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What’s Up With Water — August 16, 2022

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The Guardian reports that the Thames Water Plant opened in 2010, intending to provide drinking water for up to 1 million people during water shortages. Many of the flood victims will be applying for government aid, but the housing assistance funds available are no match for the demand, both in Kentucky and nationwide.

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The Stream, March 2, 2022: Is Michigan Prepared for Climate Change?

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Michigan counts nearly 11,000 agricultural wells, 3,800 of them installed from 2010 to 2020. Delhi’s government will fund two reservoirs along the Yamuna River to boost water supplies. The government in Delhi has approved an additional two reservoirs along the Yamuna River to store excess monsoon water. YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN.

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California’s Climate Leadership: A Timeline

Legal Planet

California established first renewable portfolio standard (20% from renewables by 2010). 2022 AB 1279. Bush torpedoed climate action by the federal government early in his administration. To help you keep track, here is a timeline of California’s most important actions. 2002 SB1078. AB 1493 (Pavley Act). 2006 AB 32.

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3,190 New Stories In 2022 - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership

PA Environment Daily

Click Here for the 2022 week-by-week list of articles! Conservation Leadership - 2004 to 2022: -- 1,198 New Articles In 2021 - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA -- 233 Stories: These Conservation Leaders Gave Us Cleaner Water, Land & Air In 2020! Posted: December 28, 2022] PA Environment Digest

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Federal Water Tap, August 1: EPA Shows Interest in Fireworks Contamination of Drinking Water Sources

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and Canadian governments assess the state of the Great Lakes. 420 Million : Funding for water infrastructure and education improvements included in a compact signed with the government of Timor-Leste. One grant will be awarded and applications are due September 14, 2022. government water policy. The Rundown.

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New Analysis Shows Truck Manufacturers’ Scare Tactic Just a Bunch of Hot Air

Union of Concerned Scientists

Though manufacturers largely didn’t adopt the necessary emissions control technology to meet the NO X requirement until 2010, the 2007 standard did require new technologies to be deployed, at an increased upfront cost. Source: ERM 2022 ). Source: ERM 2022 ). <mic drop> So, is industry just full of it?

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Brazil Advances in Climate Change Litigation

Legal Planet

The new wave of litigation also arose from the urgency of combating the rise in deforestation under the right-wing-oriented President Jair Bolsonaro, who left the government in January 2023 for the return of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Lula). The first results of this wave of Brazilian climate litigation bring good news.