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AdvocacyCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationForests and PlantsHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeScience, Technology, Research
Nonprofit buys 31,000 forested acres by Copper Harbor to keep land public
-The Nature Conservancy, a global environmental group, has paid a New York hedge fund more than $27 million for part of the land, with another purchase to come.
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BudgetCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageFlintInfrastructureLatest NewsLeadMichiganMunicipalitiesNewsPFASPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectThe StatesWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWater's True Cost
Water woes loom for Michigan suburbs, towns after decades of disinvestment
-Michigan cities rich and poor, big and small have been delaying maintenance on their water systems for decades. Now, even wealthy towns are suffering the consequences of past reluctance to pay for water system upkeep.
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APIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureNewsOhioPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeThe StatesU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
New Ohio law eases state regulation of some streams
-State regulation of streams that flow temporarily after rainfall will be restricted under legislation signed into law by Republican Gov. Mike DeWine.
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CollaborationIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLake ErieLake OntarioMunicipalitiesNewsOntarioPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectThe ProvincesTorontoU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
What’s missing from Doug Ford’s proposed expansion of the Ontario Greenbelt
-The Ontario government initially planned more ambitious additions to the Greenbelt. But after pushback from cities and industry, what’s left are a series of river valleys that were already protected.