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AuthorsFeature HomepageIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsScience Says WhatScience, Technology, ResearchSharon OosthoekWater Quality and Restoration EffortsScience Says What? Lessons learned from a deliberate dilbit spill
-Water flowed black and shiny, coating turtles and waterfowl with a smelly goo and transforming grasses and bushes along the banks from green to oily black.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationFeature HomepageInfrastructureLatest NewsNewsRefreshWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWorkers needed to fulfill America’s infrastructure goals
-Local and corporate dollars will pay for some of these projects. But the infrastructure push is catalyzed by federal action.
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AdvocacyClimate ChangeDetroitEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature DetroitFeature HomepageFlintLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeScience, Technology, ResearchTED Countdown: Musician Tunde Olaniran from Flint, Michigan on the role of art in the climate crisis
-They were asked to perform one of their latest works for the TED Countdown Summit at the Fillmore Detroit. Olaniran took to the stage with four backup dancers to retell the story of the Yuruba creation myth.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationDrinking WaterLatest NewsMichiganNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsUS House budget proposal cuts funds for water system upgrades and polluted communities
-The Republican-led House of Representatives is proposing to cut funds for the EPA, water distribution system repairs, and pollution cleanup.
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AuthorsDrinking WaterFeature HomepageKathy JohnsonLatest NewsMichiganMinnesotaNewsOhioPFAS News RoundupWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinPFAS News Roundup: First-to-market PFAS annihilator in Michigan, $42.4 million in claims against Wisconsin city
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in this biweekly headline roundup.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationLatest NewsMichiganNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsNo contact advisory in place for part of St. Joseph River
-An estimated 500,000 gallons of untreated wastewater have been discharged into the St. Joseph River.
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Algae BloomsCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsGreat Lakes News CollaborativeLake ErieLatest NewsMichiganNewsRefreshScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration Efforts“It’s a good thing”: Fishflies in Great Lakes region signify healthy water
-Even though fishflies may not be the prettiest insects, they represent good. A large number of fishflies near the Great Lakes area means the water is healthy.
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Algae BloomsCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationFeature HomepageGreat Lakes News CollaborativeIllinoisIndianaLake ErieLake St. ClairLatest NewsMichiganMinnesotaNew YorkNewsOhioPennsylvaniaPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectRefreshScience, Technology, ResearchThe StatesU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinWhat are wetlands for, anyway?
-Here’s what to know about how the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Sackett v EPA changing wetland protection impacts the Great Lakes region.
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AdvocacyAuthorsEquity and Environmental JusticeGary WilsonLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsEnvironmental justice, climate resilience are top priorities for new Great Lakes executive
-Working with communities impacted by lead poisoning and climate change in the spotlight for the National Wildlife Federation’s new Great Lakes leader, Rebecca Meuninck
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Study says drinking water from nearly half of US faucets contains potentially harmful chemicals
-Researchers described the study as the first nationwide effort to test for PFAS in tap water from private sources in addition to regulated ones.
