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AdvocacyBudgetCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganMunicipalitiesNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectThe StatesWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWater's True CostMany Rural Towns Have Neglected Drinking Water Systems for Decades
-Rural Michigan’s shrinking populations, growing poverty, and diminished state and federal assistance have fueled a crisis of underfunded drinking water infrastructure.
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APIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureNewsOhioPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeThe StatesU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsNew Ohio law eases state regulation of some streams
-State regulation of streams that flow temporarily after rainfall will be restricted under legislation signed into law by Republican Gov. Mike DeWine.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDetroitDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageFlintIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganMunicipalitiesNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeThe StatesWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWater's True CostAfter Decades of Neglect, Bill Coming Due for Michigan’s Water Infrastructure
-Federal and state governments begin to reverse course on underinvestment to address water’s true cost.
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APIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentNewsPennsylvaniaPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectThe StatesCoal interests sue to block Pennsylvania’s carbon policy
-Coal-related interests sued to block the centerpiece of Gov. Tom Wolf’s plan to fight climate change, a carbon-pricing policy that will impose a cost for emitting planet-warming carbon dioxide from fossil fuel-fired power plants.
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AdvocacyAPClimate ChangeEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentNewsPennsylvaniaPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeThe States
Big greenhouse gas state taking biggest climate step yet
-One lawsuit is already challenging Gov. Tom Wolf’s regulation and more are expected.
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APDrinking WaterEarth WeekEquity and Environmental JusticeNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectThe StatesWisconsinEvers creates new office of environmental justice
-Gov. Tony Evers on Friday signed an executive order creating a new office of environmental justice, announcing the move on Earth Day.
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CollaborationEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingGroundwater ContaminationIndianaIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLake MichiganLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeThe StatesU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsNorthern Indiana residents doubt outcome of coal ash cleanup
-Some northern Indiana residents remain skeptical that communities in the area will be free of contamination from toxic coal ash, despite a renewed commitment to clean up polluted sites and transition to renewable energy sources.
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APBudgetClimate ChangeEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake MichiganMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeThe StatesU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsGov. Whitmer wants federal aid to keep nuclear plant open
-Gov. Gretchen Whitmer wrote to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm to say the state will support a “compelling” application to the program and she intends to do everything she can to keep the plant open.
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AdvocacyAPIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentMinnesotaNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectThe StatesWater Quality and Restoration EffortsMinnesota Supreme Court to hear challenge in PolyMet case
-The Minnesota Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to hear a challenge by environmentalists over portions of a lower court ruling involving a key permit for the proposed PolyMet copper-nickel mine.
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ChicagoDrinking WaterFeature HomepageIllinoisJohn McCrackenLake MichiganLatest NewsMunicipalitiesNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectScience, Technology, ResearchThe StatesWater Quality and Restoration EffortsTo build a new pipeline or not: Illinois city seeks Lake Michigan water
-The city of Joliet, roughly 45 minutes southwest of Chicago, is looking to Lake Michigan as a solution to its drying water supplies. But residents are concerned about the costs that would bring.
