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Michigan 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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Who’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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PFAS 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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City of Buffalo lead poisoning plan missing key elements
-One missing element: a local law allowing city inspectors access to the interiors of the city’s abundant rental singles and doubles in poor neighborhoods.
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Wolverine Worldwide will pay $113M over PFAS-polluted drinking water
-Wolverine still faces lawsuits from area residents, though the company said it believes its actions approved under the settlement “will have a significant and beneficial impact” on the resolution of those cases.
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Grants seek market-based reductions of Great Lakes pollution
-Federal grants totaling more than $1.8 million are being awarded for projects using market-based approaches to reduce algal bloom-causing nutrient pollution in the Great Lakes.
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Water sensors, data collaboration make Great Lakes smarter
-Communities relying on Lake Erie for water could get an early warning of incoming algal blooms with technology currently in development.
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Documentary 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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Environmentalists: 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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Wisconsin Assembly passes bill to combat PFAS pollution
-Assembly Republicans hastily put together a bill addressing PFAS contamination and pushed it through to the Senate early Friday morning, just before adjourning for the year.