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BudgetFeature HomepageGreat Lakes CommissionIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganNew YorkNewsOhioPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeSandra SvobodaNew national authority for Great Lakes region proposed by Ohio Congresswoman
-Ohio’s Marcy Kaptur renews call for a federal Great Lakes Authority to bring steady funds for clean up, economic development and local projects in the region.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDrinking WaterIndigenous CommunitiesIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsBillions Flow to Water Systems from Federal Pandemic Relief Funds
-Passed nearly a year ago, the American Rescue Plan Act is injecting needed funding into aging water and sewer infrastructure.
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Mapping the Great Lakes: What’s in a Great Lakes name?
-What really makes a region? Is it geographic boundaries, interdependent economics, cultural connectivity or a general shared sense of place?
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APDrinking WaterFeature HomepageIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake ErieLake HuronLake MichiganLake OntarioLake SuperiorMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectWater Quality and Restoration EffortsEven in water-rich Michigan, no guarantee of enough for all
-The Great Lakes region is striving to shed its worn out Rust Belt image by developing a “blue economy” that leverages its abundant fresh water.
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APIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWisconsinBiden to follow State of Union address with Wisconsin trip
-President Joe Biden travels to Wisconsin next week, the day after delivering his State of the Union speech in Washington.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectWater Quality and Restoration EffortsRisky Drinking Water Pathogen Has Outsized Effect on Black Americans
-A new analysis shows that rising Legionnaires’ disease cases disproportionately affect Black Americans and people living in the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, and New England.
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Climate ChangeCollaborationCommercial FishingFish, Birds and AnimalsIndigenous CommunitiesIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInvasive SpeciesLake SuperiorLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectScience, Technology, ResearchTribal Governments and First NationsBreaking up: Ice loss is changing one Anishinaabe fisherman’s relationship with Lake Superior
-Respect for water was as much a part of Phillip Solomon’s fishing education as sawing through thick winter ice. The Anishinaabe fisherman can see how rising temperatures are changing Gitchigumi and the fish his community relies on.
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APIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLake ErieNewsOhioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
Biden: Infrastructure plan gives $1B for Great Lakes cleanup
-The $1 billion for the Great Lakes from the bipartisan measure, combined with annual funding through an ongoing recovery program, will enable agencies by 2030 to finish work on 22 sites designated as among the region’s most degraded.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClimate ChangeEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsOntarioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsLine 5’s impact on climate change being reviewed as part of tunnel decision
-Line 5 sits on the lakebed of the Straits of Mackinac which connects Lakes Michigan and Huron. Advocates are worried about the risk of an oil spill in the lakes.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsOntarioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectNew report finds Enbridge Line 5 closure will cause little pain to Michigan
-Among the arguments used by Canadian energy giant Enbridge in support of its Line 5 pipeline that runs through Michigan is that, if it’s closed, there will be a significant impact on energy prices for consumers.
