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“PFAS in the House” was produced by Great Lakes Now/Detroit Public TV, in partnership with Type Investigations. This article was also co-published in Consumer Reports and The Guardian. After spending several months reporting on the PFAS crisis, an alarming realization hit — taco night might be poisoning me. I learned that the type of nonstick pans that I used […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Lawyers who negotiated a multi-million-dollar settlement for Flint water crisis victims are asking a judge for nearly a third of the $641 million settlement to cover their fees and expenses. Hawaii officials order residents of a town north of Honolulu to evacuate after heavy rains cause flooding. A major palladium and nickel […]
Navajo Generating Station shut down in 2019 and is now being dismantled. The Colorado River water that cooled the plant is part of a broader legal impasse.
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Mexico makes progress in stopping trash and wastewater from entering the Tijuana River. A proposed gold mine in New South Wales could pump in millions of gallons of wastewater from coal mines some 90 kilometers away. Water systems serving Latino communities in the United States have twice as many drinking water violations […]
The Rundown The House passes a pandemic relief package that includes $500 million for household water bill assistance. The EPA decides to regulate two PFAS chemicals in drinking water and proposes to monitor drinking water for 29 more. A House Democrat says he wants to increase authorized spending for two main federal water infrastructure loan […]
First-ever federal program for household water-bill assistance could see another $500 million.
More than 1,100 water suppliers affected, nearly half the state’s residents scavenge for clean water
What may it take to prepare the Great Lakes region for the future climatologists say we can expect?
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN A massive landslide in India causes flash floods throughout Uttarakhand state. A federal court orders a Flint attorney to stop spreading misinformation about a proposed settlement of Flint water crisis civil lawsuits. Nevada’s water authority could invest millions in a water-recycling program to receive a share of California’s Colorado River water. Sudanese […]
The Rundown An Idaho Republican proposes a $33.5 billion initiative to breach dams in the Snake River basin, help salmon, and invest in the regional economy. A Senate committee holds a confirmation hearing for President Biden’s pick to lead the EPA. Senators team up for bipartisan bills on rural water assistance and tribal water infrastructure. […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN New research finds the Arctic Ocean was once filled with fresh water. Climate scientists are blaming an atmospheric river for recent flooding and snowfall in California. Singapore opens its fourth desalination plant. New Mexico officials try to move a PFAS lawsuit back to the state. A Brazilian mining giant agreed to financial […]
