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BudgetCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClimate ChangeCollaborationDrinking WaterFeature HomepageInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsMichigan’s Rural Water Systems Confront Generations of Inadequate Investment
-A critical juncture is reached for providing water to rural communities around the region.
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ChicagoCOVID-19Drinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageFeature-ChicagoGary WilsonIllinoisLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsPriority Shift: Great Lakes exec moves environmental justice to top of list
-Ending water shutoffs, redefining a restored Great Lakes displace legacy issues for president of the nonpartisan nonprofit Alliance for the Great Lakes.
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AgricultureAlgae BloomsBudgetDrinking WaterFeature HomepageJames ProffittLake ErieLatest NewsLeadNewsOhioPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsH2Ohio: Agency directors focus on wetlands, farmer subsidies, replacing lead lines
-The Ohio Department of Agriculture, Ohio Department of Natural Resources and Ohio Environmental Protection Agency will seek $240.85 million in funding for H2Ohio projects.
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Books, Authors, Art and MusicCollaborationDetroitDrinking WaterFeature DetroitFeature HomepageLatest NewsMichiganNewsSandra SvobodaWater Quality and Restoration EffortsSave Water, Save Nature: Kids calendar art contest promotes healthy water management
-GLN Host Ward Detwiler interviewed this year’s Kids Clean Water Calendar Contest winner about his artwork promoting clean water.
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APDrinking WaterForever Chemicals FeaturedNewsPFASPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWisconsinWisconsin Legislature moves to kill limits on PFAS, protect conversion therapy
-Senate Republicans placed in committee a bill blocking a Department of Natural Resources rule designed to fight pollution from PFAS.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClimate ChangeCollaborationDrinking WaterGrand RapidsInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsSome cities are turning to natural infrastructure to deal with extreme rain events
-Climate change in the Great Lakes region means more intense storms. Already some towns are finding they’re flooding where they never have before. One city in Michigan is finding the solution is nature.
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AgricultureCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClimate ChangeCollaborationDrinking WaterFish, Birds and AnimalsHabitat RestorationLatest NewsMichiganNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWetlands can help prevent property damage and save lives during floods
-Last year when the Midland dams gave way, more than 21 billion gallons of water rushed into the Tittabawassee River. More than three and a quarter billion gallons of that ended up in the Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationDrinking WaterEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesIndigenous CommunitiesLake HuronLake MichiganLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeRecreational Hunting and FishingThe StatesWater Quality and Restoration EffortsTreaty Rights Acknowledged For First Time in Oil Pipeline’s Controversial History
-Michigan’s Indigenous communities hold long-standing legal rights to protect lands and waters.
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Drinking WaterForever Chemicals FeaturedGroundwater ContaminationIndianaLatest NewsMichiganNatasha BlakelyNew YorkNewsPFASPFAS News RoundupPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinPFAS News Roundup: Indiana introduces PFAS bills, Michigan citizens unhappy about 8-month disclosure delay
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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Books, Authors, Art and MusicDrinking WaterDrinking Water News RoundupHistory and CultureIllinoisLatest NewsLeadMinnesotaNew YorkNewsOntarioPennsylvaniaWisconsinDrinking Water News Roundup: Lead in NY schools, Minnesota water exhibit, Wisconsin water week
-Catch the latest drinking water updates with Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
