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PFAS News Roundup: Ohio starts testing, Minnesota cleanup could cost $1.2 billion, DuPont might dodge liabilities
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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DetroitFeature DetroitGary WilsonLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater WithdrawalsMichigan Water Shutoffs: A test of governor’s commitment to social, environmental justice
-Gov. Gretchen Whitmer campaigned on an aggressive water platform. Now those campaign pledges are being put to the test.
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APFlintGroundwater ContaminationIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentMichiganNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsMichigan Supreme Court hears case over Flint water liability
-The case at the state’s highest court is one of many in state and federal courts over the scandal.
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BudgetChicagoClevelandDetroitDetroit RiverEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingFeature ClevelandFeature DetroitFeature MilwaukeeFeature-ChicagoGary WilsonGroundwater ContaminationIllinoisIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganMilwaukeeNewsOhioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectRecreation, Tourism and CultureShipping and PortsThe StatesTourismWaterfront DevelopmentWisconsinWho’s in charge: Lack of storage facility oversight puts waterways at risk
-In major lakeside cities around the Great Lakes, there isn’t a clear answer on who handles oversight of industrial storage facilities.
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APForever Chemicals FeaturedGroundwater ContaminationMichiganNewsPFASTraverse CityWater Quality and Restoration EffortsMichigan oversight panel OKs limits on ‘forever chemicals’
-The state legislature established the panel in 2018 at the urging of Republicans who described it as a check on excessively burdensome regulation.
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DetroitForever Chemicals FeaturedIndianaIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNew YorkNewsPFASPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectRic MixterWisconsinPFAS News Roundup: Plasma-blasting PFAS, Wisconsin utilities decline to test, $1M Democrat ad buy
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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Forever Chemicals FeaturedGroundwater ContaminationIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsPFASPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeDocumentary Update: What’s new with one of the families featured in “The Forever Chemicals”
-Seth and Tobyn McNaughton recently reached a settlement with Wolverine Worldwide and 3M.
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APIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake ErieLake Erie-EPANewsOhioPolicyWater Quality and Restoration EffortsEnvironmentalists: Lake Erie won’t recover without new rules
-Ohio’s Environmental Protection Agency announced recently it will establish what’s known as a “total maximum daily load” limiting the phosphorus allowed to flow into the lake.
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Review ordered of Indiana’s Lake Michigan shore damage
-The order announced Thursday comes as several lakeshore communities have already declared local beach erosion emergencies.
