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    AuthorsDonté SmithEquity and Environmental JusticeLatest NewsNewsPFASPFAS News RoundupPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration Efforts

    EPA Outlines New PFAS Strategy Amid Expert Concerns

    May 14, 2025 - by Donté Smith

    More PFAS news as a bipartisan PFAS task force forms and Illinois expands PFAS water system warnings.

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    AuthorsChicagoFeature HomepageGary WilsonIllinoisLake MichiganLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental Justice

    Experts explain criticality of regional EPA office

    April 8, 2025 - by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now

    Cultural connection to the region allows EPA staff to bring value to the Great Lakes, former EPA executive Dave Ullrich says.

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    ‘Everyone deserves clean air,’ says a Chicago EPA worker who fears her job will end

    April 1, 2025 - by WBEZ

    Ellie Hagen is a scientist at the Environmental Protection Agency. She worries proposed cuts at EPA will put people’s health at risk.

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    Algae BloomsCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationFeature HomepageGreat Lakes News CollaborativeIllinoisIndianaLake ErieLake St. ClairLatest NewsMichiganMinnesotaNew YorkNewsOhioPennsylvaniaPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectRefreshScience, Technology, ResearchThe StatesU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsin

    What are wetlands for, anyway?

    July 10, 2023 - by Lisa John Rogers, Great Lakes Now

    Here’s what to know about how the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Sackett v EPA changing wetland protection impacts the Great Lakes region.

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    Drinking WaterFeature HomepageForever Chemicals FeaturedLatest NewsNewsPFASPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration Efforts

    EPA to limit toxic ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water

    March 14, 2023 - by The Associated Press

    The Environmental Protection Agency proposed the first federal limits on harmful “forever chemicals” in drinking water.

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    APEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingGroundwater ContaminationIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectWater Quality and Restoration Efforts

    EPA moves to crack down on dangerous coal ash storage ponds

    January 12, 2022 - by The Associated Press

    Plants in four states will have to close the coal ash ponds months or years ahead of schedule, the EPA said, citing deficiencies with groundwater monitoring, cleanup or other problems.

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    Water utilities urge regulators to scrap new PFAS limits

    December 10, 2021 - by The Associated Press

    The Wisconsin State Journal reported Thursday that the Municipal Environmental Group’s water division submitted comments to the DNR on Tuesday saying the state should wait for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to impose federal standards.

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    BP agrees to $500K penalty, soot limits at Indiana refinery

    December 3, 2021 - by The Associated Press

    Oil giant BP agreed Thursday to pay a $512,450 penalty and reduce soot emissions from its Whiting refinery in Indiana under an agreement with regulators and activists who accused the company of violating an earlier deal.

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    Great Lakes groups hope EPA regional administrator revitalizes infrastructure, morale

    November 11, 2021 - by Great Lakes Echo

    Debra Shore, a former commissioner of Chicago’s Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, was recently appointed to lead the EPA’s Great Lakes office in Chicago.

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    Southeast Michigan Receives Two EPA Great Lakes Shoreline Cities Green Infrastructure Grants

    March 27, 2014 - by GLN Editor

    Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the award of two Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grants, totaling $1.25 million, to…

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