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Road Salt, A Stealthy Pollutant, Is Damaging Michigan Waters

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The law, part of a package of national environmental reforms in the early 1970s, was transformative. Environmental Protection Agency recommends water quality standards for rivers and lakes to prevent death and damage to fish, mussels, insects, and other aquatic species. Mobility, cost, and environmental protection.

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Remedies for Harmful Algal Blooms Are Available in Law and Practice

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China requires its large livestock operations to treat manure, in some cases with engineered wastewater treatment plants, before spreading livestock wastes on farmland. The Netherlands oversees strict requirements for storing, treating, and spreading manure to minimize polluting discharges. Environmental Protection Agency approved $1.7

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Nebraska Agrochemical Contamination Throws Families, Communities, Water Providers into Turmoil

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Six kids in town besides Jacob were diagnosed with cancer from 2005 to 2013. In countries without proper waste disposal, untreated sewage is a factor. Environmental Protection Agency. The process introduces salts into the waste stream, which are detrimental for downstream waters. So does fossil fuel combustion.

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Incentivizing Ecosystem Services: Agroecology as a Solution to Agricultural Nonpoint Source Water Pollution

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To make meaningful progress in lowering water pollution, the federal government should begin incentivizing agroecological practices that both allow farmers to keep their land in production and actively work to reduce excess nutrients, pesticide waste, and erosion. to reduce otherwise externalized wastes.

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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other governmental entities to allow continued enforcement of environmental laws related to ongoing mining operations. The court determined, moreover, that even if the plaintiffs’ claims could be construed as post-effective date claims (i.e., Resolute Forest Products, Inc.

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