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APDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature LeadLeadMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsEPA to begin testing water at 300 Benton Harbor homes
-EPA officials will collect water samples in Benton Harbor, according to The Herald-Palladium. The process is expected to last several weeks.
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APForever Chemicals FeaturedMinnesotaNewsPFASPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsMinnesota pollution officials update impaired waters list
-It’s the first time water bodies outside the Minneapolis-St. Paul area have made the list due to PFAS contamination. A PFAS compound known as perfluorooctane sulfonic acid, or PFOS, can accumulate in fish and potentially cause adverse health effects in people who consume them.
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APEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureMichiganNewsOntarioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWhite House: US will discuss Michigan pipeline with Canada
-President Joe Biden is caught in a battle over Enbridge Energy’s Line 5, a key segment of a pipeline network that carries Canadian oil across the U.S. Midwest.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDrinking WaterFeature LeadLeadMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeDocs: Benton Harbor water response marked by delays, poor messaging
-The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy had ordered Benton Harbor to fix water system problems, including several that predated the lead contamination crises. But the city, lacking enough money or staff to quickly comply, had sought extension after extension.
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DetroitFeature DetroitFeature HomepageHistory and CultureLake SuperiorLatest NewsLighthouses, Museums and Cultural InstitutionsMichiganMinnesotaNatasha BlakelyNewsOhioPennsylvaniaShipwrecksWisconsinEdmund Fitzgerald 2021: Attend a shipwreck memorial service in person or virtually
-All around the region this week, events are focused on honoring the lives lost on the SS Edmund Fitzgerald and other Great Lakes ships. Many of these shipwreck services and ceremonies will be streamed live online.
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Feature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsIndigenous CommunitiesKathy JohnsonLatest NewsMichiganNewsSturgeonWisconsinSturgeon Restoration: Starting anew in Sturgeon and Saginaw bays
-In the bays where lake sturgeon no longer spawn, Indigenous groups and researchers are hoping to change that.
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Drinking WaterDrinking Water News RoundupLatest NewsLeadMichiganMinnesotaNew YorkNewsOhioOntarioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinDrinking Water News Roundup: Vanderburgh County boil advisory, EPA in Benton Harbor, Chapleau water advisory
-Catch the latest drinking water updates with Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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APDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature LeadLeadMichiganNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsBenton Harbor on edge as lead water crisis persists
-The water system in Benton Harbor has tested for elevated levels of lead for three consecutive years. In response, residents have been told to drink and cook with bottled water and the state has promised to spend millions replacing lead service lines.
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APDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFlintLeadMichiganPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeMichigan to pay $300K to only staffer fired over Flint water
-The deal with Liane Shekter Smith, who was head of the state’s drinking water division, came weeks after an arbitrator said she was wrongly fired in 2016 by officials who were likely looking for a “public scapegoat.”
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature LeadLatest NewsLeadMichiganPolitics, Policy, Environmental Justice
Michigan environmental leader admits flaws with Benton Harbor lead crisis
-Michigan regulators on Wednesday admitted that poor communications by the state may have kept some Benton Harbor residents from being aware of the scope of the lead problem within the municipal water system.
