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 […]
Freshwater Future Weekly News: July 21, 2023
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
Freshwater Future Weekly News: July 14, 2023
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 Community’s Needs To Restore The Health Of The Great Lakes
Freshwater Future Weekly News: July 7, 2023
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
Freshwater Future Weekly News: June 30, 2023
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
Freshwater Future Weekly News: June 23, 2023
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
Freshwater Future Weekly News: June 16, 2023
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
Freshwater Future Weekly News: June 9, 2023
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
Freshwater Future Weekly News: June 2, 2023
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!
Freshwater Future Weekly News: May 26, 2023
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
Freshwater Future Weekly: May 19, 2023
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
Freshwater Future Weekly: May 12, 2023
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
Freshwater Future Weekly: May 5, 2023
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
Freshwater Future Weekly: April 28, 2023
His 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
Freshwater Future Weekly: April 21, 2023
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
Freshwater Future Weekly: April 14, 2023
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
Freshwater Future Weekly: April 7, 2023
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
Freshwater Future Weekly: March 31, 2023
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
Freshwater Future Weekly, March 24, 2023
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
Freshwater Future Weekly: March 17, 2023
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