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Category: Lead

Posted inFlint, Groundwater Contamination, Guest Article, Lead, Michigan, News, PBS, PBS NewsHour, Region, Video, Water Quality

PBS NewsHour – Healing Flint

by GLN Editor October 22, 2019
Posted inAdvocacy, Groundwater Contamination, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Lead, Municipalities, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Shipping and Ports, Water Quality, Waterfront Development

Restoring Howards Bay: Legacy lead and other contaminants are targets of dredging and capping

by Melissa Walsh June 28, 2019November 9, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Budget, Drinking Water, Flint, Gary Wilson, Groundwater Contamination, Illinois, Infrastructure, Lake Michigan, Lead, News, Policy, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, The States, U.S. and Canadian Federal Governments, Water Quality, Who We Are and What We Do

Will new Illinois governor revive state’s interest in the Great Lakes?

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now January 22, 2019November 9, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Drinking Water, Equity and Environmental Justice, Events and Special Broadcasts, Flint, Great Lakes Now On-Air Specials, Groundwater Contamination, Lead, Mary Ellen Geist, Michigan, Municipalities, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Video, Water Quality, Who We Are and What We Do

The Door Flint Opened: America’s Drinking Water Crisis A Great Lakes Now Special airs Nov. 1, 9 pm on DPTV

by Mary Ellen Geist October 29, 2018
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Algae Blooms, Authors, Budget, Drinking Water, Flint, Gary Wilson, Groundwater Contamination, Interview, Latest News, Lead, News, PFAS, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Video, Water Quality, Who We Are and What We Do

Line 5 and the Michigan Governor’s Race

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now October 29, 2018November 9, 2025
Posted inDrinking Water, Groundwater Contamination, Lead, PFAS, Water Quality

Registration for the National Groundwater Emergency Webinar

by Mary Ellen Geist September 19, 2018

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