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Federal Water Tap, February 6: EPA Vetoes Pebble Mine in Alaska

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The EPA finalizes guidance for balancing sewage system improvements with financial burdens to residential water bills. Republicans take aim at the Biden administration’s definition of the scope of the Clean Water Act. Domestic production of salt , a water pollutant, remained steady in 2022. government water policy.

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Danger Looms Where Toxic Algae Blooms

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Just as with climate change, local, state, provincial, and national governments in Canada and the United States have collaborated with science agencies, universities, and non-profit groups to develop effective responses, especially for Lake Erie. Clean Water Act, a pivotal piece of American environmental law.

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Federal Water Tap, September 7: New Federal Office Connects Climate Change and Health

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A federal judge overturns the Trump administration’s Clean Water Act definition. Bureau of Reclamation contributes $19 million for a Colorado River water conservation program. USGS researchers also find that water use for fracking in the Permian basin climbed in the last decade. government water policy.

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Farms in Six Southeast Michigan Counties Are Major Sources of Lake Erie Toxic Blooms

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ECCSCM established one of the most extensive citizen-led water monitoring networks in the country. Another of the group’s members is Lynn Henning, an earlier Petoskey Prize winner who also was awarded the 2010 Goldman Prize, the world’s leading honor for environmental activists. Government agencies, nevertheless, are trying.

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Powerful Industry’s Torrent of Manure Overwhelms State Regulators

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. – To a large extent the harmful algal blooms that foul Michigan’s waters and turn western Lake Erie into a toxic inland sea are the result of mismatches. . And it gives every citizen the authority to bring suit against polluters and government agencies that are doing just that in violation of the public trust. “If

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Remedies for Harmful Algal Blooms Are Available in Law and Practice

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The federal Clean Water Act includes specific provisions to limit pollution from such “point sources” of contamination. Two of the projects are in Mercer County, which has undertaken one of the most aggressive local government campaigns in the country to battle harmful algal blooms.

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Earth Day’s 50th Sees Explosion in Rights of Nature Movement Worldwide

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Recognition of the fundamental rights of nature is a core element of such new governance systems. anniversary of Earth Day in 2010 coincided with one of the United States’ most devastating environmental incidents, the. Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Earth Day 2010, U.S. citizens disillusioned by the failure of governments.