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CollaborationDrinking WaterGreat Lakes News CollaborativeGroundwater ContaminationIndigenous CommunitiesInfrastructureLatest NewsNewsOntarioQuebecU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsHotSpots H2O: Canadian Government Misses Target to End Water Insecurity for First Nations Communities
-Many First Nations in Canada continue to live without clean water six years after the government began actively addressing the issue, according to a report published late last month.
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ChicagoDrinking WaterDrinking Water News RoundupFeature-ChicagoIllinoisIndigenous CommunitiesLake MichiganLatest NewsLeadMichiganMinnesotaNew YorkNewsOhioOntarioPennsylvaniaQuebecWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWater WithdrawalsDrinking Water News Roundup: Climate change and Illinois water withdrawals, clean water for Michigan students
-Catch the latest drinking water updates with Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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APDrinking WaterEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesEquity and Environmental JusticeIndigenous CommunitiesLatest NewsMinnesotaNewsTribal Governments and First NationsEnbridge Line 3 divides Indigenous lands, people
-As the Line 3 pipeline cuts across Native lands in northern Minnesota, the project has brought not just jobs but controversy and discord into the most intimate spheres of spirituality, family and community.
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Climate ChangeDrinking WaterFish, Birds and AnimalsGreat Lakes News CollaborativeIndigenous CommunitiesInvasive SpeciesLake SuperiorLatest NewsMichiganNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyThe future of Lake Superior with climate disruption
-With warming temperatures, fluctuating water levels and a series of extreme storms, Lake Superior is undergoing dramatic alterations amid climate change.
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Drinking WaterForever Chemicals FeaturedIllinoisIndigenous CommunitiesLatest NewsMichiganMinnesotaNatasha BlakelyNew YorkNewsPFASPFAS News RoundupPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeTraverse CityWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinPFAS News Roundup: PFAS found in Indigenous household wells, Wisconsin experimental treatment fails, WDNR fish concerns
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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BudgetCommercial FishingCOVID-19Indigenous CommunitiesLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeFederal Relief: Great Lakes fisheries finally get a cut of COVID-19 relief funds
-Great Lakes tribal fisheries were included in the $30 million allotted for tribal fisheries nationwide. Another $15 million was set aside for “non-tribal commercial, aquaculture, processor and charter fishery participants” in Great Lakes states.
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Tribal leaders blast congressman opposed to Biden nomination
-Rep. Pete Stauber, a member of the House subcommittee on Indigenous Peoples, has been asking fellow lawmakers to join him in urging Biden’s transition team to withdraw Rep. Deb Haaland’s nomination.
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Algae BloomsBeaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and SailingBooks, Authors, Art and MusicClimate ChangeIndigenous CommunitiesLake ErieLatest NewsNewsOntarioRecreation and TourismLifeblood: Photographer shares the Lake Erie connection uniting shoreline residents
-In the documentary photo series North of Long Tail, photographer Colin Boyd Shafer tells the stories of more than 20 residents of Lake Erie’s north shore.
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Drinking WaterDrinking Water News RoundupGroundwater ContaminationIllinoisIndianaIndigenous CommunitiesLatest NewsLeadMinnesotaNew YorkNewsOntarioPennsylvaniaPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinDrinking Water News Roundup: Illinois, New York see lead in drinking water, Pennsylvania drilling ban, Ontario First Nations boil advisories
-Catch the latest drinking water updates with Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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APDrinking WaterIndigenous CommunitiesLatest NewsMichiganPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWisconsinMichigan judge nullifies crucial permit for mining project
-Michigan judge has overruled state regulators who approved a key permit for a proposed open-pit mine in the Upper Peninsula, another delay for a project that has been debated for nearly two decades.
