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BudgetCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDetroitDrinking WaterFeature DetroitInfrastructureLatest NewsLeadMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeMichigan cities must begin replacing lead pipes. But who has the cash?
-As utilities across the state launch into a massive lead line replacement effort expected to be paid for largely by ratepayers, they are navigating a host of challenges, from the price to replace pipes to where they’ll find enough contractors to do the work.
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AgricultureDetroitDetroit RiverFeature DetroitJohn HartigLatest NewsMichiganNewsOntarioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeGreat Lakes Moment: It’s a UFO. No, the aurora borealis. No, it’s Leamington greenhouses!
-The story behind the lightshow over the Detroit River isn’t as mysterious as it might seem.
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COVID-19DetroitFeature DetroitGreat Lakes Now's Year-End PostsLake OntarioLatest NewsMichiganNatasha BlakelyNewsLake Ontario: Big catch escapes again
-In 2019, then-new News Director Natasha Blakely was missing Lake Ontario from her Great Lakes Visits list. Spoiler alert: She didn’t make it there in 2020 either.
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DetroitFeature DetroitIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentJohn HartigLatest NewsMichiganNewsWaterfront DevelopmentGreat Lakes Moment: A new vision for the former McLouth Steel site in Trenton
-While the blighted buildings have been torn down, the controversy is not over as stakeholders debate over what to do with the cleared site.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCOVID-19DetroitFeature DetroitLatest NewsMichiganNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchGrant to help expand COVID-19 wastewater detection program
-The expanded program, which has been running as a pilot since spring, will test untreated sewage in some Detroit zip codes.
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Michigan agency recommends $5.4M for recreation projects
-Belle Isle Park is one of the locations to receive funding.
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Church to honor 45th anniversary of Fitzgerald shipwreck
-The event will be live-streamed on Facebook for the first time.
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DetroitFeature DetroitIndigenous CommunitiesJohn HartigLatest NewsLighthouses, Museums and Cultural InstitutionsMichiganNewsOntarioRecreation and TourismGreat Lakes Moment: Sacred land of the Wyandot of Anderdon Nation
-Learn about the Wyandot of Anderdon Nation and pay respect to the First Nations that were in the land first at Six Points in Gibraltar, Michigan.
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APDetroitDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature DetroitFlintLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeMinority communities question election-year push by EPA
-Under President Donald Trump, the EPA has slashed support for some programs and regulatory protections benefiting disadvantaged communities.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationCOVID-19DetroitDrinking WaterFeature DetroitGroundwater ContaminationInfrastructureLatest NewsLeadMichiganNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsAnother Casualty of COVID: Testing declines for lead poisoning in Michigan
-During the pandemic, the number of children being tested for lead poisoning has been cut in half.
