Freshwater Future Weekly: July 14, 2023

Freshwater Future Weekly: July 14, 2023

This Week: Great Coffee Starts With Clean Water – Purchase a Lead Water Testing Kit and Get a Complimentary Bag of Coffee from Superior Coffee Roasting Co; Meet Two Freshwater Future Spring Project Grant Recipients Working On PFAS Pollution in the Finger Lakes of New York; Flood Focus App Helping Detroit, MI Neighborhoods with Flooding in the Streets; Ohio’s Pollution Diet Doesn’t Go Far Enough to Clean Up Lake Erie; Share Your Communities Needs to Restore the Health of the Great Lakes

Freshwater Future Weekly: July 7, 2023

Freshwater Future Weekly: July 7, 2023

This Week: Freshwater Future Partners with Greta Van Fleet and Founders Brewing; Harmful Algal Bloom Season Has Started on Lake Erie; Massive Salmon Farm Proposed for Muskegon County, Michigan; Illinois and Michigan Cover other Great Lakes States’ Share of Funding for Federal Invasive Asian Carp Project; Save the Date for Our Next All About Water Convening, In-Person – October 4th in Benton Harbor, Michigan

Freshwater Future Weekly: June 30, 2023

Freshwater Future Weekly: June 30, 2023

This Week: Freshwater Future Welcomes New Board Members; Freshwater Future Host’s Two New Yale Environmental Fellows; Canada Strengthens the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) with passing of Bill S-5; Your Help Is Needed to Improve the Pennsylvania Water System Funding Process; The First Federal PFAS Lawsuit Settled for a Fraction of Clean Up Costs; Ohio Releases Plan to Restore Lake Erie Water Quality

Freshwater Future Weekly: June 23, 2023

Freshwater Future Weekly: June 23, 2023

This Week: Judge Orders Enbridge to Shut Down Portions of Line 5 within Three Years; Freshwater Future Welcomes New Board Members; Your Help Is Needed to Improve the Ohio and Pennsylvania Water System Funding Process; Canadian Federal Government Launches Canada Water Agency; Grosse Pointe Park’s Extreme Emergency Release Valve Steers Waste into the Detroit River

Freshwater Future Weekly: June 16, 2023

Freshwater Future Weekly: June 16, 2023

This Week: Your Help is Needed to Improve the Ohio and Illinois Water System Funding Process; Minnesota Mining Operation’s Wetlands Permit Revoked; EPA Chicago Public Hearing: Federal Coal Ash Rule; Great Coffee Starts With Clean Water – Buy a Lead Water Testing Kit for $40 and Get a Complimentary Bag of Coffee from Superior Coffee Roasting Company

Freshwater Future Weekly: June 9, 2023

Freshwater Future Weekly: June 9, 2023

This week: Canada Proposes Regulations on PFAS Fire Fighting Foam But Leaves Out Consumer Products; Another Settlement with PFAS Chemical Companies; New York’s Lead Pipe Right to Know Act Lands on the Governor’s Desk; Canadian Wildfires Cause Dangerous Air Quality Across the Great Lakes Region; Protecting Waters from Source to Tap Highlighted on Freshwater Future’s Walloon Lake Kayak Tour; Save the Date for Our Next All About Water Convening, In-Person – October 4th in Benton Harbor, Michigan

Freshwater Future Weekly: June 2, 2023

Freshwater Future Weekly: June 2, 2023

This Week: Michigan Double Red Flags Mean Don’t Go In the Water; Freshwater Future Strongly Opposes “Doubling” Ships on the St. Lawrence Seaway; Join Freshwater Future’s Executive Director for a Kayak Tour of Walloon Lake; Funds Available for Water Debt Until December!

Freshwater Future Weekly: May 26, 2023

Freshwater Future Weekly: May 26, 2023

This week: Supreme Court Ruling is a Blow to Clean Water Protections;100-year Joliet Water Diversion Deal Removes Waters from the Great Lakes; Line 5 Update: Resistance in Wisconsin and Michigan; New Toxic Coal Ash Rules Address Legacy Pollution, Some Loopholes Remain

Freshwater Future Weekly: May 19, 2023

Freshwater Future Weekly: May 19, 2023

This week: Freshwater Future Joins Patagonia at 50th Anniversary Celebration in Chicago; Georgian Bay Town Looking for Bi-National Support to Oppose Ontario’s Bill 23; PFAS in Pellston, MI: Cancer and the Odawa Nation; Join Us for Upcoming Water Watchers & Wellness Sessions; “Chonkosaurus” Snapping Turtle in the Chicago River

Freshwater Future Weekly: May 12, 2023

Freshwater Future Weekly: May 12, 2023

Join Us for Upcoming Water Watchers & Wellness Sessions; Benton Harbor Community Water Council leader, Reverend Pinkney Addresses United Nations about Safe Drinking Water; Moderate Summer Harmful Algal Bloom Predicted for Western Lake Erie; Flood Focus App Helping Detroit Neighborhoods Tackle Flooding Challenges; Join Freshwater Future at Patagonia’s 50th Anniversary Celebration in Chicago this Saturday, May 13th