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Drinking WaterForever Chemicals FeaturedIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsPFASCitizen Excellence: Sandy Wynn-Stelt receives EPA award for efforts to combat PFAS
-Wynn-Stelt is featured in Great Lakes Now’s documentary, “The Forever Chemicals.”
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AgricultureAlgae BloomsCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationDrinking WaterLake ErieLatest NewsMichiganNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsOne Michigan county tells the story of a nation plagued by water pollution
-Farms housing thousands of animals are one of several sources contaminating the Pine River and dividing a mid-Michigan community.
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DetroitDetroit RiverFeature DetroitGary WilsonGroundwater ContaminationHabitat RestorationIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsIn Perpetuity: Toxic Great Lakes sites will require attention for generations to come
-Capping has become a popular form of remediation for contaminated sites but requires decades-long monitoring.
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Enbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesEnergy News RoundupEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingIan WendrowIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake ErieLatest NewsMichiganMinnesotaNewsOhioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWisconsinGreat Lakes Energy News Roundup: Wisconsin utility shutoffs postponed, Lake Erie wind farm, Minnesota mine legal win
-Catch the latest in Great Lakes energy news in Great Lakes Now’s fortnightly headline roundup.
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AgricultureAlgae BloomsCollaborationDrinking WaterFlintForever Chemicals FeaturedGroundwater ContaminationIllinoisIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsLeadMichiganMinnesotaNewsOhioWater Quality and Restoration EffortsAcross the U.S., millions of people are drinking unsafe water. How can we fix that?
-Aging infrastructure, legacy pollution and emerging contaminants are creating a growing urgency to pay attention to the quality of the water we drink.
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Industry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake OntarioLatest NewsOntarioResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchSharon OosthoekTorontoWater Quality and Restoration EffortsBlue Jeans Blues: Researchers find denim microfibers in Great Lakes
-The problem, which goes beyond synthetic fabrics, is one that some in the fashion industry are trying to solve.
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AgricultureAlgae BloomsClimate ChangeEvents and Special BroadcastsFish, Birds and AnimalsGreat Lakes Now Watch PartiesIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLake ErieResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWatch Party: Feeding the Blooms
-Great Lakes Now Program Director Sandra Svoboda chats with Producer David Ruck from Great Lakes Outreach Media about Lake Erie’s toxic algal blooms.
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APEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentMichiganWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
Judge OKs oil flow through second Great Lakes pipeline
-Enbridge reported in June that an anchor support had been bent and scraped, although the pipe itself was unharmed.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesIndigenous CommunitiesIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganWater Quality and Restoration EffortsEnbridge just wants a permit. Michigan critics want to bring down Line 5
-The case stems from a seemingly small detail in Enbridge’s larger quest to build a massive underground tunnel in the bedrock below the Straits.
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AgricultureAlgae BloomsIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentJames ProffittLake ErieLatest NewsNewsOhioWater Quality and Restoration EffortsTotal Maximum Daily Load: Court case looks to push for Ohio EPA nutrients limit for Lake Erie
-Advocates say the sooner a limit is created the better for Lake Erie.
