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Climate ChangeLake ErieLake HuronLake MichiganLake OntarioLake SuperiorLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsIndex: International Joint Commission’s 2020 Triennial Assessment of Progress Report
-Here’s a handy index of all the reports referenced in the IJC’s 2020 triennial report.
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Join Us LIVE: Release of the IJC 2020 Triennial Assessment of Progress Report on Great Lakes Water Quality
-The report is an independent review of the Canadian and U.S. governments’ progress to restore and maintain the Great Lakes under the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement.
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CollaborationDrinking WaterFlintGroundwater ContaminationLatest NewsLeadMichiganNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWhat should justice look like for Flint after the water crisis? Residents weigh in
-“It’s so horrible, so wide-ranging, and it affects everything,” one resident said. “There’s no way to put a dollar amount on it, for everyone to be whole again.”
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Field Tiles: Continued use and improvement of drainage systems pose problems for Lake Erie
-Settlers began draining the Great Black Swamp soon after they encountered it. The farmland that took its place has its own set of problems.
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Officials: Flint makes progress toward ending water crisis
-A total of $120 million in federal and state funding has helped Flint replace more than 9,700 lead service lines, said Kurt Thiede, administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Region 5, which includes Michigan.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDrinking WaterLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWhat the Biden Administration Might Mean For Water
-Circle of Blue reporter Brett Walton hosted a roundtable discussion with three experts about what a Biden administration might mean for federal water policy.
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Federal officials hear arguments on Enbridge pipeline tunnel
-Both sides in a multi-year battle over the future of Enbridge’s Line 5 faced off during an online public hearing before officials with the Army Corps of Engineers.
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Hundreds of boats likely destroyed in Michigan marina fire
-A fire Friday destroyed an enormous building loaded with hundreds of boats stored for the winter in southeastern Michigan.
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Applications to protect lakefront properties triple in year of high water
-The department granted 2,284 permits in the year ending September 30, compared to 730 permits the previous year.
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Climate ChangeDrinking WaterDrinking Water News RoundupGroundwater ContaminationIndianaIndigenous CommunitiesInfrastructureLake MichiganLatest NewsLeadMichiganMinnesotaNewsOhioOntarioPennsylvaniaQuebecWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWater WithdrawalsWisconsinDrinking Water News Roundup: Indiana utilities plan for climate change, Waukesha pipeline construction begins
-Catch the latest drinking water updates with Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
