Capitol Currents (WCI Newsletter)

Current issue

• December 6, 2011

Past issues

Presentations

2011 Fall Symposium Presentations

Editorials in Support of America's Waterways

• "Efficient Waterways Key To Exports"
  (Helena Independent-Record, January 12, 2012)

• "Nation's Infrastructure Investment Shouldn't Ignore River Needs"
  (St. Louis Post-Dispatch, September 29, 2011)

• "Waterways Urgently Need Updates"
  (Missoulian, June 8, 2011)
• "Congress Needs to Reinvest in Waterway Systems"
  (Huntington  Herald-Dispatch, May 21, 2011)

• "Maintain Mississippi Waterway Infrastructure"
  (DesMoines Register, December 19, 2010)

• "Investment"
  (Paducah Sun, December 17, 2010)

• "Commit to Our River"
  (Quad City Times, October 20, 2010)

• "Barging Ahead: Congress Should Make Locks and Dams a Priority"
  (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, September 5, 2010)

• "River Transportation is a National Winner"
  (Charleston Daily Mail, July 19, 2010)

• "Step It Up; Underfunded Lock Projects Costing Industry, Taxpayers"
  (Editorial, Paducah Sun, May 26, 2010)

• "Belay It"
  (Editorial, Paducah Sun, May 8, 2009)

• "Rivers of Money?"
  (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Editorial, March 14, 2009)

• Needed Investment
  (Houston Chronicle, October 2007)

• Barge In but Don't Lock Out Nature
  (PJ Star, September 30, 2007)

• Down by the Rivers
  (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 2007)

• Port Gets Its Due
  (Pittsburgh Tribune Review, May 2007)

• Long Overdue
  (Journal of Commerce, July 2006)

• Funds Sought for Kentucky Lock
  (Paducah Sun, July 2006)

• Propeller Club Quarterly
   

• 2002-05 Archives

Recently Published Articles

• "Pittsburgh Area's Aging Locks and Dams Approach 'Scary' Status"
  (Pittsburgh Tribune Review, January 29, 2012)
• "Pa. Watereways Infrastructure Must Become A Priority"
  (Op-Ed by Mike Toohey, Patriot-News, January 8, 2012)
• "Administration Waterways Funding Plan Could Bankrupt Nation's Future"
  (Op-Ed by Mike Toohey, Marine News, December 2011)
• "Modern Waterways Infrastructure - Jobs"
  (Op-ed by Mike Toohey, Marine News, October 2011)
• "Article on Mike Toohey"
  (Marine News, October 2011)
• "10 Minutes With...Mike Toohey"
  (Waterways Journal, October 2011)
• "River Industry Questioning Funding Bill"
  (Paducah Sun, October 2, 2011)
• "Obama Proposes Inland Waterways Financing Program New User Fee Would Generate $1.1 billion"
  (Workboat, September 26, 2011)
• "Obama Tax Plan Tests Shipper Desire to Pay More for U.S. Locks"
  (Bloomberg Business News, September 28, 2011)
• "Grain, Coal Shippers Would Pay New Tax Under Obama Debt Plan"
  (Bloomberg Business News, September 27, 2011)
• "Industry to Press for Inland Waterway Investment, Amid Obama Admin's Objections"
  (Environment and Energy Daily, September 19, 2011)
• "Op, Ed by Tim Parker"
  (Tuscaloosa News, Sunday, August 21, 2011)
• "Silt Buildup Muddies Trade on River"
  (Wall Street Journal, July 5, 2011)
• "2011 Leadership Issue"
  (Marine News, June 2011)
• Waterways and Port Infrastructure Keep Montana and America Moving"
  (Montana Business, June 21, 2011)
• "Silt Clogs U.S. Ports as Taxes Go to Clearing California Marina"
  (Bloomberg Business News, June 1, 2011)
• "Inland Waterways Rule on Transport Efficiency"
  (Maritime Professional, Second Quarter 2011)
• Waterways Need Attention"
  (Cornel Martin, Daytona Beach News-Journal, May 31, 2011)
• "Study says river transport produces big benefits: Report lists lesser-known pluses"
  (Workboat, April 6, 2011)
  

Previously Published Articles

• 2011
• 2010
• 2009
• 2008
• 2007
• 2006
• 2005
• 2004
   

Recent Press Releases

January 11, 2012- U. S. Congressman Nick Rahall To Receive 11th Annual Waterways Council, Inc. Leadership Service Award

December 12, 2011- Waterways Council, Inc. Announces Dates For Washington Meetings, Waterways Seminar 2012

November 10, 2011- WCI Urges Super Committee To Abandon User Fee Proposal Included in Administration's Economic Growth and Deficit Reduction Plan

October 31, 2011- Waterways Council, Inc. Names New Officers and Directors. Matt Woodruff Named Chairman

October 12, 2011- Speakers Announced For Eighth Annual Waterways Symposium and WCI Annual Meeting

September 28, 2011- Waterways Council, Inc. Reacts To President Obama's Proposal For Inland Waterways Infrastructure Funding

September 21, 2011- WCI President/CEO Michael J. Toohey Testifies Before House Water Resources & Environment Subcommittee On Substantial Economic Importance Of Inland Waterways System

September 9, 2011- Waterways Council, Inc. Urges Congress To Act On Modernizing Waterways Projects To Put Americans To Work

August 2, 2011 - Mike Toohey Named Waterways Council, Inc. President and CEO

July 21, 2011 - Mike Toohey Tapped To Lead Waterways Council, Inc.

June 23, 2011 - Online Registration Opens for Eighth Annual Waterways Symposium and WCI Annual Meeting October 19-21, 2011, Pittsburgh, PA

June 16, 2011 - Waterways Council, Inc. Applauds Inclusion of $1 Billion In Emergency Funding For U.S. Army Corp of Engineers In House Committee Bill

June 7, 2011 - WCI Chairman Issues Statement On Dredging Emergency On Lower Mississippi River

May 4, 2011 - Waterways Council, Inc. Presents 10th Annual Leadership Service Award to Congressman Hal Rogers

February 18, 2011 - Waterways Council, Inc. Presents 10th Annual Leadership Service Award to Congressman Hal Rogers

February 9, 2011 - Waterways Council, Inc. To Meet The Press March 10:  Review Of FY 2012 President's Budget For Army Corp Of Engineers Civil Works Program; Prospects for Capital Development Plan in the 112th Congress

January 25, 2011 - U.S. Congressman Hal Rogers To Receive 10th Annual Waterways Council, Inc. Leadership Service Award

Archived Press Releases

• 2010
• 2009
• 2008
• 2007
• 2006
• 2005
• 2004

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