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DetroitDrinking WaterFeature DetroitGary WilsonLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater WithdrawalsMichigan Water Shutoffs: A test of governor’s commitment to social, environmental justice
-Gov. Gretchen Whitmer campaigned on an aggressive water platform. Now those campaign pledges are being put to the test.
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Water authority transfers funding for bill assistance
-The Great Lakes Water Authority is transferring more than $1.6 million to Detroit and Flint for conservation education and to help customers pay past-due water bills.
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APDrinking WaterFlintGroundwater ContaminationIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentMichiganNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsMichigan Supreme Court hears case over Flint water liability
-The case at the state’s highest court is one of many in state and federal courts over the scandal.
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BudgetChicagoClevelandDetroitDetroit RiverDrinking WaterEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingFeature ClevelandFeature DetroitFeature MilwaukeeFeature-ChicagoGary WilsonGroundwater ContaminationIllinoisIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganMilwaukeeNewsOhioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectRecreation and TourismShipping and PortsThe StatesTourismWaterfront DevelopmentWisconsinWho’s in charge: Lack of storage facility oversight puts waterways at risk
-In major lakeside cities around the Great Lakes, there isn’t a clear answer on who handles oversight of industrial storage facilities.
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APDrinking WaterForever Chemicals FeaturedGroundwater ContaminationMichiganNewsPFASTraverse CityWater Quality and Restoration EffortsMichigan oversight panel OKs limits on ‘forever chemicals’
-The state legislature established the panel in 2018 at the urging of Republicans who described it as a check on excessively burdensome regulation.
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DetroitDrinking WaterForever Chemicals FeaturedIndianaIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNew YorkNewsPFASPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectRic MixterWisconsinPFAS News Roundup: Plasma-blasting PFAS, Wisconsin utilities decline to test, $1M Democrat ad buy
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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City of Buffalo lead poisoning plan missing key elements
-One missing element: a local law allowing city inspectors access to the interiors of the city’s abundant rental singles and doubles in poor neighborhoods.
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APDrinking WaterForever Chemicals FeaturedIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectWolverine Worldwide will pay $113M over PFAS-polluted drinking water
-Wolverine still faces lawsuits from area residents, though the company said it believes its actions approved under the settlement “will have a significant and beneficial impact” on the resolution of those cases.
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Drinking WaterForever Chemicals FeaturedGroundwater ContaminationIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsPFASPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeDocumentary Update: What’s new with one of the families featured in “The Forever Chemicals”
-Seth and Tobyn McNaughton recently reached a settlement with Wolverine Worldwide and 3M.
