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Nestlé Exit: North American bottled water brands sold to investment firm
-Despite the Nestlé exit, the sale does not mark the end of bottled water or the water withdrawals from Great Lakes locales.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDrinking WaterFish, Birds and AnimalsForever Chemicals FeaturedLatest NewsMichiganNewsPFASRecreational Hunting and FishingResearch, Data and TechnologyPFAS is in fish and wildlife. Researchers prowl Michigan for clues.
-Years into Michigan’s PFAS contamination crisis, little is known about how the chemicals affect the fish and wildlife that live in tainted environments. Michigan has become a laboratory for answers.
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Drinking WaterGroundwater ContaminationIllinoisKathy JohnsonLatest NewsMichiganNewsOntarioResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsRoad Salt: Researchers look at vegetables and juices for alternatives to salt
-Great Lakes residents depend on road salt to reach their destinations safely in the winter, but that safety places a heavy burden on freshwater ecosystems.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClimate ChangeDrinking WaterInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater could make the Great Lakes a climate refuge. Are we prepared?
-Michigan and the Great Lakes region — with an abundance of fresh water, warming winters and less fire-prone forests — stand to attract millions of new residents in the coming years looking to escape flooded coastal areas and the parched land of the West.
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PBS Project: Great Lakes Now and the Belle Isle Conservancy are hosting a high school intern
-With funding from PBS Education, we’re offering a spring internship to a high school student to work on Earth Day-related events with Belle Isle Conservancy and produce video content about the experience.
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CollaborationEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsDeja vu — former Michigan elected official leads national energy policy, again
-A Senate committee approved former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s nomination as Secretary of Energy by a 13-4 vote on Feb. 3. A full Senate vote is pending.
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APDrinking WaterEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingIndianaLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeIndiana lawmakers debate environmental regulation, rollbacks
-While some measures could bring reductions to Indiana’s carbon emissions and make stricter penalties for polluters, others would spur regulatory rollbacks that could have long-lasting and damaging effects.
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BudgetCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDrinking WaterInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganNewsHigh Demand for New Michigan Water Infrastructure Grants
-Funding requests are more than three times larger than available funds.
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Drinking WaterDrinking Water News RoundupEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingGroundwater ContaminationIllinoisIndianaInfrastructureLake MichiganLatest NewsMinnesotaNewsOhioOntarioPennsylvaniaWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWater WithdrawalsWisconsinDrinking Water News Roundup: Dispute between two Waukeshas over Lake Michigan diversion, Ontario infrastructure grants
-Catch the latest drinking water updates with Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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Drinking WaterDrinking Water News RoundupForever Chemicals FeaturedLatest NewsMichiganMinnesotaNatasha BlakelyNew YorkNewsPFASPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinPFAS News Roundup: Minnesota sets new PFAS blueprint, Biden EPA dumps PFAS assessment over ‘political interference’
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
