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AdvocacyAgricultureAlgae BloomsCollaborationDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageGreat Lakes News CollaborativeIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectThe StatesWater Quality and Restoration EffortsPowerful Industry’s Torrent of Manure Overwhelms State Regulators
-Cause of Michigan’s worst water pollution is too much waste spread on too little land.
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Lake HuronLatest NewsNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsSinkhole Science and other underwater research
-Scientists have been exploring the bottoms of the Great Lakes to learn more about natural world and human history.
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APEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageForever Chemicals FeaturedLatest NewsMichiganMinnesotaMunicipalitiesNewsPFASPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsMichigan property owners settle PFAS case for $54 million
-The deal involves approximately 1,700 properties north of Grand Rapids.
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Algae BloomsClimate ChangeCollaborationDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageGreat Lakes News CollaborativeInfrastructureLake ErieNewsOhioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsLake Erie’s Failed Algae Strategy Hurts Poor Communities the Most
-Algae blooms are hiking the cost of water for people already struggling to pay their bills.
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Feature HomepageIllinoisLatest NewsNewsPFASPFAS News RoundupScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinPFAS News Roundup: “Forever chemicals” concern on the rise, how to reduce exposure
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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Climate ChangeFeature HomepageGroundwater ContaminationInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsAmerica’s summer of floods: What cities can learn from today’s climate crises to prepare for tomorrow’s
-The recent floods provide case studies that can help cities everywhere manage the increasing risk.
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AgricultureAlgae BloomsCollaborationEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageGreat Lakes News CollaborativeIndianaIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake ErieLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinIn A Year of Water Quality Reckoning, National Imperative is Impeded
-Law and policy treat farms as special class of polluter.
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Algae BloomsCollaborationFeature HomepageIndianaLatest NewsMichiganNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinTesting the waters: How groups monitor toxic algae in the absence of state testing
-Toxic algae can sicken people and animals. Few states have routine testing programs to check, so some volunteer groups are stepping in to fill that gap.
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CollaborationEvents and Special BroadcastsFeature HomepageGreat Lakes Conferences ConferencesGreat Lakes News CollaborativeGreat Lakes News CollaborativeMilwaukeeNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinGreat Lakes News Collaborative nets US Water Prize
-Great Lakes Now and its partners in the Great Lake News Collaborative received a national journalism award for coverage of water issues in the Great Lakes.
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ChicagoCoal Ash ProjectGreat Lakes News CollaborativeGroundwater ContaminationIllinoisNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsCoal ash 101: Everything you need to know about this toxic waste
-Here are the basics that will help you understand this looming threat.
