October 11, 2019 This week: Great Lakes Loses Advocate Lee Botts at age 91 + Solar Energy Lighting Up Detroit Homes + Students Release Lake Sturgeon Fingerlings to Lake Ontario + No Strategy to Test Animals or Alert the Public Regarding Contaminated Milk Great Lakes Loses Advocate Lee Botts Lee Botts, a true Great Lakes advocate passed away this […]
Read MoreOctober 3, 2019 This week: Worrisome PFAS Levels Found in Drinking Water Supplies from Lake Erie + Oil Pipeline Denied Water Certification + Plastics as Part of Our Geology Worrisome PFAS Levels Found in Drinking Water Supplies from Lake Erie Two municipal drinking water systems in Michigan, Monroe and Frenchtown test results found PFOS at 16 […]
Read MoreOur laws have not kept up with drinking water impacts. Lead contamination highlights the breakdowns in how our drinking water is tested and the systemic problems with regulations and our government systems. Harmful algal blooms threaten drinking water safety in several locations. The cost of water continues to increase, placing a much higher burden on […]
Read MoreSeptember 19, 2019 This week: Menominee Tribal Chair Requests Michigan Governor to Revisit Permits for Risky Mine + Two Mining Permits Suspended in MN Court of Appeals + Cold Water Fish Habitat Decreases as a Result of Climate Change + More Menominee Tribal Chair Requests Michigan Governor to Revisit Permits for Risky Mine Douglas Cox, Tribal […]
Read MoreSeptember 13, 2019 This week: Bill Introduced to Extend Prosecutions Connected to Flint Water Crisis + Toxicologist’s Tips for Parents Regarding PFAS in Drinking Water + Restoration Investments Generate Economic Benefits Bill Introduced to Extend Prosecutions Connected to Flint Water Crisis A bill was recently introduced in the Michigan House and Senate that would extend […]
Read MoreSeptember 6, 2019 This week: Five Counties Adopt Resolution to Support Tunnel under Straits + Ohio Chamber Rewriting Ohio Law to Revoke Lake Erie Bill of Rights + Freshwater Future’s Testing Program Identifies Forever Chemical – PFAS – in Drinking Water Near Seneca Lake, New York + Canada and Ontario Teaming up for the Health […]
Read MoreAugust 29th, 2019 This week: Johnson Controls Allocates $140 Million for PFAS Clean-Up + Lake Erie Flooding in the Chatham-Kent, Ontario Area + Five Tribes Consider Legal Options to Decommission Line 5 Johnson Controls Allocates $140 Million for PFAS Clean-Up Clean-up funds to address the pollution of groundwater from fire fighting foamsby Tyco Fire Products […]
Read MoreAugust 23, 2019 This week: Cyanide from Steel Plant Kills 3,000 Fish + Why More is Needed for Water Security + Water Shutoffs Escalate in Detroit + More Cyanide from Steel Plant Kills 3,000 Fish Indiana Dunes National Park closed two of its beaches due to unsafe levels of cyanide and ammonia-nitrogen discharged from Arcelor […]
Read MoreAugust 9th, 2019 This week: Environmental Injustice Documented in Michigan’s Cities + Scientists Sample 200 Locations to Document Algal Bloom in Lake Erie + Over 400 Military Bases Have Toxic Contamination from Firefighting Foams Environmental Injustice Documented in Michigan’s Cities Michigan’s cities are some of the most environmentally unjust in the country according to a recent […]
Read MoreThis week: Ohio Backslides with New Energy Law + How to Keep Safe as Lake Erie Toxic Algal Bloom Expands + Toxic Chemical Found in Bottled Water Supply + 103-Year-Old Shipwreck Discovered in Lake Superior Ohio Backslides with New Energy Law Last week, Ohio Governor, Mike DeWine signed into law an energy bill that pushes Ohio […]
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