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Policy and Environmental Justice.

Posted inFeatured, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Region

Michigan hopes community groups can get piece of $2B climate justice fund

by Interlochen Public Radio January 10, 2024
Posted inLatest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Region

Michigan group looks to grow a statewide coalition for water affordability

by Planet Detroit January 3, 2024
Posted inCulture, Equity and Environmental Justice, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Indigenous Communities, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Region

Upper Peninsula tribe closer to compensation for land seized by the U.S. government

by Michigan Public December 29, 2023
Posted inBooks, Authors, Art and Music, Culture, Drinking Water, Equity and Environmental Justice, Featured, Flint, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Groundwater Contamination, Infrastructure, Latest News, Lead, News, Politics, Water Quality

Great Lakes Now sits down with director of Flint water crisis film “Lead and Copper”

by Great Lakes Now December 22, 2023
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Featured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Region, Water Quality, Who We Are and What We Do

New EPA Great Lakes executive warns on “moon shot” cleanup goal for toxic sites

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now December 21, 2023
Posted inDrinking Water, Featured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Protect, Region, Water Quality

PFAS experts gather to address growing chemical crisis

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now December 19, 2023
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Featured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Latest News, News, Policy, Politics, Who We Are and What We Do

The Great Lakes Compact at 15: Region celebrates, veteran policy experts caution against complacency

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now December 13, 2023
Posted inLatest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Region

After a pandemic pause, Detroit restarts water shut-offs – part of a nationwide trend as costs rise

by The Conversation November 28, 2023November 8, 2025
Posted inCulture, Indigenous Communities, Latest News, News, Politics, Waves of Change

Waves of Change: Meet herbalist and forager Monica Cady

by Great Lakes Now October 30, 2023
Posted inGreat Lakes News Collaborative, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Region, Water Quality

Wetland banks save cities, townships, and counties money for building roads

by Michigan Public October 11, 2023November 8, 2025

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Latest News

  • 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.
  • Enbridge to Pay $275K Settlement for 2019 Wisconsin Spill After DOJ Action
    The Wisconsin Department of Justice announced a $275,000 settlement Thursday with energy firm Enbridge for alleged violations of the state’s spills law over a 2019 spill in Jefferson County.
  • Scientists have a new tool in the fight against toxic algal blooms: buoys
    University of Toledo researchers have developed a system of buoys that slowly release algaecide into the surrounding water.

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