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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationDrinking WaterFeature HomepageGreat Lakes News CollaborativeGroundwater ContaminationHistory and CultureIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsNewsPFASPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectRecreation and TourismRefreshThe ProvincesThe StatesU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsAmendment to Clean Water Act improves Great Lakes through critical observation, collaboration
-The Great Lakes region has seen significant improvement since the river fires of 1969, bringing people back the waters they know and love.
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CollaborationDetroitDetroit RiverDrinking WaterLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsRegulators fail for 43 years to stop BASF from ‘staggering’ daily toxic waste spill into Detroit River
-The pollution enters the river just upstream from the City of Wyandotte’s drinking water intake.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsPreparing for a Great Lakes oil spill
-By Lester Graham, Michigan Radio The Great Lakes News Collaborative includes Bridge Michigan; Circle of Blue; Great Lakes Now at Detroit Public Television; and Michigan…
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationFeature HomepageLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeDiesel spill on Lake Michigan triggers multi-agency response
-Up to 46,000 gallons of diesel fuel may have spilled into Lake Michigan from a large ship. It triggered a multi-agency response, including the US Coast Guard, EGLE, and ship owners.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationFeature HomepageInfrastructureLatest NewsNewsRefreshWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWorkers needed to fulfill America’s infrastructure goals
-Local and corporate dollars will pay for some of these projects. But the infrastructure push is catalyzed by federal action.
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Research vessels are on the Great Lakes, but there’s no crew on board
-Autonomous research vessels are gathering data about fish in the Great Lakes.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationFish, Birds and AnimalsLatest NewsMichiganNewsScience, Technology, ResearchMichigan bald eagles soar back from near-extinction
-In 1961, Michigan’s bald eagle population dipped to 52 breeding pairs. Bans on DDT and other harmful chemicals fed a recovery. But the national bird still faces threats from lead bullets and sprawling development.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationDrinking WaterLatest NewsMichiganNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsUS House budget proposal cuts funds for water system upgrades and polluted communities
-The Republican-led House of Representatives is proposing to cut funds for the EPA, water distribution system repairs, and pollution cleanup.
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CollaborationForests and PlantsLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeScience, Technology, ResearchRecord air pollution, Canadian wildfires prompts state to change how it issues air quality alerts
-In the wake of an EPA decision in May to ease air quality restrictions in metro Detroit, the region is experiencing its highest number of Ozone-related air quality notifications in a decade, as well as a new type of alert related to particulate matter.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationForests and PlantsLatest NewsMichiganNewsScience, Technology, ResearchMichigan air quality unhealthy again Monday because of Canadian wildfires
-Smoke blowing from Canadian wildfires hits Michigan again prompting an air quality alert. Haze from hundreds of fires has remained an issue much of the summer.
