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The agreement that has been reached between the state of Michigan and Enbridge Energy is a step in the right direction, but whether that is truly the best deal will be determined in the coming years. Read the full story by the Daily News-Marquette. View the full article

The 2017 winner of the Cleveland Water Association’s Erie Hack recently applied for a patent to make 3D printing filament out of invasive quagga mussels in Lake Erie. Read the full story by Cleveland Plain Dealer. View the full article

New funding from the state of Ohio will help researchers better examine environmental problems in Lake Erie. Ohio State’s Stone Laboratory plans to build a $1.9 million laboratory on Gibraltar Island near Put-In-Bay and use additional funds for cutting-edge new equipment. Read the full story by WKSU – Kent, OH. View the full article

Armed with just his balance and a hydrofoil board, a Grand Rapids, Michigan, native surfed four miles across Lake Michigan in the wake of the Beaver Island Boat Company Ferry. Read the full story by MLive. View the full article

All 12 Flint, Michigan, school buildings plus the school administration headquarters will have ultraviolet water filtration systems installed thanks to a donation by tech billionaire Elon Musk. Read the full story by Huffington Post. View the full article

The State of Michigan has been issuing “Don’t Eat the Fish” advisories along lakes, rivers and streams, after finding industrial chemicals known as PFAS in the tissue of fish. But there are concerns about whether officials are doing as much as they should. Read the full story by Michigan Public Radio. View the full article

A wildlife worker says a four-foot long caiman found in Lake Michigan near Chicago would’ve been lucky to live a couple more weeks. The alligator-like animal was spotted Monday morning off the Waukegan shore Read the full story by the Associated Press. View the full article

Under a new bill introduced by U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski, D-Chicago, sewage disposal agencies generally would be banned from discharging untreated waste into the Great Lakes. Read the full story by Crain’s Chicago Business. View the full article

Despite increased awareness around lead drinking water pipes following the Flint water crisis, most of the county’s 100 largest water systems have failed to publicize the location of their lead service lines. Michigan now requires that water systems disclose information about lead service lines. Read the full story by the Great Lakes Echo. View the full article

The recent agreement between Michigan Governor Rick Snyder and Enbridge Energy to build a tunnel under the straits of Mackinaw is drawing scrutiny by environmentalists, who believe the agreement doesn’t adequately address the risks associated with the Line 5 pipeline. Read the full story by the Detroit Free Press. View the full article

As elections approach in Michigan, residents concerned about PFAS chemicals are seeking action from lawmakers to address the growing contamination concerns. This is shaping the campaign messages of candidates in Michigan congressional districts impacted by PFAS. Read the full story by Roll Call. View the full article

The New York Department of Environmental Conservation will reduce the stocking of Chinook salmon in Lake Ontario by 20 percent next year in order to reduce the declines in the alewife populations that salmon prey on. Read the full story by the Democrat and Chronicle. View the full article

Lake Sturgeon were released from Toledo, Ohio this weekend in efforts to restore the sturgeon population on Lake Erie. Scientists are watching to see whether some sturgeon swim 250 miles across the lake to spawn in waters near Buffalo. Read the full story by the Buffalo News. View the full article

The US EPA hosted a round-table discussion in Kalamazoo, Michigan Friday focused on managing PFAS contamination in the state. The director of Michigan’s PFAS Action Response Team called for stronger federal guidance and regulations for PFAS in drinking water. The EPA leadership said their goal is to support the states and communities that are leading on this issue. Read the full story by MLive. View the full article

A nonprofit organization’s plan to sink a freighter in Lake Michigan two miles off the mouth of the Port Washington, Wisconsin harbor, and sculptures created by area students off the breakwater, met with mixed reaction from the Port Washington Common Council Tuesday. Read the full story by the Ozaukee Press. View the full article

The expansion will make it possible to stage more containers at the facility, while also providing plenty of room to maneuver the reach stackers that are used to move and load the big metal boxes. Read the full story by the Duluth News Tribune. View the full article

A U.S. District Court judge has thrown out a lawsuit filed by the Environmental Law and Policy Center and its co-plaintiff, Advocates for a Clean Lake Erie, seeking to clean up Lake Erie. Read the full story by the Toledo Blade. View the full article

Toledo officials on Thursday announced the end of 2018’s harmful algal bloom season after raw water tests at the intake crib in Lake Erie found no toxic microcystin for three consecutive weeks. Read the full story by the Toledo Blade. View the full article

Michigan lawmakers are fighting a decision by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to close its Large Lakes Research Station on Grosse Ile. Read the full story by the News-Herald. View the full article

The Society of Environmental Journalists’ 28th annual conference kicked off Wednesday, Oct. 3, with forums, panel discussions and field trips tied to issues including Flint water, the Great Lakes, climate change and urban renewal. Read the full story by Mlive. View the full article

The Army Corps of Engineers is looking to protect its southern flank from invasive species. It’s putting up $2 million to stop the Asian carp and other species from getting any farther north than Akron, Ohio. Read the full story by WOSU Radio. View the full article

More pollution may be coming to Illinois from Foxconn’s new Wisconsin facility, and Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, joined by the City of Chicago, has filed a lawsuit to stop it. Read the full story by Gazette Chicago. View the full article

The issue of emerging contaminants, including PFAS, in drinking water will make the catastrophe that took place in Flint seem minor if it remains unsolved. Read the full story by Real Clear Politics. View the full article

Once just a stopover on the way to Door County’s scenic parks and endless shorelines, the shipbuilding town of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, has become a tourist destination in its own right. Read the full story by the Minneapolis Star Tribune. View the full article

The Michigan DEQ has approved a permit application from Wexford Water Technologies, LLC, to build an injection well that would pump leachate, a kind of waste formed at landfills when rainwater mixes with contaminants, deep underground. Residents of Wexford County, Michigan, are already voicing their disapproval. Read the full story by the Cadillac News. View the full article