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After a pandemic pause, Detroit restarts water shut-offs – part of a nationwide trend as costs rise

The Conversation — Tue, 28 Nov 2023 19:52:54 +0000

By Elizabeth Mack, Michigan State University, Edward Helderop, University of California, Riverside and Tony Grubesic, University of California, Riverside

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During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Detroit residents got a break from water shut-offs.

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Waves of Change: Meet herbalist and forager Monica Cady

GLN Editor — Mon, 30 Oct 2023 21:00:09 +0000

Waves of Change is a new online interview series highlighting the diverse faces and perspectives shaping the environmental justice movement throughout the Great Lakes region.

This month, we spoke with Monica Cady, a member of the Sault Tribe of Chippewa who is a forager and herbalist living in Hessel, Michigan — a place that is part of her tribe’s ancestral homelands in what is now known as Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

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Wetland banks save cities, townships, and counties money for building roads

Michigan Radio — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 16:10:06 +0000

By Lester Graham, Michigan Radio

The Great Lakes News Collaborative includes Bridge Michigan; Circle of Blue; Great Lakes Now at Detroit Public Television; and Michigan Radio, Michigan’s NPR News Leader; who work together to bring audiences news and information about the impact of climate change, pollution, and aging infrastructure on the Great Lakes and drinking water.

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Enbridge: Federal review of Line 5 tunnel permit is ‘inexplicably lethargic’

Bridge Michigan — Wed, 04 Oct 2023 18:30:12 +0000

By Kelly House, Bridge Michigan

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PFAS News Roundup: Can we get rid of ‘forever chemicals’?

Kathy Johnson — Tue, 03 Oct 2023 21:00:14 +0000

Keep up with PFAS-related developments in the Great Lakes area with Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.

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Indiana

What to do if there are PFAS in your Indiana drinking water — Louisville Public Media

So far, Indiana Department of Emergency Management has found unhealthy levels of PFAS in 19 drinking water utilities.

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I’m working to revitalize an Indigenous language and bring it into the future

The Conversation — Tue, 03 Oct 2023 19:00:57 +0000

By John-Paul Chalykoff, Algoma University

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Language is foundational to Indigenous communities, including my own, and a vital connection to our cultures.

It is well documented how residential schools in Canada and boarding schools in the U.S.

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Great Lakes EPA office reaffirms 2030 cleanup goal for Detroit River, other contaminated sites

Gary Wilson — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 19:00:23 +0000

The EPA’s Chris Korleski gets excited when speaking about cleaning up the Great Lakes region’s decades-old, contaminated sediment sites like the Detroit River.

He talks about the “tremendous effort” that’s been rekindled in the past two years under the Biden administration. And how “motivated” the people who work to advance the cleanup are and the value of the partnerships that facilitate restoration.

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Researchers: Current Great Lakes stewardship is “ill-equipped” to handle future challenges

Gary Wilson — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 18:23:08 +0000

The Great Lakes are facing an era of challenges and opportunities that will require new stewardship principles, and leaders who are able to work across disciplines including science, policy, economics and social science.

That is the message from an ad hoc collaborative of University of Michigan researchers in a recent paper titled Leadership for the next generation of Great Lakes stewardship.

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Great Lakes Moment: University of Windsor to build capacity for Canada’s national urban parks

John Hartig — Mon, 04 Sep 2023 13:00:20 +0000

Eighty percent of Canadians live in urban areas, and most are disconnected from nature. To help address this, Canada is creating a network of national urban parks not only to conserve nature, but to connect people with it, and advance reconciliation with Indigenous peoples.

Now, the University of Windsor has become a partner by creating the first university-based National Urban Park Hub.

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Climate costs imperil Detroit’s unique, diverse Jefferson Chalmers neighborhood

Planet Detroit — Fri, 18 Aug 2023 16:08:30 +0000

By Brian Allnutt, Planet Detroit

This piece is part of a collaboration that includes the Institute for Nonprofit News, Borderless, Ensia, Planet Detroit, Sahan Journal, and Wisconsin Watch, as well as the Guardian and Inside Climate News. The project was supported by the Joyce Foundation.

DETROIT — In 2019, Blake Grannum experienced a catastrophic flood in her home in Detroit’s Jefferson Chalmers neighborhood.

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