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Drinking WaterGroundwater ContaminationIllinoisLatest NewsMichiganNewsOntarioResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsRoad Salt: Researchers look at vegetables and juices for alternatives to salt
-Great Lakes residents depend on road salt to reach their destinations safely in the winter, but that safety places a heavy burden on freshwater ecosystems.
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Climate ChangeDrinking WaterGreat Lakes News CollaborativeInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater could make the Great Lakes a climate refuge. Are we prepared?
-Michigan and the Great Lakes region — with an abundance of fresh water, warming winters and less fire-prone forests — stand to attract millions of new residents in the coming years looking to escape flooded coastal areas and the parched land of the West.
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PBS Project: Great Lakes Now and the Belle Isle Conservancy are hosting a high school intern
-With funding from PBS Education, we’re offering a spring internship to a high school student to work on Earth Day-related events with Belle Isle Conservancy and produce video content about the experience.
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DetroitEvents and Special BroadcastsGreat Lakes Now Watch PartiesHabitat RestorationLake St. ClairWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWatch Party: Coastal Wetlands, Part 1
-In this live watch party, Host Sandra Svoboda chats with WDET’s Annamarie Sysling and Friends of the Rouge River Executive Director Marie McCormick about two restoration projects around the Detroit River area.
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CollaborationEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsDeja vu — former Michigan elected official leads national energy policy, again
-A Senate committee approved former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s nomination as Secretary of Energy by a 13-4 vote on Feb. 3. A full Senate vote is pending.
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APDrinking WaterEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingIndianaLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeIndiana lawmakers debate environmental regulation, rollbacks
-While some measures could bring reductions to Indiana’s carbon emissions and make stricter penalties for polluters, others would spur regulatory rollbacks that could have long-lasting and damaging effects.
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High Demand for New Michigan Water Infrastructure Grants
-Funding requests are more than three times larger than available funds.
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Drinking WaterDrinking Water News RoundupEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingGroundwater ContaminationIllinoisIndianaInfrastructureLake MichiganLatest NewsMinnesotaNewsOhioOntarioPennsylvaniaWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWater WithdrawalsWisconsinDrinking Water News Roundup: Dispute between two Waukeshas over Lake Michigan diversion, Ontario infrastructure grants
-Catch the latest drinking water updates with Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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Drinking WaterDrinking Water News RoundupForever Chemicals FeaturedLatest NewsMichiganMinnesotaNatasha BlakelyNew YorkNewsPFASPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinPFAS News Roundup: Minnesota sets new PFAS blueprint, Biden EPA dumps PFAS assessment over ‘political interference’
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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DetroitDrinking WaterFeature DetroitGreat Lakes News CollaborativeInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganNewsGLWA, DWSD and Oakland County working together to reduce overflows into Rouge River
-Once completed, these projects will prevent an estimated 48 million gallons of untreated rain water from flowing into the Rouge River per year.
