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ChicagoDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageFeature-ChicagoFlintGreat Lakes News CollaborativeIllinoisInfrastructureLatest NewsLeadMichiganNewsSome Chicagoans Wary of Lead Pipe Replacement
-The response to Chicago’s lead pipe replacement project is a story playing out in neighborhoods across the country. Government public interest initiatives, even with the best of intentions and resources, are being curtailed by mistrust.
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ChicagoFeature HomepageFeature-ChicagoFish, Birds and AnimalsHistory and CultureIllinoisLatest NewsNewsSandra SvobodaBirds on Film: Filmmaker Bob Dolgan talks about Chicago’s piping plovers with Great Lakes Now
-“The goal of the film was to show how people and birds can interact and co-exist,” Dolgan says in this GLN interview.
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ChicagoCollaborationEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageFeature-ChicagoGreat Lakes News CollaborativeIllinoisInfrastructureLatest NewsNewsIn Chicago, Flooding Overwhelmingly Strikes Communities of Color
-Chicago’s leaders have poured billions into ambitious programs to keep water away from roads and buildings. But urban flooding continues—overwhelmingly in communities of color—forcing experts to turn to new solutions.
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APChicagoCOVID-19Feature-ChicagoIllinoisLighthouses, Museums and Cultural InstitutionsNewsRecreation and TourismTourismChicago’s Adler Planetarium won’t fully reopen until 2022
-Planetarium officials said they’ll start offering some events in July, but due to financial difficulties the full reopening will be in March 2022.
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APBeaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and SailingChicagoFeature HomepageFeature-ChicagoIllinoisLake MichiganNewsChicago man jumps into Lake Michigan for 365th straight day
-A Chicago bus driver looking for a way to relieve stress during the coronavirus pandemic jumped into Lake Michigan for a 365th straight day on Saturday.
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ChicagoClevelandFeature ClevelandFeature HomepageFeature-ChicagoForever Chemicals FeaturedIllinoisIndianaLatest NewsNew YorkNewsOhioPFASResearch, Data and TechnologyRaining PFAS: Amount of PFAS found is outpacing legacy contaminants
-A basin-wide precipitation monitoring program is finding PFAS showing up all around the Great Lakes, from Chicago to Sleeping Bear Dunes.
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High waves wash out Chicago beaches as Lake Michigan reopens
-The high waves closed most beaches to swimming Friday, the first day they were to be reopened since closing over a year ago because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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APChicagoDrinking WaterFeature HomepageFeature-ChicagoGroundwater ContaminationIllinoisInfrastructureLatest NewsLeadNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsThe problem within: Biden targets lead pipes, pushes equity
-Biden’s plan to replace every lead water pipe in the country could have huge ramifications for Chicago and others where a swath of Black, Latino and low-income residents have been left effectively drinking from a lead straw.
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ChicagoCOVID-19Drinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageFeature-ChicagoGary WilsonIllinoisLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsPriority Shift: Great Lakes exec moves environmental justice to top of list
-Ending water shutoffs, redefining a restored Great Lakes displace legacy issues for president of the nonpartisan nonprofit Alliance for the Great Lakes.
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AgricultureChicagoDrinking WaterDrinking Water News RoundupFeature-ChicagoGroundwater ContaminationIllinoisIndianaIndigenous CommunitiesInfrastructureLake MichiganLatest NewsLeadMichiganNew YorkNewsOntarioPennsylvaniaQuebecWater WithdrawalsWisconsinDrinking Water News Roundup: Joliet water supply, contaminated water, support for Wisconsin farmers and water quality
-Catch the latest drinking water updates with Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
