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BudgetCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganMunicipalitiesNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeScience, Technology, ResearchThe StatesWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWho’s at fault for Midland dam failures? Pretty much everyone, report says
-The Association of State Dam Safety Officials released the investigative team’s final report Wednesday. Investigators declined to place blame at the foot of any one person or group.
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AgricultureClimate ChangeCollaborationForests and PlantsIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentNewsOntarioPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectResourceScience, Technology, ResearchU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsThe report on Ontario’s natural resources the government didn’t want you to read
-The government held back a report on Ontario’s ecosystems. Even as it details how human activity is hurting wetlands and waterways, it focuses on the wealth generated by natural resources.
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Climate ChangeCollaborationIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsNewsOhioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsStorms strain Ohio’s electric grid, and climate change could make it worse
-More than 900,000 Ohioans lost power last year from weather-related events. Climate change will likely bring more severe storms.
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Algae BloomsCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageForests and PlantsGroundwater ContaminationIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganMunicipalitiesNewsScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWater's True CostMichigan’s lack of septic system regulations is causing problems for some of its most pristine lakes
-The cost of updating sewer systems in growing communities is either a hefty price tag or polluted waters.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDrinking WaterInfrastructureLake SuperiorLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsFRESH: Biden Strengthens Environmental Reviews for Large Infrastructure Projects
-Fresh is a biweekly newsletter from Circle of Blue that unpacks the biggest international, state, and local policy news stories facing the Great Lakes region today.
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AdvocacyAPClimate ChangeEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingIllinoisIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentMichiganNew YorkNewsPennsylvaniaPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeThe States16 states that want to electrify USPS fleet file lawsuits
-California and 15 states that want the U.S. Postal Service to electrify its mail delivery vehicles are suing to halt purchases of thousands of gas-powered trucks as the agency modernizes its delivery fleet.
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BudgetCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDrinking WaterEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageFeature LeadFlintIllinoisIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLatest NewsLeadMichiganMunicipalitiesNatasha BlakelyNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectThe StatesWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWater's True CostMichigan’s 20th Century water systems too big for its shrinking city populations
-Cities around the Great Lakes region struggle with the cost of water maintenance and operation as their populations decline.
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BudgetCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageFlintInfrastructureLatest NewsLeadMichiganMunicipalitiesNewsPFASPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectThe StatesWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWater's True CostWater woes loom for Michigan suburbs, towns after decades of disinvestment
-Michigan cities rich and poor, big and small have been delaying maintenance on their water systems for decades. Now, even wealthy towns are suffering the consequences of past reluctance to pay for water system upkeep.
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AdvocacyBudgetCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganMunicipalitiesNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectThe StatesWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWater's True CostMany Rural Towns Have Neglected Drinking Water Systems for Decades
-Rural Michigan’s shrinking populations, growing poverty, and diminished state and federal assistance have fueled a crisis of underfunded drinking water infrastructure.
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APBudgetDrinking WaterForever Chemicals FeaturedGroundwater ContaminationMunicipalitiesNewsPFASPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinMadison mayor wants to spend $425K on PFAS filtration system
-Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway wants to spend $425,000 to design a system to filter PFAS chemicals out of a city well.
