By Fatima Syed, The Narwhal The Great Lakes News Collaborative includes Bridge Michigan; Circle of Blue; Great Lakes Now at Detroit PBS; Michigan Public, Michigan’s NPR News Leader; and The Narwhal 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. This independent journalism is supported […] The post What’s going on in Wasaga Beach? Profit, piping plovers and an ...| Circle of Blue
By Kelly House, Bridge Michigan; September 10, 2025 The Great Lakes News Collaborative includes Bridge Michigan; Circle of Blue; Great Lakes Now at Detroit PBS; Michigan Public, Michigan’s NPR News Leader; and The Narwhal 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. This independent journalism […] The post As mussels ravage Great Lakes whitefish, Lake Superio...| Circle of Blue
By Lisa John Rogers, Great Lakes Now; August 27, 2025 The Great Lakes News Collaborative includes Bridge Michigan; Circle of Blue; Great Lakes Now at Detroit PBS; Michigan Public, Michigan’s NPR News Leader; and The Narwhal 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. […] The post Illinois Gov. Pritzker signs PFAS Reduction Act appeared first on Circle of Blue.| Circle of Blue
Last session, OEC passed two bills—SB 1154 and HB 3525—that we’ve been working on with partners like Oregon Association of Clean Water Agencies and Verde for nearly a decade! It’s a huge win for the future of water in Oregon. OEC’s Karen Lewotsky explains: Let’s start with SB 1154. Can you describe the bill, what it changes, and give ...| Oregon Environmental Council
By Duncan Wood In early August 2025, Mexican oil company Pemex made a quiet announcement with loud implications: the state-owned enterprise will focus on unconventional oil and gas fields, which ultimately means that President Sheinbaum is authorizing the use of hydraulic fracturing—better known as fracking. Under her predecessor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, fracking was all […] The post Mexico’s Fracking Reboot: A Critical First Step—but Only the Beginning appeared first on Circle...| Circle of Blue
By Duncan Wood Across North America, access to clean, reliable water remains strikingly unequal. While Canada holds 20% of the world’s freshwater resources, many communities in the United States and Mexico struggle with scarcity, contamination, and inadequate infrastructure. From drought-plagued Sonora and Nuevo León to depleted aquifers in Arizona and California, the continent’s water crisis […] The post Launching a North American Water Dialogue appeared first on Circle of Blue.| Circle of Blue
Learn about the dangers of cigarette butt pollution Great Lakes face and how it affects local wildlife and communities.| Circle of Blue
Explore the rising presence of blue-green algae in Ontario lakes and its implications for local ecosystems as temperatures rise.| Circle of Blue
The 2025 legislative session brought some major wins for Oregon water, most significantly: SB 1154 and HB 3525. These bills come on the heels of nearly a decade of work […] The post Deep Fixes for Oregon’s Groundwater (That Were Long Overdue) appeared first on Oregon Environmental Council.| Oregon Environmental Council
