Environmental Issues on
Earth Day
2) EPA Meets with Federal Agencies on the Urban Waters Initiative
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1) Nation's Top Collegiate Debaters Tackle Key Environmental Issues on
Earth Day

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Office of Water, the
Smithsonian Institution's Museum of Natural History and the nation's top
collegiate debaters will participate in lively and educational debates
on two key environmental issues facing the U.S.  The morning debate will
be between Michigan State University and the University of Mary
Washington on the topic: "Should Congress adopt the Clean Water
Restoration Act," and the afternoon debate will be between Harvard
University and the University of Southern California on "Should EPA set
binding limits on U.S. carbon emissions consistent with the 2010
Copenhagen principles."  The debates are free and open to the public.

Featured speakers: Peter S. Silva, EPA Assistant Administrator for the
Office of Water (morning debate) and Michael H. Shapiro, EPA Deputy
Assistant Administrator for the Office of Water (afternoon debate)
Location: Baird Auditorium, Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of
Natural History, located at the intersection of 10th Street and
Constitution Ave., NW in Washington, D.C. (Metro accessible via
Smithsonian Station and Federal Triangle Station)
Date and time: Thursday, April 22, 2010, 10:30 am to12:30 pm (first
debate) and 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm (second debate)
More information on the debate and other Earth Day events:
http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2010/04/what-are-you-doing
-for-earth-day/ [or http://tinyurl.com/y2l66qy ] or
http://www.epa.gov/earthday/events.htm , or contact Bryan "Ibrahim"
Goodwin, 202-566-0762, goodwin.bryan@epa.gov

2) EPA Meets with Federal Agencies on the Urban Waters Initiative
On April 6, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, and U.S. Department of Interior co-convened a
federal partnership meeting with other federal agencies, in coordination
with the White House Domestic Policy Council, to build a federal
partnership that will support the launch of EPA's Urban Waters
initiative. The Urban Waters initiative is an effort to reconnect
communities with urban waterways and restore critical resources by
making programs more relevant to urban and underserved communities. At
the meeting, the federal agencies shared ideas and agreed to establish
and implement a partnership that will restore, improve and protect urban
waterways and engage local communities in this effort.
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