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Climate ChangeEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingGary WilsonIllinoisIndianaIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganMinnesotaNew YorkNewsOhioPennsylvaniaScience, Technology, ResearchThe StatesWisconsin
Great Aspirations: Great Lakes states grapple with climate change and carbon
-Great Lakes states chart climate change paths with long-term initiatives.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationDrinking WaterInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganMinnesotaNew YorkNewsPFASU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
Explainer: Who regulates U.S. drinking water, and how?
-Federal, state and local governments all have a hand in protecting public water systems and private wells from contamination.
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Drinking WaterDrinking Water News RoundupGroundwater ContaminationIndigenous CommunitiesInfrastructureLatest NewsLeadMinnesotaNew YorkNewsOhioPennsylvaniaWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsin
Drinking Water News Roundup: Drilling fluid contamination, mining pollution concerns, tribal community grants
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with drinking water in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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AdvocacyClimate ChangeCollaborationEquity and Environmental JusticeLatest NewsMinnesotaNew YorkNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental Justice
Across America, Five Communities in Search of Environmental Justice
-From Minneapolis to the Gulf Coast, people of color suffer disproportionately from pollution, callous government and climate change.
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Drinking WaterForever Chemicals FeaturedIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNew YorkNewsPFASPFAS News RoundupPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsin
PFAS News Roundup: New compound in Artic seawater, Michigan and NY set new rules
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in Great Lakes Now’s headline roundup.
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Drinking WaterDrinking Water News RoundupGroundwater ContaminationIndianaIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLatest NewsLeadMichiganMinnesotaNew YorkNewsOntarioPennsylvaniaPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
Drinking Water News Roundup: lead in Pittsburgh, NY stream protection bill
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with drinking water in Great Lakes Now’s headline roundup.
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BuffaloDrinking WaterForever Chemicals FeaturedGroundwater ContaminationNew YorkNewsPFASPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
Groups hope NY rules get pollutants out of drinking water
-New York has also approved maximum contaminant levels for industrial chemicals PFOA and PFOS.
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Review Underway: Will IJC’s efforts be enough for flooded shoreline municipalities?
-Plan 2014 is a water level regulation plan, implemented in January 2017, for the Lake Ontario-St.Lawrence River system.
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CollaborationCOVID-19Industry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsNew YorkNewsWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
COVID-19 has resurrected single-use plastics – are they back to stay?
-By late June, almost 50 single-use item reduction policies had been suspended across the U.S.
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Drinking WaterDrinking Water News RoundupGroundwater ContaminationIndianaIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganMinnesotaNew YorkNewsOhioOntarioResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchTorontoWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsin
Drinking Water News Roundup: Ohio water shutoffs, lead exposure from private wells
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with drinking water in Great Lakes Now’s headline roundup.