This Week: 70,000 Gallon Oil Spill + Pipeline Reroute; Win! No Tax Dollars for Copper Mine in Porcupine Mountains; Environmental Justice Grants Available; Your Year-End Gift Is Urgent; Grant Writing Webinar and Mindfulness & Movement Sessions; Record Snowfall

This Week: Your Year-End Gift Is Urgent Now More Than Ever to Protect the Great Lakes; Join Us in Rochester, NY on March 27th, 2025 for All About Water; Understanding the Political Landscape of the Great Lakes; The Safe Drinking Water Act Turns 50 Years Old: Here is to Another 50!

Your #GivingTuesday Donations are Making a Difference in the Great Lakes Region; Mail from Your Water Utility Won’t be a Holiday Card; Fighting for Freshwater, Not Lakes of Mine-Waste; Join Us in Rochester, NY for All About Water

This Week: #GivingTuesday – Making a Difference in the Great Lakes; The Hill Publishes Jill Ryan’s Opinion Piece on the Dangerous Energy Permitting Reform Act; Stewarding Nmé (Lake Sturgeon) in the Great Lakes

This Week: Urgent Action: Proposed Energy Bill Would Harm the Great Lakes – Call + Email your Senator Today; Save the Date to support #GivingTuesday on Dec 3rd; One Year Later: The Battle for Canada’s Green Belt Continues

This Week: Win! Community Action Pays Off as Water Bottler Exits Ontario; All Eyes on Syracuse, NY: High Lead in Drinking Water, Low Accountability; Improve Equity in Minnesota’s Drinking Water Fund

This Week: Post-Election: The Work Continues; The Voices Newsletter is Ready for You! Read Now; Mindfulness & Movement for Post-Election Stress; Improve Equity in Minnesota’s Drinking Water Fund

What Does La Nina Mean for Winter in the Great Lakes; Your Voice is Needed! Improve Equity in Minnesota’s Drinking Water Fund; Rochester Embayment Delisted as a Great Lakes Area of Concern

This Week: Toronto Stormwater Management Incentives Program; New Ballast Water Standards Create Loophole; Welcome Maggie Fritz to the Freshwater Future Team!

This Week: Standing Up for Chester Water Authority: Save Public Water; How Fair Market Value Legislation is Paving the Way for Privatization; Register for Movement and Mindfulness; Technology Used to Track Muskie and Lake Sturgeon

This Week: Updated Lead and Copper Rule Released; Celebrating Freshwater Future’s Canadian Board; RESCHEDULED DATE-Movement & Mindfulness; Great Lakes States Receive Funds to Test Exposure to Toxic Chemicals

This Week: Urgent Action: Proposed Energy Bill Would Harm the Great Lakes; Thank You to All Our Supporters; Detroiters: Recertify Your Lifeline Benefits Now; Harmful Algal Blooms on the Rise in Wisconsin; Water Privatization Costs Ontario Pensioners 1 Billion Dollars

This Week: Urgent Action: Proposed Energy Bill Would Harm the Great Lakes; Donate to the Walk, Paddle, and Roll Fundraiser Goal by 9/30; Your Voice is Needed to Improve Michigan’s + Indiana’s Water System Funding; Deadline September 30th for Freshwater Future’s Fall Project Grants; Recognizing the Human Right to Utilities at the National Level

This Week: Urgent Action: Proposed Energy Bill Would Harm the Great Lakes; Finish Line in Sight! Help Us Reach Our Walk, Paddle, and Roll Fundraiser Goal; Deadline September 30th: Freshwater Future’s Fall Project Grants; Your Voice is Needed to Improve Michigan + New York’s Water System Funding; Free Lead Renovation, Repair, and Painting (RRP) Training; Register for Movement & Mindfulness with Us

This Week: Urgent Action: Proposed Energy Bill Would Harm Water–Call + Email your Senator Today; Support Freshwater Future–Donate to Our Walk, Paddle, and Roll Fundraiser; Join Us on September 17th! Water Wars: How Corporations Play the Long Game; Did You Miss the Fall Project Grant Webinar? No Worries, Recording Available; Invasive Aquatic Plant Found in Canada for the First Time

This Week: [Take Action] Your Voice is Needed to Improve New York’s Water System Funding; [Take Action] Say No to the Energy Permitting Reform Act; [Event] Register for Movement & Mindfulness; Southeast Michigan to Receive Radioactive Waste from Manhattan Project; Fall Grant Cycle is Open!

This Week: Will You Support Jill’s Challenge?; Don’t Miss The Water is Life Festival; Pennsylvania’s Privatization Problem: Water Rates Soar; New Approach to Open Pit Copper-Nickel Mine in Minnesota; Say No to the Energy Permitting Reform Act; Get Ready for Funding with Our Fall Grant Program!

This Week: Celebrate 25 Years of Clean Water Advocacy with Us; Don’t Miss The Water is Life Festival; Fracking Ohio’s Natural Areas; [Take Action] Save Our Public Lands and Waters: Say No to the Energy Permitting Reform Act; Get Ready for Funding with Our Fall Grant Program!

This Week: Don’t Miss The Water is Life Festival; Walk, Paddle, and Roll with Us; Meet Our Spring Grantees: Capital Area Friends of the Environment; Freshwater Voices Newsletter Available Online; Are Private Water Companies Paying a “Fair Market Value” for our Water Systems?; Join Us For Our Virtual Monthly Wellness Session

This Week: We Are Lake Erie Day; A Landmark Victory for Great Lakes Water Protection: Michigan Supreme Court Upholds EGLE’s Authority; Fall Grant Cycle is Open; Join Us on August 22nd for Freshwater Future’s Virtual Monthly Wellness Session; One Year Later: Lake Ontario Chemical Spill Clean Up Failure and Cover Up

This Week: Water Is Life Festival is One Month Away; Meet Freshwater Future’s Spring Grantee: Sterling Water Stewards; Eurasian Ruffe Is Spreading; Get the Lead Out and Plastic In?; Lake Erie’s Harmful Algal Bloom + Lake Erie Alive

This Week: Mining Permit Withdrawn with Your Advocacy; Comment on New U.S. EPA Rule to Protect Public Water Utilities; New Research Warns of “Forever Chemical” Skin Absorption; Meet Freshwater Future’s Spring Grantee: Oscoda Citizens for Clean Water; Fall Grant Cycle is Open; Join our Monthly Giving Circle!

This Week: New U.S. EPA Rule Threatens Public Water Utilities – We Want to Improve It; Deadline July 22nd: Your Voice is Needed to Improve Ohio’s Water System Funding; Join Us on July 25th for Freshwater Future’s Virtual Monthly Wellness Session; Mining Project in Porcupine Mountains Fails to Get $50 Million Grant; Great Coffee Starts with Clean Water – Buy a Lead Water Testing Kit and Get a Free Bag of Coffee from Superior Coffee Roasting Co.

This Week: New US EPA Rule Threatens Public Water Utilities – We Want to Improve It; Deadline July 22nd – Your Voice is Needed to Improve Ohio’s Water System Funding; House Majority Proposes Huge Cuts to US EPA and Drinking and Wastewater Infrastructure Funding; Meet Freshwater Future’s Spring Grantee Blue Fish Canada; Lake Erie Algae Forecasts Fails to Show Phosphorus Reductions

This Week: Join Us on July 25th for Freshwater Future’s Virtual Monthly Wellness Session; Lake Ontario’s New National Marine Sanctuary; Celebrating Aquatic Invasive Species Awareness Week and the Funding to Address Invasive Carp; Pollution from East Palestine’s Tragic Train Derailment Spread Across the Region

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

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

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

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

This Week: Wonders of the Great Lakes 2024 Online Auction – Bids Close Tonight; Monday: Tell the EPA What Water Affordability Means; Minnesota’s Public Waters Win Further Protections

This Week: Wonders of the Great Lakes 2024 Online Auction; Petition – Tell the White House and U.S. EPA to Finalize the Lead and Copper Rule ASAP; Maternal Health Awareness Month: Join Wisdom Institute Listening Partners!

This Week: Wonders of the Great Lakes 2024 Online Auction; Register for Next Week’s Mindfulness and Movement Monthly Wellness Session; Petition: Tell the White House and U.S. EPA to Finalize the Lead and Copper Rule ASAP; Freshwater Future at River Rally: Heroes, Lead Education, and Water Affordability!

This Week: Wonders of the Great Lakes 2024 Online Auction Starts May 17th; Register for Freshwater Future’s May Mindfulness and Movement Monthly Wellness Session; Reflections and Recording from Great Lakes CAFO + HABs Conference; Minnesota State Park to be Shuttered for Iron Mine;The Cost of Climate Change in Canada: $139B in Next 30 Years

This Week: Register for Freshwater Future’s May Mindfulness and Movement Monthly Wellness Session; Celebrate National Drinking Water Week – May 5-11; Protect our Waters from Microplastics; Fighting Privatization and Commodification: The Future of Water Act is Public!

This Week: Earth Day is Every Day: Six Simple Actions You Can Do to Protect Water; You Can Still Virtually Attend the Great Lakes Harmful Algae Conference May 1-2; Save the Date: Wonders of the Great Lakes 2024 Online Auction; Sign the Petition and Stand with Pennsylvania: Our Water is Not for Sale; Forested Wetland to be Destroyed for Landfill After Years-Long Fight

This Week: Join Us at the Great Lakes Harmful Algae Conference May 1-2 in Toledo, OH; Register for Freshwater Future’s Mindfulness and Movement Monthly Wellness Session on April 25th; Save the Date for Wonders of the Great Lakes 2024 Online Auction; Public Trust Podcast – Wisconsin’s Battle with Forever Chemicals

This Week:Congratulations to Our Freshwater Heroes – Celebration Recording and Newsletter Available; Campbell Sued by Advocates, Federal Government Over Lake Erie Pollution; Join Us at the Great Lakes Harmful Algae Conference – Registration is Open; Important Public Hearing on Mineral Rights Request for over 10,000 Acres in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula – Your Voice Needed; EPA Creates National Drinking Water Regulation for Forever Chemicals

This Week: Join Us Next Week on April 10th for Our Freshwater Heroes Celebration; Mining Company Withdraws Lease Application; Thank you to Our Volunteers and Supporters at Grand Rapids Gold Season Finale Game; Join Us at the Great Lakes Harmful Algae Conference; Register for Freshwater Future’s April 25th Mindfulness and Movement Monthly Wellness Sessions

This Week: LAST CHANCE! Spring Project Grants are Open Until March 30th; Report Card on Drinking Water Funding; Fighting Predatory Water System Pricing and Privatization in Pennsylvania; Freshwater Future Participates in March Madness with the Grand Rapids Gold; Comment on EGLE’s Public Participation Policy – Deadline March 31st!

This Week: Happy World Water Day! LAST CHANCE! Spring Project Grants are Open Until March 30th! Federal Judge Finds City of Flint, MI in Contempt Over Slow Lead Line Replacement; Freshwater Future Participates in March Madness with the Grand Rapids Gold Basketball Team on March 30th; Join Us at the Great Lakes Harmful Algae Conference – Registration is Open!

This Week: Keep Water Systems Public; Federal Decision Makers Educated on Mining, Algal Blooms, and Public Access Issues; U.S. Food and Drug Administration Takes Step to Reduce PFAS in Food Packaging; Stunning Photo of the Great Lakes from Space!

This Week: Freshwater Future Honored as the First Organizational River Hero from River Network; Registration is Now Open for Virtual Monthly Wellness Sessions; Protect Chautauqua Lake from Harmful Herbicides: Deadline March 20th; Spring Project Grants are Open!

This Week: Save the Date–Freshwater Heroes Celebration, April 10th, 2024; A Sea Change for Superior: The Warming of the World’s Largest Lake; Even in the Midwest, Drought is Impacting Drinking Water; Good Coffee Starts with Clean Water – Buy a Lead Water Testing Kit and Get a Free Bag of Coffee from Superior Coffee Roasting Co.

This Week: Victory! U.S. Army Corps and Michigan Deny Permits for Proposed Marina at the Kalamazoo River Mouth; Last Chance! Stand with Protect the Porkies: No State Funds for Sulfide Mine on Lake Superior; Native Freshwater Mussels Endangered; Fighting Plastic Pollution: Banning Detergent Pods in New York City; Spring Project Grants are Open; Does Your Water Group Need Funding

This Week: Standing with Protect the Porkies: No State Funds for Sulfide Mine on Lake Superior; Clean-Up at Michigan’s Bear Creek Completed by U.S. EPA; Actions Needed to Address Pharmaceutical Pollution in the St. Lawrence River; Good Coffee Starts with Clean Water – Buy a Lead Water Testing Kit and Get a Free Bag of Coffee from Superior Coffee Roasting Co.

This Week: Private Water Company Will Pay $25M Settlement for Flint Water Crisis; Join our Monthly Giving Circle; Michigan’s Legal Battle Over Livestock Farm Pollution Permit; Forest Service Grant Allows Wisconsin to Acquire Pelican River Forest; Spring Project Grants are Open; Climate Innovation Town Hall Featuring Freshwater Future February 13th!

This Week: LAST CHANCE: Urge the U.S. EPA to Protect Families from Lead in Drinking Water by February 5th; Happy World Wetlands Day! Celebrating the Great Lakes Wetlands; Meet One of our Fall 2023 Grantees: WaterLegacy; Buy a Lead Water Testing Kit and Get a Free Bag of Coffee from Superior Coffee Roasting Co.; Climate Innovation Town Hall Featuring Freshwater Future February 13th!

This Week: Urge the U.S. EPA to Protect Low Income Families from Lead; Meet One of our Fall 2023 Grantees: Pointes Protection Association; Spring Project Grants are Open! Does Your Water Group Need Funding?; Pennsylvania’s Water Privatization and Rising Rates Up for Debate

This Week: Urge the U.S. EPA to Require All Water Systems to Replace Lead Pipes in 10-Years; Great Lakes Community Members Speak Out at Lead and Copper Rule Public Hearing; Meet One of our Fall 2023 Grantees Protecting Lake Erie; Lake Erie News: Dynamite Dock Sighting + Seiche Study Event

This Week: Help Improve U.S. EPA’s Public Participation Policy; Improving Federal Lead Rules: Stronger Protections Needed in Schools and Childcare Facilities; Meet One of our Fall 2023 Grantees; Record Low Ice Cover on the Great Lakes this Winter; Line 5 Update; Keweenaw Bay Tribe May Be Compensated for Stolen Land

This Week: Last Chance! Workshop to Use Your Voice to Push for Safer Water; Take Action! Help Improve U.S. EPA’s Public Participation Policy; Meet One of our Fall 2023 Grantees Working for Water Justice in Benton Harbor; Ohio’s New Road Salt Reduction Grant Program; Transport Canada funds innovative research to prevent spread of invasive species in Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River

This Week: There’s Still Time to Give your Year-End Gift to Bring People One Step Closer to Having Clean and Safe Water; Year in Review: Protecting the People and the Waters of the Great Lakes; Meet One of our Fall 2023 Grantees: Superior Rivers Watershed Association; New York Passes the Lead Pipe Right to Know Act!

This Week: Your Gift Today, Support Our Fight for Safe Drinking Water; Strengthening the New Lead and Copper Rule: Replacing Lead Pipes with Plastic Pipes is Not the Solution; Application Deadlines Announced for Canada’s Great Lakes Freshwater Ecosystem Initiative Funds; Meet Our Fall 2023 Grantees; Michigan’s Eagle Mine Seeks Underground Mining Expansion; As a Warm Winter Begins, Ice Cover on the Lakes are Low

This Week: Take Action – Use your Voice to Ensure the Strongest Lead Protections in Drinking Water; Rocket Launch Site on Lake Superior Blocked; Give and support NO Lead is Safe; Road Salt is Harming Our Waters – Meet the Advocates Fighting for a Solution; Open-Pit Mine Threatens Lake Superior with Acid Mine Drainage

Make Your Voice Heard: The New Lead and Copper Draft Rule is Out; Give Your Year-End Gift and support NO Lead is Safe; Line 5 Tunnel Granted Permit by Michigan Public Service Commission; Win! Proposed Golf Course on Wisconsin Lakeshore Park Blocked; Elevated Lead Levels Found in Pennsylvania Schools’ Drinking Water

This Week: Giving the Gift of Clean and Safe Water; Chicago-Joliet $1B Agreement and Concerns for Great Lakes Water; Land Swap Threatens Wisconsin Lake Michigan Coastal Park; Ohio State Parks Opened Up for Fracking; The Edmund FitzGerald and the Gales of November in the Great Lakes

This Week: #GivingTuesday Next Week; Freshwater Voices Newsletter Available Online; Staying Vigilant: Freshwater Future Watches for Lead in your Drinking Water; Thousands of Minnesotans’ Drinking Water Contaminated with Nitrate; Public Meeting About Barrier to Prevent Grass Carp from Migrating to Lake Erie

This Week: Save the Date: #Giving Tuesday; Grantee Highlight: Environment North is Taking on Nuclear Waste; Freshwater Future in DC; PFAS Found in 71% of Wisconsin’s Shallow Private Drinking Wells; Freshwater Future Receives Highest Ratings by Candid and Charity Navigator

This Week: Your Voice is Needed to Improve Minnesota’s Water System Funding; EPA Deems Clean Up of the Catastrophe in East Palestine, Ohio Finished: Is it Enough; Water Watchers and Wellness, November 16th; Freshwater Future in DC: Advocating for Real Outcomes from the Farm Bill; Canada Announces Funding for Projects Restoring Great Lakes Areas of Concern; The Crushing Weight of Water Rates in Michigan–Solutions Exist

Your Voice is Needed to Improve Minnesota’s Water System Funding; Seneca Lake Guardian Providing PFAS Test Kits to Residents Near New York’s Largest Landfill; Salmon Farms and Our Great Lakes; Proposed House Funding Bill Guts Clean Water Programs; No One Held Accountable for the Flint Water Crisis

Detroit’s Jefferson-Chalmers Neighborhood Set to Receive $11.2 from FEMA; Deadline November 13th: Your Voice is Needed to Improve Minnesota’s Water System Funding; Freshwater Future Has You Covered for National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week; Success!! Freshwater Future Grantee Highlight: Meet the Wellington Water Watchers!

This Week: Tell Congress to Renew Federal Water Assistance Program; Lobbying Basics for Nonprofits; Improve Minnesota’s Water System Funding; New Law Mandates Universal Lead Testing for Michigan Toddlers; Prevent a Nickel Mine from Polluting Lake Superior; Federal Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against Crypto-Mining Site on Seneca Lake Over Warm Water Discharges

This Week: Agencies Discuss Condemning and Cleaning Up the Erie Coke Site; All About Water Convening Key Takeaways; New York City’s Lead Service Lines Impact Hispanic/Latino Communities; Biden Administration’s Report Recommends Privatization of U.S. Water Systems; Lake Erie’s World Water Spout Record

This Week: Michigan Supreme Court to Rule on Manure Spreading Case, Ohio’s Weak Plan to Reduce Harmful Algal Blooms Approved by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Freshwater Future’s Walk, Paddle, and Roll Exceeds Goal, Making the Motor City a Solar City, and more…

Deadline TODAY: Your Voice is Needed to Improve Indiana, New York, and Michigan Water System Funding; Register to Join Us in Benton Harbor for the All About Water Convening; Help us meet our Walk, Paddle, and Roll Goal for Freshwater; Freshwater Voices Newsletter; Silver Carp DNA Found in Michigan River Highlights Need for Action; Understanding Harmful Algal Blooms: Where We Are Now

This Week – Greenbelt Victory in Ontario; Limited Spots Left: Register to Join Us in Benton Harbor for the All About Water Convening on October 4th, 2023; Deadline September 29th: Your Voice is Needed to Improve New York and Michigan Water System Funding; Need Funding? Freshwater Future Fall Project Grants Deadline is September 30th; We’re almost there – Help us meet our Walk, Paddle, and Roll goal and make a difference; Detroit Free Press: “Stormwater infrastructure must play a role in our climate future”; Growing Your Capacity and Wellbeing – Join Freshwater Future’s Free Water Watchers and Wellness Sessions

This Week – Register Today for the All About Water Convening; Your Voice is Needed to Improve New York and Michigan’s Water System Funding; Need Funding? Freshwater Future Fall Project Grants Deadline is September 30th; Halfway There! Help us Meet Our Walk Paddle and Roll Goal

This Week: Register Today for the All About Water Convening; Help Make Drinking Water Safer and More Affordable; Fall Project Grants Deadline is Approaching Fast; Celebrate Success: Major Shift in PFAS Clean Up Effort at Wurtsmith Air Force Base in Oscoda; Court Rules for PFAS Manufacturer Over Michigan’s Drinking Water; President Biden: Don’t Give Wall Street Control of Our Public Water Systems; Ontario Housing Minister Resigns but Government Not Pausing Development on Greenbelt Lands

Pennsylvania Court Ruling Against Privatization is a Significant Win for Water Affordability; Saugatuck Passes Resolution Opposing Marina Development; Water is Life Festival This Weekend; Join Us for the All About Water Convening on October 4th, 2023; Help Make Drinking Water Safer and More Affordable; Great Coffee Starts with Clean Water – Buy a Lead Water Testing Kit and Get a Free Bag of Coffee from Superior Coffee Roasting Co.

Join Us in Benton Harbor for the All About Water Convening on October 4th, 2023 – Registration Closes on August 31st; Chemical Manufacturer BASF Pollutes the Detroit River for 43 Years Without Regulation; Jill Is Walking, Paddling, and Rolling 250 miles for Clean Water; Freshwater Future Fall Project Grants + Non-Profit Bookkeeping Basics Webinars!; New York governor blocks discharge of radioactive water into Hudson River from closed nuclear plant; Ontario’s Auditor General calls for Provincial Government to Revisit Opening of Greenbelt Lands to Development

Our Favorite #WeAreLakeErieDay Posts, Memories, and Photos; Water Shut-offs Resume in Detroit, Potentially Endangering Thousands; Take Action Now-Deadline August 20th: Protect the Menominee River from an Open-Pit Metal Mine; Great Coffee Starts with Clean Water – Buy a Lead Water Testing Kit and Get a Free Bag of Coffee from Superior Coffee Roasting Co.; Need Funds for Water Work in Your Community? Apply to Freshwater Future’s Fall Project Grants!

This Week: Register to Join Us in Benton Harbor for the All About Water Convening on October 4th, 2023; Show Your Love for Lake Erie with #We Are Lake Erie Day, August 16, 2023; Landmark Victory: Minnesota Supreme Court Overturns PolyMet Water Pollution Permit; Op-ed: Tell Legislators to Ensure Affordable Water for All Michiganders; Freshwater Future Welcomes New Board Member: Bettina Marshall; Need Funds for Water Work in Your Community? Apply to Freshwater Future’s Fall Project Grants!

This Week: Need Funds for Water Work in Your Community? Check This Out!; Pipelines Continue to Threaten our Freshwater; Several U.S. States Move to Block 3M’s $10.3 Billion PFAS Settlement; Great Coffee Starts with Clean Water – Buy a Lead Water Testing Kit and Get a Free Bag of Coffee from Superior Coffee Roasting Co.

This Week: How to Keep Your Family Safe While Chicago Replaces Over 400,000 Lead Service Lines; Meet the Spring Grantees Protecting the Great Lakes from Hazardous Waste; The First Federal Water Assistance Program is Ending, Still Time to Apply; Join Us on August 5th to Kick Off Freshwater Future’s Partnership with Greta Van Fleet and Founders Brewing; Climate Change Is Making Lake Erie’s Algae Blooms Worse

This Week: Register for the All About Water Convening on October 4th in Benton Harbor, Freshwater Future’s Guide on Staying Safe During Lead Line Replacements; Ontario Government Announces Expansion to Lake Huron-Based Bruce Nuclear Power Plant; Michiganders – Speak Out in Favor of Affordable Water; Meet Two Freshwater Future Spring Project Grant Recipients Protecting Water Resources in Michigan

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This Week: Freshwater Future Benefits from Record-Setting Participation in Big House 5K!; Thank You for Signing Our Letter Supporting the U.S. EPA’s Coal Ash Disposal Decision; Métis Nation of Ontario Receives Funding for Great Lakes Protection and Restoration; Six Simple Actions to Help Water on Earth Day – April 22nd

This Week: Veto Cancels Efforts to Weaken Clean Water Act; All About Water Spring Convening Recording Now Available; Sauble Beach Returned to Chippewas of Saugeen First Nation Stewardship; Lack of Ice Cover Leads to Significant Erosion Along Presque Isle State Park’s Beaches

This Week: Freshwater Heroes Award Ceremony Recording Available, Deadline Monday, April 10th, Noon: Submit Public Comments to Stop Toxic Coal Ash Disposal At Two Michigan Energy Plants, Still Time to Support the Freshwater Future Team At the Big House 5k, Geoff Peach Memorial Scholarship Winners Announced

This Week: Our Work Pays Off in the Canadian Budget!, Submit Public Comments to Stop Toxic Coal Ash Disposal at Two Michigan Energy Plants, Last Chance to Register For All About Water!, Chemical Spill In Delaware River Stirs Panic in Philadelphia Residents, Online Viewing of PFAS Documentary, No Defense, on Monday, April 3

This Week: Celebrating Freshwater Heroes on March 21st, Final Call: Spring Project Grant Deadline Is March 31st!, Dioxin in East Palestine Soil Tested Above Cancer Risk Threshold, 400,000 Gallons of Radioactive Water Leaked from a Minnesota Nuclear Plant, Celebrating World Water Day At Freshwater Future

This Week: Celebrate Our Freshwater Heroes On March 21st, Now’s The Time: Spring Project Grant Applications Due March 31st, Join the Accelerating Change Webinar on World Water Day, Freshwater Future Celebrates Great Lakes Days In D.C., Water Debt for Residents of New York City Surpasses 1 Billion Dollars, and Upcoming Events

This Week: House Votes to Reject the New Clean Water Act Rule Protecting Waterways ~ Now’s The Time: Spring Project Grant Applications Due March 31st ~ Race is Sold Out – But You Can Still Support Freshwater Future at the Big House 5k Race ~ Tribal Members Dispute Report Findings Citing Company’s History of Environmental Spills ~ Valuing Clean Water Connects Us, But Disinformation is Trying to Force Divides

This Week: REGISTRATION OPEN – How to Help Your Community Access Federal Water Funds; Canadian Government Urged to Deliver on Promise to Invest $1 billion in Freshwater Action Plan; Everyone Deserves Clean, Safe, and Affordable Water: Take the Water Affordability Pledge Today!; Harbor Springs Festival Features Freshwater Future’s Very Own Ann Baughman

This Week: Tools and Tips for Helping Your Community Access Federal Water Funds; Spring Project Grant Applications Due March 31st; Update on the East Palestine Train Derailment; Big House 5k Race Almost at Capacity – Register Today!

This Week: Ohio Train Derailment Response Lacking to Protect Public Health; Thank you for Speaking Out on Proposed Michigan Camp Grayling Expansion; Freshwater Future Heroes Award Ceremony – Join Us for the Online Celebration; Update – Great Lakes Ice Coverage at Historic Lows

This Week: Freshwater Future Executive Director Jill Ryan to Speak About Freshwater Issues; Not Too Late to Register for the Big House 5K Race; Save the Date – Celebrating Freshwater Heroes on March 21st, 2023; Long-Term Solutions for Water Affordability in Michigan Still Lacking

This Week: Need Funds for Your Water Work; There’s Still Time to Sign Up for 2023 Water Watchers Wellness Sessions; Lack of EPA Rules Allowing Refineries to Legally Discharge, Including to the Great Lakes; EPA Slated to Stop Toxic Coal Ash Disposal at Two Michigan Energy Plants

This Week: Chautauqua Lake District Abandoned After Public Opposition; REGISTER NOW! – Big House 5k Race in Ann, Arbor, Michigan; Oneida Nation of the Thames Proposes Solution for On-going Water Crises; 20-Year Mining Ban Issued on Land Near Boundary Waters, Minnesota