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Author Archives: Bridge Michigan

Posted inDrinking Water, Flint, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Groundwater Contamination, Infrastructure, Latest News, Lead, Michigan, News, Politics, Region, Water Quality

Q&A: How to protect against lead as Michigan waits for new water pipes

by Bridge Michigan January 18, 2021
Posted inBudget, Drinking Water, Feature Detroit, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Groundwater Contamination, Infrastructure, Latest News, Lead, Michigan, News, Politics, Region, Water Quality

Michigan cities must begin replacing lead pipes. But who has the cash?

by Bridge Michigan January 15, 2021November 9, 2025
Posted inDrinking Water, Enbridge Line 5 and Other Pipelines, Energy, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Industry, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region, Water Quality

With Line 5 closure, a ‘game of chicken’ over how to heat Upper Peninsula

by Bridge Michigan December 17, 2020
Posted inEnbridge Line 5 and Other Pipelines, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Industry, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region

Enbridge sues Michigan over Line 5 shutdown order

by Bridge Michigan November 25, 2020
Posted inDrinking Water, Feature Detroit, Forever Chemicals Featured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Groundwater Contamination, Infrastructure, Latest News, Lead, Michigan, News, PFAS, Politics, Region, Water Quality

Michigan politicians ran on water problems. Activists want money for fixes.

by Bridge Michigan November 24, 2020
Posted inClimate, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Infrastructure, Lake Huron, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region, Science, Technology & Research, Water Quality

As Great Lakes pummel Michigan, beach towns rush to set development rules

by Bridge Michigan November 18, 2020November 9, 2025
Posted inCOVID-19, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Latest News, Michigan, News, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Shipwrecks, Tourism

COVID-19 pushed people outdoors. Michigan’s ski industry is ready for them.

by Bridge Michigan November 16, 2020
Posted inCulture, Enbridge Line 5 and Other Pipelines, Freighters, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Industry, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region

Q&A: What Michigan’s move to shut down Enbridge Line 5 means

by Bridge Michigan November 16, 2020
Posted inAlgae Blooms, Climate, Fish, Birds and Animals, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Invasive Species, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, Lake Superior, Latest News, News, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research, Water Quality

Q & A: The Great Lakes are stressed. Climate change is making it worse.

by Bridge Michigan November 11, 2020
Posted inCOVID-19, Drinking Water, Feature Detroit, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Groundwater Contamination, Infrastructure, Latest News, Lead, Michigan, News, Region, Water Quality

Another Casualty of COVID: Testing declines for lead poisoning in Michigan

by Bridge Michigan October 22, 2020November 9, 2025

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Latest News

  • Milwaukee Water Works reduces fluoride in drinking water by half due to shortage
    Utilities nationwide have seen supply challenges due to domestic constraints and the ongoing Iran War.
  • Illinois Governor signs landmark plastic pollution bill to protect Great Lakes
    Illinois is the first Great Lakes state to classify plastic pellets as a pollutant, a move advocates say helps keep millions of pellets out of the region’s waterways.
  • Seedling data shows Michigan forests under pressure from climate change, deer, disease
    For three decades, Michigan State University researchers have gone to Manistee National Forest to study seedlings to find out about the future of Michigan’s forests.

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