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PFAS Chemicals Are Contaminating Great Lakes Drinking Water [1]

"There has been evidence for a few years that levels in the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence were higher than the national average, but not high enough to cause immediate alarm. But what is considered safe is evolving, as research increasingly links forever chemicals to an array of potential health risks, such as cancer and reproductive issues."

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Infrastructure [4]
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Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [9]
Canada [10]
Source: CBC [11], 07/25/2025
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"In Ohio, Oil And Gas Industry Is Steering New Carbon Capture Bill" [12]

"Newly obtained public records show that the industry has worked hard to ensure the legislation prioritizes their interests over climate change concerns."

Climate Change [13]
Economy & Business [14]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
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Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [9]
Source: Canary Media [18], 07/23/2025
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September 12, 2025 to September 14, 2025

Freeland Film Festival [19]

The 2025 Freeland Film Festival in Green Lake, Wisconsin, features storytellers, musicians, educators and media broadcasters. See short, medium or feature length films on various environmental themes for audiences of all ages.  

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Trump Admin Dashes Hopes Of Anti-Pollution Plan For JD Vance’s Home Town [23]

"The $1.6bn Biden-era plan for a gas-powered blast furnace at a steel mill in Middletown, Ohio, is indefinitely on hold" 

Climate Change [13]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
Infrastructure [4]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Pollution [5]
Technology [24]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [9]
Source: Guardian [25], 07/21/2025
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"An Ohio Solar Project Overcomes Local Opposition And Misinformation" [26]

"A contested solar agrivoltaics project avoided having its permit denied by Ohio regulators, likely thanks to the neutral stances of a county board and one of its townships."

Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Public [7]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [9]
Source: Canary Media [27], 07/15/2025
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"Unhealthy Smoke From Canadian Wildfires Blankets The Upper Midwest" [28]

"Much of the Upper Midwest on Saturday was dealing with swaths of unhealthy air because of drifting smoke from Canadian wildfires, covering the northern region of the U.S. at a time when people want to be enjoying lakes, trails and the great outdoors."

Air [29]
Climate Change [13]
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Environmental Health [3]
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Source: AP [34], 07/14/2025
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Wildfire Smoke Is Showing Up Everywhere. It Can Be Fatal [35]

Wildfire’s immensely destructive power is not just about what it burns. The smoke from more frequent fires, too, has real potential to harm human health, the new Backgrounder explains, releasing particulate matter, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, sulfur oxides and worse. Learn more about the hazards and historical perspective, along with what journalists should tell their communities can be done.

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Flint’s Still-Unfinished Lead Pipe Replacement Serves As Cautionary Tale [43]

"Jeffrey Bell watched as crews dug up and replaced neighbors’ lead water pipes, hoping his mother’s house would be next. Workers told him it wasn’t on their list but probably assigned to another contractor."

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Source: AP [46], 07/02/2025
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Chicago’s Plan to Replace Lead Pipes Puts It 30 Years Behind EPA Deadline [47]

"Banking for now on an outdated EPA rule from the first Trump administration, the city with the most lead service lines in the country doesn’t plan to finish replacing them until 2076." 

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Environmental Justice [45]
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Source: Inside Climate News [48], 06/27/2025
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Wisconsin Supreme Court Delivers Win For Enviros In Fight Over PFAS [49]

"The Wisconsin Supreme Court delivered a victory for environmentalists on Tuesday in the fight over “forever chemicals” known as PFAS, issuing a ruling that advocates said will hold polluters accountable."

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Source: AP [52], 06/27/2025
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