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Demands for change, requests for information pertaining to Flint water settlement
-Activist Jasmine Hall started demands to get residents more money and resources out of the settlement, and Attorney Loyst Fletcher has requested for residents to get more information.
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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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Climate ChangeCOVID-19Drinking WaterFreightersGary WilsonGreat Lakes Now's Year-End PostsLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental Justice2020 in Review: Climate change, COVID-19 and Michigan’s governor
-Of course, a lot also happened in 2020 that did not garner the attention that COVID-19 and climate change did.
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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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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDrinking WaterEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesLatest NewsMichiganNewsWater Quality and Restoration Efforts“I can sum it up in one word, and that is: nightmare.” 10 years after massive oil spill in Michigan
-One of the worst oil spills into an inland waterway in U.S. history happened right here in Michigan, 10 years ago this week.
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Algae BloomsClimate ChangeDrinking WaterGreat Lakes Now's Year-End PostsInvasive SpeciesLatest NewsMichiganNewsOntarioSandra SvobodaWisconsin2020 Vision: Great Lakes Now year in review predicts 2021
-It was a year of challenges, successes and conversations about the Great Lakes for our team. What did we learn? And what are we planning for 2021? Here’s what Program Director Sandra Svoboda has to say.
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AgricultureChicagoDrinking WaterDrinking Water News RoundupFeature-ChicagoGroundwater ContaminationIllinoisIndianaIndigenous CommunitiesInfrastructureLake MichiganLatest NewsLeadMichiganNew YorkNewsOntarioPennsylvaniaQuebecWater WithdrawalsWisconsinDrinking Water News Roundup: Joliet water supply, contaminated water, support for Wisconsin farmers and water quality
-Catch the latest drinking water updates with Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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Flint joins $641M deal to settle lawsuits over lead in water
-The Flint City Council on Tuesday signed off on its portion of the $641 million settlement.
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Judge plans to hear from residents in $641M Flint water deal
-A judge said Monday that she’ll wait until January before deciding whether to give preliminary approval to the $641 million settlement.
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Municipalities not lining up for low-interest loans for sewers
-Michigan has an infrastructure problem with raw sewage getting into streams and rivers.
