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New lead testing method could reveal higher levels in water
-For years, testing of the tap water in an upscale Detroit suburb showed the city was in the clear. Then residents got a notice seemingly out of the blue: Their water could be contaminated with elevated levels of lead.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesIndigenous CommunitiesIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsOntarioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeTribal Governments and First NationsIgnore the buzz, here’s why Enbridge Line 5 won’t likely close anytime soon
-Anyone following recent national and international news about the Enbridge Line 5 pipeline could be forgiven for believing the pipeline might shutter any day now, with major implications for winter fuel prices.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDrinking WaterLatest NewsLeadMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticePanel advising Michigan agencies on how to reduce lead levels in drinking water holds first meeting
-The seven-member “Corrosion Control Advisory Panel” is part of a broader effort by the state to address aging lead service lines.
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CollaborationCOP26Industry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeBringing the fight against dams to COP26
-Indigenous activists and allies from Oregon to Chile are highlighting how dams harm the climate and Indigenous peoples worldwide.
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Whitmer proposes $300M in water funding for communities
-Michigan Gov. Whitmer proposed $300 million to help local utilities address elevated lead levels, plan for pipe replacement and connect users of contaminated wells to municipal supplies.
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Drinking WaterDrinking Water News RoundupIllinoisLatest NewsMichiganMinnesotaNew YorkNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinDrinking Water News Roundup: Algae blooms threaten Illinois, Wisconsin DNR cuts runoff regulations
-Catch the latest drinking water updates with Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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APIndigenous CommunitiesInfrastructureNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsTribes welcome infusion of money in infrastructure bill
-President Joe Biden signed the $1.2 trillion deal earlier this week that includes about $11 billion in benefits for Indian Country, according to the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. About one-third of that, $3.5 billion, will go to the Indian Health Service, the federal agency tasked with providing healthcare for more than 2 million Native American and Alaska Natives.
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Climate ChangeCollaborationIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeRecreation and TourismHow the Ski Industry Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Climate Activism
-An interview with the president of the International Ski Federation, Gian Franco Kasper, made its way around the Internet faster than locals flocking to the first chair on a powder day. In the 2019 interview, Kasper told a Swiss newspaper that he preferred working with dictators to environmentalists and that there is no proof of “so-called” climate change.
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APEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeRegulators seek to suspend Trump rule on railway natural gas
-The rule, which was backed by both the natural gas and freight rail industries, had already been on hold because several environmental groups and 14 states filed lawsuits challenging it.
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APEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeJudge keeps Michigan oil pipeline case in federal court
-The clash over whether Enbridge Energy’s Line 5 should continue operating raises issues “under consideration at the highest levels of this country’s government” involving a U.S.-Canada treaty and federal pipeline safety regulation, U.S. District Judge Janet Neff ruled.
