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Drinking Water News Roundup: $3M invested in Illinois water system, coal ash rule means safer water in Indiana
Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with drinking water in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
Canada ranks dead last among G7 on climate progress: Earth Index
Among the 10 most developed G20 countries assessed by Corporate Knights’ Earth Index analysis, “Canada was the worst performing country of the whole group in 2019,” said Ralph Torrie, Corporate Knights’ director of research.
Ontario faces uneven investment in water infrastructure
While much-needed money is being directed to aging drinking water infrastructure, stormwater and sewer systems have been neglected.
Even in Canada, where water prices are low, aging infrastructure and rising costs are a problem
Water, while still overall affordable in Canada compared to other countries, is growing more expensive as the cost of neglecting infrastructure for decades comes due.

Ontario faces uneven investment in water infrastructure
While much-needed money is being directed to aging drinking water infrastructure, stormwater and sewer systems have been neglected.

Even in Canada, where water prices are low, aging infrastructure and rising costs are a problem
Water, while still overall affordable in Canada compared to other countries, is growing more expensive as the cost of neglecting infrastructure for decades comes due.

Energy News Roundup: Numerous Great Lakes states grapple with outages and rising rates
Catch the latest in Great Lakes energy news in Great Lakes Now’s fortnightly headline roundup.

Drinking Water News Roundup: First Nation residents call settlement restrictive, Wisconsin towns try regulating big farms, Chicago cans tap water
Catch the latest drinking water updates with Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.

The report on Ontario’s natural resources the government didn’t want you to read
The government held back a report on Ontario’s ecosystems. Even as it details how human activity is hurting wetlands and waterways, it focuses on the wealth generated by natural resources.

Great Lakes Moment: Similarities between the Don and Rouge rivers, and one big difference
In this month’s column, John Hartig discusses the lessons that can be learned from the naturalization of Toronto’s Don River.

River otters return to the Detroit River
This special column from John Hartig celebrates that after roughly a century, there’s finally photographic evidence that otters have returned to the Detroit River.

What’s missing from Doug Ford’s proposed expansion of the Ontario Greenbelt
The Ontario government initially planned more ambitious additions to the Greenbelt. But after pushback from cities and industry, what’s left are a series of river valleys that were already protected.

Energy News Roundup: Ontario looks to phase out natural gas, wild rice could stop Line 3, Energy Department invests in cybersecurity
Catch the latest in Great Lakes energy news in Great Lakes Now’s fortnightly headline roundup.

Drinking Water News Roundup: EPA won’t regulate rocket fuel, Illinois prison water contaminated with Legionella
Catch the latest drinking water updates with Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.

Earth Day 2022: What can you do and where?
This year’s theme is “Invest in our Planet,” and there are plenty of events all around the region where people can do just that.

Easier Ride for Fossils, But $9.1B in Climate Funding as Ottawa Releases 2030 Plan
The fossil and transportation sectors get a relatively free ride and electricity producers do the most to decarbonize in the much-anticipated 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan that was recently released.