-
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationDrinking WaterFeature HomepageForever Chemicals FeaturedLatest NewsMichiganNewsPFASRefreshWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
Ongoing battle to keep toxic chemicals at bay
-Outdated laws leave communities struggling to ward off contaminants before they foul drinking supplies.
-
Algae BloomsCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationLake ErieLatest NewsMichiganNewsOhioResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
Report: MI and OH must spend hundreds of millions more annually to curb toxic blooms in Lake Erie
-A new report suggests Michigan and Ohio will fail to reduce nutrient runoff by 40% as agreed upon.
-
AgricultureCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClimate ChangeCollaborationFish, Birds and AnimalsGroundwater ContaminationIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeRefreshScience, Technology, ResearchU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
New U.S. Climate Law Could Make Midwest Water Contamination Worse
-Billions in clean energy incentives rely on raw materials from polluting corn and livestock.
-
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeThe StatesWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
Right to water: Could 2023 be the year Michigan ends shutoffs?
-Some lawmakers see a bill to declare a human right to water as a first step toward ending the shutoffs that plague low-income Michiganders.
-
WATCH: How smart is your sewer
-The city of South Bend, Indiana, once had a big problem. Too much sewage was being pumped into the St. Joseph River, which eventually flowed into Lake Michigan. The US government ordered the city to do something about it. But, the price tag was astronomical. Desperate for a solution, city officials found a smart one right under their noses.
-
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsForever Chemicals FeaturedLake HuronLake MichiganLake SuperiorLatest NewsMichiganNewsPFASScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsin
Lakes Michigan and Huron join list of lakes with PFAS-tainted smelt
-State regulators this week warned anglers to limit their meals of rainbow smelt taken from the two lakes, along with three inland lakes.