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BudgetCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDetroitDrinking WaterFeature DetroitInfrastructureLatest NewsLeadMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeMichigan cities must begin replacing lead pipes. But who has the cash?
-As utilities across the state launch into a massive lead line replacement effort expected to be paid for largely by ratepayers, they are navigating a host of challenges, from the price to replace pipes to where they’ll find enough contractors to do the work.
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Drinking WaterDrinking Water News RoundupGroundwater ContaminationIllinoisIndianaIndigenous CommunitiesLatest NewsLeadMinnesotaNew YorkNewsOntarioPennsylvaniaPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinDrinking Water News Roundup: Illinois, New York see lead in drinking water, Pennsylvania drilling ban, Ontario First Nations boil advisories
-Catch the latest drinking water updates with Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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Tests reveal PFAS contamination in 40 La Crosse-area wells
-The findings come after La Crosse, Wisconsin, tested more than 100 private wells downstream from the La Crosse Regional Airport
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Events and Special BroadcastsFish, Birds and AnimalsGreat Lakes Now Watch PartiesInvasive SpeciesNewsScience, Technology, ResearchWatch Party: Invaders on the Menu
-In this “watch party,” originally broadcast on Facebook on Jan. 8, 2021, Belle Isle Aquarium Aquarist Amanda Murray chats with…
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Minnesota lawmakers introduce anti-copper mining legislation
-The effort directly opposes a proposed Twin Metals underground copper-nickel mine near Ely that opponents say could contaminate the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
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APEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentNewsOhioPolitics, Policy, Environmental Justice2 nuke plants, 1 bribery scandal, no answers: Towns on edge
-The uncertainty surrounding the future of both Ohio plants — Davis-Besse near Toledo and Perry near Cleveland — has created a new wave of anxiety that is stretching into another year after state lawmakers put off deciding whether to repeal the bailout.
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APDrinking WaterFlintGroundwater ContaminationLeadMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeFlint families welcome water crisis charges, seek healing
-“I literally could have cried,” said Ariana Hawk, sitting in her car after learning Tuesday that former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and others in his administration were expected to be charged.
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APDrinking WaterFlintGroundwater ContaminationLeadMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeFlint water crisis: Rooted in neglect, fallout continues
-In light of the new charges against former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, here’s a primer on Flint’s 2014 lead crisis.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDrinking WaterLatest NewsNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsIn Trump Administration’s Final-Days Deregulatory Push, Army Corps Reduces Stream Protections
-Changes to the nationwide permits for dredging and filling waterways will expose more stretches of small streams to development.
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European Colonists Dramatically Increased North American Erosion Rates
-Around 200 years ago, when conversion of land for agriculture became more widespread, the amount of sediment accumulating in riverbeds across the continent jumped tenfold.
