Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI)

September 12, 2025 to September 14, 2025

Freeland Film Festival

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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"Unhealthy Smoke From Canadian Wildfires Blankets The Upper Midwest"

"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."

Source: AP, 07/14/2025

Wildfire Smoke Is Showing Up Everywhere. It Can Be Fatal

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

"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."

Source: AP, 07/02/2025

Chicago’s Plan to Replace Lead Pipes Puts It 30 Years Behind EPA Deadline

"Banking for now on an outdated EPA rule from the first Trump administration, the city with the most lead service lines in the country doesn’t plan to finish replacing them until 2076." 

Source: Inside Climate News, 06/27/2025

Wisconsin Supreme Court Delivers Win For Enviros In Fight Over PFAS

"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."

Source: AP, 06/27/2025
June 16, 2025 to June 19, 2025

Sustainability Research and Innovation (SRI) Congress 2025

SRI2025 in Chicago will provide keynote sessions, cutting-edge innovation showcases, community-driven excursions and cross-sector collaborations designed to drive meaningful change. Interested in a story ahead of SRI2025? Interviews can be arranged.

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