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
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!
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
Wetlands are critical resources for reducing flooding, filtering pollutants and providing critical areas for fish and wildlife to reproduce. In our Great Lakes region, this decision jeopardizes billions of dollars spent on restoring our waters and wetlands, puts homeowners at increased risk of flooding, and threatens the multi-billion dollar industries of fishing, wildlife viewing and recreation.
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
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
This Week: Success: DNR Rejects Proposed Camp Grayling Lease Expansion; 2023 Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Day on Parliament Hill in Ottawa; Wisconsin Flooding Increases Risk of Exposure of Canadian Oil and Gas Pipeline
This Week: Freshwater Voices Newsletter – Latest Issue Now Available Online; Freshwater Future Hero Addresses United Nations on Line 5; Muskegon Residents Speak Up to Regain Public Access; Lake Erie Conference On May 4th, 2023; Palladium and Copper Mine on Lake Superior Coast in Ontario, Canada
Jannan Cornstalk, a recent Freshwater Future Hero., presented at the “Indigenous Women from North America Defending Biodiversity, Human Rights, and our Global Climate” panel at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues session. J
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