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Posted inDetroit, Drinking Water, Feature Detroit, Forever Chemicals Featured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Groundwater Contamination, Guest Article, Infrastructure, Latest News, Lead, Michigan, News, PFAS, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Michigan politicians ran on water problems. Activists want money for fixes.

by Bridge Michigan November 24, 2020
Posted inClimate Change, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, Infrastructure, Lake Huron, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region, Science, Technology, Research, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

As Great Lakes pummel Michigan, beach towns rush to set development rules

by Bridge Michigan November 18, 2020November 9, 2025
Posted inDrinking Water, Equity and Environmental Justice, Feature Milwaukee, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, Latest News, Milwaukee, New York, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Wisconsin

Who in the U.S. Is in ‘Plumbing Poverty’? Mostly Urban Residents, Study Says

by Circle of Blue November 4, 2020
Posted inCOVID-19, Drinking Water, Drinking Water News Roundup, Equity and Environmental Justice, Groundwater Contamination, History and Culture, Illinois, Indiana, Indigenous Communities, Infrastructure, Latest News, Michigan, Minnesota, News, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Drinking Water News Roundup: Illinois COVID-19 shutoff protections, Ontario First Nation evacuation

by Grace Dempsey October 23, 2020
Posted inCOVID-19, Detroit, Drinking Water, Feature Detroit, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Groundwater Contamination, Guest Article, Infrastructure, Latest News, Lead, Michigan, News, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Another Casualty of COVID: Testing declines for lead poisoning in Michigan

by Bridge Michigan October 22, 2020November 9, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Age of Nature, Authors, Events and Special Broadcasts, Great Lakes Now Watch Parties, Guest Article, Infrastructure, Latest News, News, PBS, Sandra Svoboda, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Who We Are and What We Do

Damming Decisions: Watch party for Great Lakes Now and The Age of Nature

by Sandra Svoboda October 21, 2020
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Age of Nature, Authors, Fish, Birds and Animals, Guest Article, Habitat Restoration, History and Culture, Indigenous Communities, Latest News, Lorraine Boissoneault, New York, News, PBS, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Science, Technology, Research, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Who We Are and What We Do

When a Dam Comes Down: Removal of dams allows fish passage and habitat restoration

by GLN Editor October 15, 2020November 9, 2025
Posted inDetroit, Detroit River, Feature Detroit, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, Infrastructure, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

EGLE fines company $60,000 over 2019 Detroit dock collapse

by Michigan Public October 14, 2020
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Age of Nature, Authors, Fish, Birds and Animals, Guest Article, Habitat Restoration, History and Culture, Indigenous Communities, Infrastructure, Latest News, Lorraine Boissoneault, Michigan, New York, News, PBS, Region, Science, Technology, Research, Traverse City, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Who We Are and What We Do

Dams Across the Great Lakes: End of the line for aging infrastructure?

by Lorraine Boissoneault October 12, 2020November 9, 2025
Posted inDrinking Water, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, Infrastructure, Latest News, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, News, PFAS, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, U.S. and Canadian Federal Governments, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Explainer: Who regulates U.S. drinking water, and how?

by Circle of Blue October 5, 2020

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  • Whitefish waning. Should Michigan have commercial trout, walleye catches?
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    The Trust for Public Land conveyed 213 acres to the National Park Service this spring in Iron County.
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