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Danger Looms Where Toxic Algae Blooms

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Funded by the Erb Family Foundation and the Joyce Foundation, the project comes on the 50 th anniversary of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, a high point of environmental diplomacy, and the U.S. Clean Water Act, a pivotal piece of American environmental law. Technology for controlling phosphorus is available.

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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. Desalination Technology Research.

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EPA Encourages Consideration of Ocean Acidification in Clean Water Act Impairment Listings

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Moreno : On November 15, 2010, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a memorandum providing States with guidance on how to address ocean acidification in their Clean Water Act 303(d) impairment listings. For more information on the Memorandum, see: [link]

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Remedies for Harmful Algal Blooms Are Available in Law and Practice

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The tools and technology for achieving that goal in agriculture are well understood and applied with differing levels of authority, commitment, and effectiveness around the world, but not across the United States. a potential solution is chemical technology to scrub harmful algal blooms from lakes. In the U.S.,

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

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A determined woman with a keen mind, Taylor knows farming, environment, water, minerals, education, and a lot more about Lenawee County where she lives. For much of her career she taught an International Baccalaureate course in information technology, business, and math to high schoolers, some of whom are now friends. .

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Lake Erie’s Failed Algae Strategy Hurts Poor Communities the Most

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But this is a city where 20 percent of residents report “often” or “always” reducing their spending on basic needs to afford their water bill. Water rates more than doubled between 2010 and 2020, while income of the city’s poorest one-fifth of residents inched up only 12 percent.

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ESA Policy News: January 9, 2023

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Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) named the ranking member of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee in the 118th Congress. The EPA’s Science and Technology budget increases to $802.27 The EPA announced a new Clean Water Rule in Dec. Comments about the draft Fifth National Climate Assessment Due Jan. Executive Branch.

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