If water is considered the world’s most important resource, then the Great Lakes region stands as both a sanctuary and…
Freshwater Future Weekly News: June 13, 2025
This Week: Big Step Forward for Water Affordability in Michigan; Join Our Monthly Mindfulness + Movement Practice for Water Protectors; Welcome, 2025 Summer Fellows!
Welcome, 2025 Summer Fellows!
Freshwater Future is proud to host two graduate students, Angelique Willis and Katelyn Connelly, this summer from the Environmental Fellows Program at the Yale School of the Environment.
Freshwater Future Weekly: June 6, 2025
This Week: Freshwater Future Hero Spotlight; UPDATED ACTION: Stand with Protect the Porkies: No Taxpayer Dollars for the Copperwood Mine – Again; Great Lakes Water Levels at Lowest in Over a Decade
Freshwater Future Applauds Michigan’s New Water Affordability Now Bill
Michigan Representative Emily Dievendorf (D-Lansing) has introduced the Water Affordability and Shutoff Protections Act, House Bill 4555, the first bill in a number to make up the Affordable Water Now legislative package.
Freshwater Future Weekly: May 30, 2025
This Week: Celebrating Safe Drinking Water for Erie, PA Students; Stand with Protect the Porkies: No Taxpayer Dollars for the Copperwood Mine – Again; Michigan Residents Deserve Meaningful Public Engagement; Work Proceeds to Stop Invasive Carp; Pittsburgh Residents Overwhelmingly Vote to Keep their Water System Public
Freshwater Future Weekly: May 23, 2025
This Week: [Take Action] No Taxpayer Dollars for the Copperwood Mine – Again; [Take Action] Michigan Residents Deserve Meaningful Public Engagement; Join Our Monthly Mindfulness + Movement; New Law Shifts Water System Control in Birmingham, AL; Ontario Students Raising Money and Educating to Protect Water
How the Regionalization of Water Systems Erodes Local Control: Birmingham, Alabama Case Study
On May 7th, in an alarming demonstration of state overreach, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed into state law a bill…
Freshwater Future Weekly: May 16, 2025
This Week: Training Webinar: Your Voice Needed on Michigan Drinking Water Fund; Join Our Monthly Mindfulness + Movement Practice for Water Protectors; Deadline Approaching: Stop Ontario’s Bill 5
Freshwater Future Weekly: May 9, 2025
This Week: Training Webinars: Your Voice Needed on Drinking Water Fund; Join Our Monthly Mindfulness + Movement; New Date Announced: Last Chance to Speak Up and Defend Wetlands
