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CollaborationDrinking WaterFeature HomepageIndianaLatest NewsNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsLocal Governments, Organizations Ask Indiana Legislators to Consider Alternatives to Bill Repealing State Wetland Protections
-More than 60 organizations, including local governments, environmental and conservation groups and water management agencies, sent a letter to Indiana state legislators.
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Drinking WaterFeature HomepageForever Chemicals FeaturedGroundwater ContaminationLatest NewsMichiganMinnesotaNatasha BlakelyNew YorkNewsPFASPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWisconsinPFAS News Roundup: Michigan governor invokes defense bill, high levels in Minnesota landfills, business lobby sues Wisconsin DNR
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationDrinking WaterFeature HomepageInfrastructureLatest NewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsIn Broad Strokes, Biden Infrastructure Plan Sketches a Future for Federal Water Spending
-The administration’s historic pitch to remove all lead drinking water pipes is part of a $111 billion proposal for water systems.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClimate ChangeCollaborationDrinking WaterEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingFeature HomepageLatest NewsMichiganNewsOntarioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsIs the Line 5 tunnel a bridge to Michigan’s energy future or a bad deal?
-With climate action on the state and national agenda, critics of Enbridge Line 5 warn that investing in new pipeline infrastructure undermines Michigan’s pathway to carbon neutrality. Experts say it’s not so simple.
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Judge rejects effort to extend sign-up for Flint water cash
-U.S. District Judge Judith Levy said she won’t upset a well-publicized 60-day deadline that was baked into a settlement involving Flint, the state of Michigan, residents, and other parties.
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BudgetCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClimate ChangeCollaborationDetroitEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsIn flooded Michigan neighborhoods, who should pay for sea walls?
-For two straight summers, residents of Detroit’s Jefferson Chalmers neighborhood watched water pour into basements and pool in streets, a result of coastal flooding that will become increasingly common throughout the Great Lakes as climate change progresses.
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ChicagoDrinking WaterFeature HomepageFeature-ChicagoGroundwater ContaminationIllinoisIndianaLatest NewsLeadMinnesotaNew YorkNewsOhioPennsylvaniaWisconsinDrinking Water News Roundup: New York water standards deferrals, microplastics in Pennsylvania
-Catch the latest drinking water updates with Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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Pollution concerns lead to bottled water for French Island
-The Wisconsin DNR said that the state will provide free bottled water to about 4,300 residents of French Island in La Crosse County due to concerns about groundwater pollution from PFAS.
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Feature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsLatest NewsNewsOntarioResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchTorontoWater Quality and Restoration EffortsSalt Levels: The effects of wintertime de-icing linger in Toronto-area rivers in the summer
-A study found high enough amounts of chloride in four Greater Toronto Area rivers to put at least two-thirds of aquatic life at risk during early stages of their development.
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More than 30,000 registrations so far in Flint water deal
-The deadline for registrations is next Monday.
