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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDrinking WaterFeature HomepageIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganMunicipalitiesNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWater's True CostShort-changing Michigan local governments has resulted in deteriorating water systems and other services
-Many of Michigan’s cities are reaching a crisis point because of a decline in federal dollars for water and sewer infrastructure made worse by the state’s centralized taxing system.
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BudgetCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDrinking WaterEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageFeature LeadFlintIllinoisIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLatest NewsLeadMichiganMunicipalitiesNatasha BlakelyNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectThe StatesWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWater's True CostMichigan’s 20th Century water systems too big for its shrinking city populations
-Cities around the Great Lakes region struggle with the cost of water maintenance and operation as their populations decline.
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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 CostWater 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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AdvocacyBudgetCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganMunicipalitiesNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectThe StatesWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWater's True CostMany Rural Towns Have Neglected Drinking Water Systems for Decades
-Rural Michigan’s shrinking populations, growing poverty, and diminished state and federal assistance have fueled a crisis of underfunded drinking water infrastructure.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDetroitDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageFlintIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganMunicipalitiesNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeThe StatesWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWater's True CostAfter Decades of Neglect, Bill Coming Due for Michigan’s Water Infrastructure
-Federal and state governments begin to reverse course on underinvestment to address water’s true cost.
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Mushrooms and Mobsters: The Great Lakes Now Episode Quiz
-Test your knowledge on Michigan’s humongous fungus, famous mobsters from the ‘30s and ‘40s who vacationed in the Great Lakes region, and some of the latest news around the region.
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Drinking WaterGreat Lakes Now Events and Road/River ShowsInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWater's True CostGreat Lakes News Collaborative examines Water’s True Cost
-For the whole month of May, Great Lakes Now will be looking at aging water infrastructure and the rising literal cost of water as part of a series from the Great Lakes News Collaborative.
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Feature HomepageForests and PlantsLatest NewsMichiganNatasha BlakelyNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchLessons to learn from a very big mushroom
-Take some advice from the 2,500-year-old, 400,000-kilogram fungus living in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipFish, Birds and AnimalsForever Chemicals FeaturedLake ErieMichiganNew YorkNewsOhioPennsylvaniaPFASProtectQuebecU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWisconsinFRESH: Wisconsin Judge Strikes Down Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ Cleanup Rule
-Fresh is a biweekly newsletter from Circle of Blue that unpacks the biggest international, state, and local policy news stories facing the Great Lakes region today.
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APBudgetClimate ChangeEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake MichiganMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeThe StatesU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsGov. Whitmer wants federal aid to keep nuclear plant open
-Gov. Gretchen Whitmer wrote to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm to say the state will support a “compelling” application to the program and she intends to do everything she can to keep the plant open.
