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The Stream, May 31, 2023: Iran and Taliban Exchange Gunfire, Heightening Water Tension

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Typhoon Mawar, the largest storm to hit Guam since 2002, has left many residents without water or electricity. In Senegal , water-saving farming methods are producing higher rice yields while improving soil health. territory since 2002, Al Jazeera reports. The attempt succeeded. from polluters and development.

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Danger Looms Where Toxic Algae Blooms

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Harmful algal blooms now rank with climate change as a systemic ecological threat and a severe public policy challenge. Just how much of a threat was illustrated eight years ago when a toxic bloom shut down Toledo’s drinking water supply for 500,000 people over three days. Powerful resistance to oversight from the $1.1

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Federal Water Tap, February 21: EPA Watchdog Will Investigate Agency’s Drinking Water Lead Response in Michigan City

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Financial Assessments for Clean Water Act Compliance. Environmental Protection Agency is taking another swing at defining key concepts that govern Clean Water Act requirements for wastewater utilities. From 1992 to 2002, some 58 percent of cases occurred between June and November. News Briefs.

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Late 2018 — Bits and Pieces

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Also, a different set of environmental challenges: drought and drinking water supply; rhinoceros poaching; managing heavily vegetated bush and grassland habitat; and protecting the Cape’s extraordinary biodiversity. Governor Roy Cooper issued an executive order on climate change and clean energy.

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Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 10.8.22

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Oz At Odds Over Natural Gas, Environmental Concerns -- DEP Awards $3 Million To Restore Watersheds Statewide By Reducing Water Pollution [PaEN] -- Pittsburgh Section-American Society Of Civil Engineers: Federal Clean Water Act 50th Anniversary Celebration Oct.

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After Decades of Neglect, Bill Coming Due for Michigan’s Water Infrastructure

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billion infrastructure package that allocated federal funds that Congress had appropriated in the last two years in the American Rescue Plan Act and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. percent of GDP in 2002 ($9.3 In March, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the state Legislature negotiated and passed a $4.7 billion) to 1.35

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99 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

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2 Hazelwood Green Pittsburgh -- Sustainable Pittsburgh: Insights For A Successful Regional Decarbonization Strategy -- StateImpactPA: PA Climate Forum Brings Informed Public Into Problem-Solving Effort -- AP: Low-Income Communities Learn To Tackle Climate-Fueled Heat [Philadelphia Included] -- PA Sea Grant, DEP Host Oct.