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Posted inDrinking Water, Forever Chemicals Featured, Groundwater Contamination, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Latest News, Michigan, News, PFAS, Policy, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Documentary Update: What’s new with one of the families featured in “The Forever Chemicals”

by GLN Editor February 24, 2020
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Drinking Water, Equity and Environmental Justice, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, James Proffitt, Lake Erie, Lake Erie-EPA, Latest News, News, Ohio, Policy, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Protect, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Who We Are and What We Do

Federal Hands: The future of the Lake Erie Bill of Rights rests in federal court

by James Proffitt, Great Lakes Now February 24, 2020November 9, 2025
Posted inAP, Article, Drinking Water, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Lake Erie, Lake Erie-EPA, News, Ohio, Policy, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Environmentalists: Lake Erie won’t recover without new rules

by The Associated Press February 24, 2020
Posted inAdvocacy, AP, Article, Budget, Drinking Water, Milwaukee, News, Policy, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Wisconsin

Wisconsin Assembly passes bipartisan water quality bills

by The Associated Press February 19, 2020
Posted inAdvocacy, AP, Article, Budget, Drinking Water, Duluth, Minnesota, Municipalities, News, Policy, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Protect, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Minnesota’s Legislature to consider funding water projects

by The Associated Press February 19, 2020
Posted inAP, Article, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, New York, News, Policy, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region

Some worry if New York’s coming plastic bag ban is enough

by The Associated Press February 17, 2020
Posted inDrinking Water, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Latest News, Michigan, Ohio, PFAS, Policy, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Protect, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Wisconsin

PFAS weekly roundup: $1M spent in Kalamazoo County, bills face industry opposition in Wisconsin, Ohio River study being designed

by Ric Mixter February 13, 2020
Posted inAP, Article, Budget, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Infrastructure, Lake Michigan, News, Policy, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Wisconsin

Wisconsin governor seeks federal disaster declaration for 3 counties

by The Associated Press February 12, 2020
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Drinking Water, Gary Wilson, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Latest News, Michigan, News, Policy, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Who We Are and What We Do

Core priority: Michigan environmental budget boosts funding for EGLE

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now February 11, 2020
Posted inAP, Article, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Infrastructure, News, Policy, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Protect, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Factory farms provide abundant food, but environment suffers

by The Associated Press February 10, 2020November 9, 2025

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