CHICAGO, Illinois, March 22 -- The Alliance for the Great Lakes issued the following news release: * * * Great Lakes Scientists Support Illinois Bill to Protect Drinking Water from Plastic Microfibers More than 30 Great Lakes scientists have called on Illinois legislators to establish a science-based standard for capturing plastic microfibers released from washing machines. By setting a standard, not a specific technology, and phasing it in over five years, a bill currently under consideratio  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment released the testimony by Mike Matichich, global principal for economic and financial services at Jacobs Solutions, from a March 11, 2025, hearing entitled "Water Infrastructure Financing: WIFIA and the Clean Water State Revolving Fund." WIFIA is the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act. * * * Good morning, Chairmen Graves and Collins, Ranking Members Larsen and Wilson  more