Many Michigan state representatives and civil servants seek one-size fits all solutions, like regionalization, to address the growing challenges of aging infrastructure, water quality, and affordability. However, the injustices created by regional entities such as GLWA have caused Michigan water advocates to demand a different way forward.

Cleaning up Lake Erie again will require sizeable collective efforts and long-term commitments from the federal, provincial and state governments as well as many communities and stakeholders all around the lake.

Recently, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) adopted new health advisories for four specific types of PFAS. The new health advisories are 17,500 times lower for PFOA and 3,500 times lower for PFOS than the U.S. EPA health advisories established in 2016.

This upcoming Supreme Court decision could eliminate federal protections for a vast swath of wetlands, disrupting the ecology of our watersheds, with impacts on fish and wildlife habitats and flood protection.

‘Mothers of the Movement’ Come Together to Highlight Impact of Water Shutoffs and Urge DWSD to Share Water Affordability Plan Details, Collect Community Input

What to know to reduce exposure to lead before, during, and after replacement

Freshwater Future Staff Member, Kristen Haitain Joins Water Advocates at National River Rally

The Environmental Fellows Program operates out of the Yale School of the Environment, and provides opportunities for historically underrepresented students in the environmental workforce to gain work experience in environmental philanthropies, the nonprofit and for-profit sectors, and government agencies.