Great Lakes Now collected a variety of perspectives from around the region about the president’s $2 trillion plan to improve infrastructure, including water-related structures and systems.
Drinking Water News Roundup: Ontario Indigenous lawsuit over water dispute, 50,000 sign up for Flint settlement, Ohio infrastructure loans
Catch the latest drinking water updates with Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
Bolder Fish: New study looks at how pandemic antidepressant use might affect freshwater ecosystems
While antidepressants offer a better quality of life to millions of humans, they are among the most commonly detected medications in aquatic ecosystems where they could be causing changes to the behavior of fish and insects.
Local 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.
Report: Lake Michigan is ‘running a fever.’ More storms, less fish possible.
A federal study finds that climate change is warming even the deepest waters of big lakes, which could shorten their winters and have a ripple effect on their health.
PFAS 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.
In 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.
Great Lakes Moment: A Great Lakes Way stretching from southern Lake Huron through Western Lake Erie
The Great Lakes Way would be an interconnected set of 156 miles of blueways or water trails and 160 miles of greenways stretching from southern Lake Huron through western Lake Erie.
Is 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.
