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AdvocacyAuthorsEquity and Environmental JusticeGary WilsonLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsEnvironmental justice, climate resilience are top priorities for new Great Lakes executive
-Working with communities impacted by lead poisoning and climate change in the spotlight for the National Wildlife Federation’s new Great Lakes leader, Rebecca Meuninck
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AuthorsCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClimate ChangeFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsForests and PlantsGary WilsonHabitat RestorationLatest NewsMichiganNewsOntarioResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsLandmark Great Lakes coastal wetland program continues restoration drive that began in 2010
-Climate change is causing scientists to cope with unpredictable challenges.
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Asian CarpAuthorsCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipChicagoFeature HomepageGary WilsonGreat Lakes News CollaborativeIllinoisInvasive SpeciesLake MichiganLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeRefreshIllinois, feds grapple with agreement that would advance billion dollar plan to stop invasive carp
-Illinois objects to terms of “complex” partnership agreement required by the Army Corps of Engineers, while Michigan policy expert questions the need.
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AuthorsFeature HomepageGary WilsonHistory and CultureLake ErieLake HuronLake MichiganLake OntarioLake SuperiorLatest NewsMichiganNewsNew Great Lakes book challenges readers with mystery, facts and whimsy
-Veteran author Dave Dempsey’s The Great Lakes: Fact or Fake is designed to entertain and educate
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AdvocacyAuthorsCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClimate ChangeEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageGary WilsonIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsOntarioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeScience, Technology, ResearchThe StatesU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsFormer U.N. adviser warns on water futures trading, elevates water crisis to level of climate
-Canada’s Maude Barlow says Michigan, Canada Line 5 dispute is on the “back burner” between Trudeau and Biden.
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AuthorsCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClimate ChangeDetroitEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature DetroitFeature HomepageGary WilsonLatest NewsMichiganMunicipalitiesNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeScience, Technology, ResearchThe StatesEnvironmental justice expert questions Michigan’s subsidies for electric vehicles
-Concern over EV affordability for lower income groups and who will bear the burden of the environmental risk that comes with EV production.
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AdvocacyAuthorsCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDetroitDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature DetroitFeature HomepageGary WilsonGreat Lakes News CollaborativeLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeThe StatesWater Quality and Restoration EffortsHope springs eternal for Michigan legislator who champions drinking water equity
-Senator Stephanie Chang began her campaign to end water shutoffs in 2015. She’s hopeful for legislative action in 2023.
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AuthorsBooks, Authors, Art and MusicCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDrinking WaterFeature HomepageGary WilsonHistory and CultureInfrastructureLatest NewsNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsBook chronicles human, water connection from nomadic to modern times
-The journey of modern man began 10,000 years ago and “the distribution of water defined its starting point.”
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AuthorsBudgetCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipChicagoFeature HomepageGary WilsonIllinoisIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganNewsOhioPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeShipping and PortsThe StatesU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsDivided Congress: Smooth sailing or choppy waters for Great Lakes programs?
-Great Lakes funding has been bipartisan, but the EPA will face more oversight and the region may have less influence in D.C.
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AuthorsBuffaloCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipChicagoEquity and Environmental JusticeGary WilsonIllinoisLake ErieLatest NewsMichiganNew YorkNewsOhioPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectThe StatesBuffalo legislator calls for bill of rights protection for the Great Lakes
-Unique legislation would provide “personhood” rights but legal barriers to adoption are significant. Public Trust doctrine as an alternative.
