Circle of Blue
OCTOBER 26, 2022
Groundwater regulation, legal rights to clean water, and spending measures highlight this election cycle. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – October 26, 2022. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – October 26, 2022. Local Regulation. Photo © Keith Schneider / Circle of Blue. In New York, the big-ticket item is a $4.2
Circle of Blue
JUNE 28, 2022
June 28, 2022. Regulators in New York require utilities to perform climate risk assessments. Supreme Court could transform federal climate regulation. Wisconsin Adopts PFAS Regulation. The regulation is part of the state’s effort, spearheaded by Gov. Laura Gersony, Fresh Editor. This Week’s Watersheds.
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Circle of Blue
DECEMBER 13, 2022
The Year in Water, 2022. Sharpening the Shark’s Teeth By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – December 13, 2022. The strength of the shark’s teeth and the breadth of the bite were on full display in 2022. In August, French regulators suspended thermal pollution standards for rivers, allowing nuclear plants to overheat streams.
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 29, 2024
Earlier this month, the Environmental Protection Agency announced it would regulate two forms of PFAS contamination under Superfund laws reserved for “the nation’s worst hazardous waste sites.” The same suppression and disinformation kept government regulators at bay for decades.
Circle of Blue
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
Powerful Industry’s Torrent of Manure Overwhelms State Regulators Cause of Michigan’s worst water pollution is too much waste spread on too little land. September 22, 2022 . That’s because phosphorus applications on farmland have increased since the early years of the century, according to a comprehensive 2022 evaluation by the U.S.
Circle of Blue
OCTOBER 3, 2022
By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – October 3, 2022. Municipal drinking water failures like the crisis in Jackson, Mississippi, are also threats to government legitimacy. So to drink tap water is to trust government,” Teodoro says. “To Carl Ganter/Circle of Blue. Water is provided primarily by publicly operated utilities.
Circle of Blue
MAY 9, 2022
Short-Changing Michigan Local Governments Has Resulted in Deteriorating Water Systems and Other Services. Getting enough money from the state and federal governments to help maintain city services has become a struggle for many Michigan municipalities. By Lester Graham, Michigan Radio – May 9, 2022.
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