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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. In a decision last week the Supreme Court ruled against the Environmental Protection Agency in Sackett v.

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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.

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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Each month, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP (APKS) and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE # 103. and non-U.S.

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