The age of water bankruptcy: a global reckoning reaches the Great Lakes

The age of water bankruptcy: a global reckoning reaches the Great Lakes
Great Lakes Commission
Researchers say the world has entered an era of global ‘water bankruptcy’—a point where many rivers, lakes, aquifers, and glaciers have been pushed past their capacity to recover. This finding […]
Researchers say the world has entered an era of global ‘water bankruptcy’—a point where many rivers, lakes, aquifers, and glaciers have been pushed past their capacity to recover. This finding […]
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The age of water bankruptcy: a global reckoning reaches the Great Lakes

Antiquated state laws don’t do enough to protect ‘underappreciated groundwater’

Antiquated state laws don’t do enough to protect ‘underappreciated groundwater’
Great Lakes Commission
Increased consumption is depleting water sources in the Great Lakes region, most notably groundwater. Consumption keeps climbing and the depletion is raising concerns for residents, water experts, and lawmakers. Read […]
Increased consumption is depleting water sources in the Great Lakes region, most notably groundwater. Consumption keeps climbing and the depletion is raising concerns for residents, water experts, and lawmakers. Read […]
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Antiquated state laws don’t do enough to protect ‘underappreciated groundwater’

Setting fires on purpose to cut risk of catastrophic wildfires

Setting fires on purpose to cut risk of catastrophic wildfires
Great Lakes Echo
By Victoria Witke Wildfire risk is predicted to stay elevated in the Upper Midwest from drought and high winds. That’s risky for the region’s pristine inland lakes, but land managers are working to reduce wildfire risk in the Northwoods with controlled burns.
By Victoria Witke Wildfire risk is predicted to stay elevated in the Upper Midwest from drought and high winds. That’s risky for the region’s pristine inland lakes, but land managers are working to reduce wildfire risk in the Northwoods with controlled burns.
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Setting fires on purpose to cut risk of catastrophic wildfires

Michigan chemical manufacturer BASF gets EPA approval for cleanup plan

Michigan chemical manufacturer BASF gets EPA approval for cleanup plan
Great Lakes Commission
Federal regulators have approved a Wyandotte, Michigan, chemical manufacturer’s plan to keep chemicals that have leached from contaminated soil into groundwater from reaching the Detroit River. Read the full story […]
Federal regulators have approved a Wyandotte, Michigan, chemical manufacturer’s plan to keep chemicals that have leached from contaminated soil into groundwater from reaching the Detroit River. Read the full story […]
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Michigan chemical manufacturer BASF gets EPA approval for cleanup plan

Bluewater residents help derail major energy project on farmland

Bluewater residents help derail major energy project on farmland
The London Free Press
More than 1,500 people signed a petition opposing the 500-MW compressed-air project on prime agricultural land.
More than 1,500 people signed a petition opposing the 500-MW compressed-air project on prime agricultural land.
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Bluewater residents help derail major energy project on farmland

Wisconsin DNR asks Enbridge to pause pipeline rerouting after Line 5 spill

Wisconsin DNR asks Enbridge to pause pipeline rerouting after Line 5 spill
Great Lakes Commission
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has asked Enbridge to halt pipeline rerouting work after a natural gas liquids spill near Saxon, Wisconsin. The department also asked for Enbridge’s timeline […]
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has asked Enbridge to halt pipeline rerouting work after a natural gas liquids spill near Saxon, Wisconsin. The department also asked for Enbridge’s timeline […]
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Wisconsin DNR asks Enbridge to pause pipeline rerouting after Line 5 spill

Michigan has spent nearly 10 years mapping PFAS. Now comes the hard part

Michigan has spent nearly 10 years mapping PFAS. Now comes the hard part
Great Lakes Commission
To date, Michigan has collected a massive amount of environmental samples — water, soil, fish tissue and others — and identified about 350 sites where PFAS levels in groundwater exceeds […]
To date, Michigan has collected a massive amount of environmental samples — water, soil, fish tissue and others — and identified about 350 sites where PFAS levels in groundwater exceeds […]
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Michigan has spent nearly 10 years mapping PFAS. Now comes the hard part

Michigan races to extend public water ahead of huge toxic plume

Michigan races to extend public water ahead of huge toxic plume
Great Lakes Commission
Michigan estimates more than 13 trillion gallons of Antrim County groundwater have been contaminated with TCE, a carcinogen used as a solvent to degrease metal parts, due to pollution left […]
Michigan estimates more than 13 trillion gallons of Antrim County groundwater have been contaminated with TCE, a carcinogen used as a solvent to degrease metal parts, due to pollution left […]
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Michigan races to extend public water ahead of huge toxic plume

Clean water advocates worry about data center impact on drinking water

Clean water advocates worry about data center impact on drinking water
Great Lakes Echo
By Hannah Marsik Stormwater runoff at data center sites is another environmental challenge developers are facing because it contains particulates harmful to the public and the ecosystem, critics say. Amidst growing public concerns about possible adverse climate effects of data centers, they say the lesser-known threat in stormwater runoff and waste could prove as dangerous.
By Hannah Marsik Stormwater runoff at data center sites is another environmental challenge developers are facing because it contains particulates harmful to the public and the ecosystem, critics say. Amidst growing public concerns about possible adverse climate effects of data centers, they say the lesser-known threat in stormwater runoff and waste could prove as dangerous.
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Clean water advocates worry about data center impact on drinking water
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