This Week: New Stamp Honors Grandmother Water Walker Josephine Mandamin; Thank You to the Erb Family Foundation; Polluters Sue Over New PFAS Regulation; Have You Seen this Jellyfish in the Great Lakes? Take a Picture
Freshwater Future Weekly News: June 21, 2024
This Week: Your Voice is Needed to Improve Drinking Water Funding in Illinois; Michigan’s Line 5 Lawsuit Returns to State Court; This Week in Climate Change: Harmful Algal Blooms and Heat Islands; State of Michigan Offers New Grants For Community Groups
Nuclear Power in the Great Lakes Region–the Risks to Water Quality and Public Health
Freshwater Futures break down some of the most recent news on nuclear waste storage, transport, and facilities in the Great Lakes
Welcome 2024 Summer Interns
Freshwater Future interns will have an opportunity to learn about nonprofit organizations, gain work experience, as well as build their skills to support their future careers. Their work this summer supports Freshwater Future’s policy work on two of the most critical issues in the Great Lakes: water privatization and mining.
Freshwater Future Weekly News: June 14, 2024
This Week: Your Voice is Needed to Improve Drinking Water Funding in Pennsylvania; Thank you to Everyone who contributed to Freshwater Future’s Wonders of the Great Lakes Auction; Meet Our Newest Additions to the Team: Josh Heupel and Ava Fink; Ontario Announces $1.8 million for the Great Lakes Local Action Fund; Nuclear Power in the Great Lakes Region–the Risks to Water Quality and Public Health
Freshwater Future Weekly News: June 7, 2024
This Week: Join Us June 20th for Freshwater Future’s Virtual Monthly Wellness Session; Deadline June 12th: Your Voice is Needed to Improve Wisconsin’s Water System Funding; Benton Harbor Residents Face Shutoffs for Unaffordable Water Bills Help is Hard to Get; Nearly 400 Gallons of Diesel Fuel Spill into Lake Superior at Silver Bay Marina, MN
For Immediate Release: Assistance for Benton Harbor Water Shutoffs Fails Residents
Residents of Benton Harbor are receiving notices of water shut off for the first time since the city’s contaminated lead pipes were removed and replaced.
