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As Drought Grips American West, Irrigation Becomes Selling Point for Michigan

Circle of Blue

Michigan counts nearly 11,000 agricultural wells, 3,800 of them installed from 2010 to 2020. Michigan now counts nearly 11,000 agricultural wells, 3,800 of them installed from 2010 to 2020. Michigan farmers irrigate with 187 billion gallons of groundwater a year. Is the state prepared for more? Carl Ganter / Circle of Blue.

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PA Conservation Heritage Project Profile: William C. Forrey - A Career In State Parks, Recreation Doing It Right, And Protecting The Environment

PA Environment Daily

From January 26, 2004, to September 10, 2010, Bill served as a marketing person and project manager for Arora and Associates, P.C. RBA does park master plans, trail feasibility studies, greenway master plans, and bicycle-pedestrian master plans. He was directly involved in the development of the PA Greenway Plan.

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Climate crisis could double frequency of extreme regional summer droughts in Europe

Frontiers

In Europe, the consequences of the climate crisis have been severe, with droughts having caused considerable social, economic, and environmental costs already, especially in the years 2003, 2010, and 2018. was compared to the present day (2001 to 2020). . Four future hot spots.

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Lisa Baiton: Big Oil’s Climate Misinformation Maestro

Enviromental Defense

As always, the format is satirical but the information is real.

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The Ongoing Tension over Stormwater Discharges in Los Angeles

Legal Planet

The MS4 permit currently in effect was issued in 2012 and re-adopted the receiving water limitations—or the maximum amount of a pollutant that may be added to a specified water body—from the earlier permit established in 2001.

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Electric Vehicle Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Enviromental Defense

The average range of battery-powered EVs tripled from 2010 to 2021. Since 2001, Canada’s auto sector has shed one-fifth of its workforce, or about 35,000 good-paying largely unionized jobs, due to capacity reductions, layoffs and plant closures. This range loss can be mitigated by heating up the car in advance of driving the vehicle.

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The Other CEQA Shoe Drops: Third District Reverses Judgment Upholding Siskiyou County’s EIR For Crystal Geyser Bottling Plant Project, Holds (1) Project Objectives Were Too Narrowly Stated And (2) County Should Have Recirculated EIR’s Climate Discussion To Allow Comment On Substantially Higher GHG Emissions Estimate First Disclosed In FEIR

CEQA Developments

Crystal Geyser bought a water bottling facility that had operated from 2001 to 2010 in Siskiyou County and sought to revive it. (Numerous of Appellants’ other CEQA claims and their general plan consistency claims were rejected in the unpublished portion of the opinion.). Background.