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APBudgetIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLake MichiganNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWisconsinWisconsin governor seeks federal disaster declaration for 3 counties
-About $10 million in damages where repairs were eligible for federal reimbursement were identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and Wisconsin Emergency Management.
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Drinking WaterGary WilsonIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsCore priority: Michigan environmental budget boosts funding for EGLE
-Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer spotlighted the environment and clean water in her budget proposal after giving it just a passing mention in her State of the State speech.
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APIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectWater Quality and Restoration EffortsFactory farms provide abundant food, but environment suffers
-The spread of corporate animal farms is turning neighbor against neighbor in town halls and courtrooms across rural America.
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ArticleDrinking WaterGrand RapidsGroundwater ContaminationLatest NewsMichiganNatasha BlakelyPFASProtectBefore the PFAS-related consent decree takes effect, the public can comment at hearings and online
-The West Michigan company that dumped tannery scraps reached an agreement with two townships and the state. Here’s how to share your opinions about it.
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Brian OwensEquity and Environmental JusticeFish, Birds and AnimalsHabitat RestorationIndigenous CommunitiesLatest NewsNewsOntarioPlayPolicyProtectTribal Governments and First NationsU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsFisheries Update: New Canadian law improves habitat protections and adds Indigenous consultation
-The new version of the law restores protections that were removed by the previous government in 2012.
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AdvocacyAPDrinking WaterEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentNew YorkNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeNew York suppliers could avoid drinking water violations under plan
-Environmental advocacy groups are criticizing New York’s plan to allow water suppliers to delay being hit with formal violations for exceeding the state’s incoming limits for industrial chemicals in public drinking water.
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AdvocacyAuthorsDrinking WaterEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingGary WilsonIllinoisLake OntarioLatest NewsMichiganNew YorkNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectWisconsinGreen Spotlight: New York Gov. Cuomo leads with climate change, restoring nature in annual priorities speech
-The governors of five of the eight Great Lakes states have given their yearly State of the State addresses, but only one of them highlighted climate change.
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APDrinking WaterIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentMilwaukeeNewsPFASPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWisconsinWisconsin lawmakers introduce sweeping PFAS pollution bill
-The new bill would allocate $7.7 million over two years toward efforts to slow contamination and clean up polluted areas.
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Drinking WaterEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentNewsPFASPFAS News Roundup: Litigation, testing, fish advisories, microwave popcorn and new firefighting foam labels
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS – a group of man-made chemicals flagged as a major contaminant in sources of water across the country – in the Great Lakes region and on a national level in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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AdvocacyCollaborationDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeGroundwater ContaminationIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMinnesotaNewsWater Quality and Restoration Efforts‘Wiggle room,’ deleted emails, and a controversial phone call: What we learned after five days of testimony in the PolyMet hearing
-Everyone concedes the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency’s handling of a water pollution permit for the controversial PolyMet project was far from normal. The big question is whether it was improper.
