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Posted inDrinking Water, Featured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region, Water Quality, Water Withdrawals, Wisconsin

Great Lakes Water Diversions Could Be More Numerous

by Circle of Blue May 11, 2021
Posted inDrinking Water, Featured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Latest News, Michigan, Minnesota, News, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research, Water Quality

Plastic debris is getting into the Great Lakes, our drinking water, and our food

by Michigan Public May 6, 2021November 9, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Drinking Water, Featured, Forever Chemicals Featured, Latest News, News, PFAS, Region, Water Quality, Who We Are and What We Do, Wisconsin

‘The middle of a massive contamination’: Residents of Wisconsin region struggle with aftereffects of dangerous ‘forever chemicals’

by Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting May 4, 2021November 9, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Drinking Water, Featured, Fish, Birds and Animals, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Lake Ontario, Latest News, News, Ontario, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research, Water Quality, Who We Are and What We Do

Chemical Impact: Microplastic pollution more complex than we think, says new research

by Sharon Oosthoek May 4, 2021November 9, 2025
Posted inClimate Change, Culture, Drinking Water, Earth Week, Indigenous Communities, Latest News, Minnesota, New York, News, Politics, Region, Science, Technology & Research, Water Quality

17 Young People on the Moment the Climate Crisis Became Real to Them

by Teen Vogue April 26, 2021November 9, 2025
Posted inDrinking Water, Drinking Water News Roundup, Groundwater Contamination, Illinois, Indiana, Infrastructure, Latest News, Lead, Michigan, News, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Politics, Region, Water Quality, Wisconsin

Drinking Water News Roundup: What does the American Jobs Plan mean for various Great Lakes states?

by Grace Dempsey April 26, 2021
Posted inCOVID-19, Drinking Water, Equity and Environmental Justice, Feature Detroit, Featured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Illinois, Infrastructure, Latest News, Michigan, New York, News, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Policy, Politics, Quebec, Region, The Provinces, The States, Water Quality, Wisconsin

Water Access: As moratoria on shutoffs end, old problems return to the forefront

by Kari Lydersen April 20, 2021November 9, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Drinking Water, Featured, Illinois, Infrastructure, Latest News, Policy, Politics, Region, U.S. and Canadian Federal Governments, Water Quality, Who We Are and What We Do

Spotlight on Infrastructure: Policy executive talks new Biden plan, definitions of infrastructure

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now April 15, 2021
Posted inAgriculture, Drinking Water, Featured, Industry, Latest News, News, Policy, Politics, Region, Water Quality, Wisconsin

Wisconsin Supreme Court weighs state power to protect water from farm pollutants

by Wisconsin Watch April 13, 2021November 9, 2025
Posted inCOVID-19, Drinking Water, Equity and Environmental Justice, Featured, Industry, Latest News, PFAS, Politics, Water Quality

Federal Agencies Plan to Investigate Links between PFAS Exposure and Viral Illness

by Circle of Blue April 9, 2021

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Latest News

  • Indiana wants to be in charge of its own coal ash dumps
    More energy news as Ohio makes hundreds of millions from fracking beneath public lands and a shuttered Michigan nuclear plant nears a highly anticipated restart.
  • Former EPA staffer from Wisconsin sues after he was fired for signing letter of dissent
    Internal EPA records show agency staff found no ethics concerns and advised against firings.
  • North Bay’s PFAS problem: 5 things to know about a ‘forever chemicals’ hotspot in Ontario
    In a small northern city, citizens have launched a class-action lawsuit over decades-old PFAS pollution. The city and federal government, meanwhile, are working on a $122-million clean-up.

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