Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Renewable freshwater resources are declining globally , a new report finds. A private contractor in Florida is responsible for water outages among 250,000 people in 2019, a jury finds. Officials in many areas are preparing “for the worst-case scenarios” and asking the federal government for relief aid. 20 PERCENT.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 17, 2023

A more thorough history would include the settling and colonization of California by the Spanish (1500s) and Mexican (early 1800s) governments, but for brevity, I focus here on the intentional and duplicitous actions of the California state government (established in 1850) and its co-conspirator: the United States federal government.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Beginning with the start of FY2024 on October 1, funding for the federal government will – absent a continuing resolution (CR) – expire, as will the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, better known as the 2018 Farm Bill. So what, exactly, would a government shutdown mean for agriculture?

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Studies and Reports Cybersecurity The Government Accountability Office looked at how federal agencies can better implement a 2021 law that expanded their cybersecurity responsibilities. government water policy. The EPA is the support agency for the water and wastewater sectors.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 19, 2023

Since 2019, USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, Land Conservancy of Adams County , and Adams County Office of Planning and Development have worked together to protect a total of 11 parcels of land, owned by Hanover Shoe Farms Inc., in Adams County, Pennsylvania.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Five years ago, the World Bank said it would end investments in oil and gas extraction by 2019. World Bank President David Malpass , appointed in 2019 by climate-denying President Trump, damaged that organization’s credibility even further this fall by refusing, in a public forum, to acknowledge that human activities cause climate change.

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Vermont Law

MARCH 19, 2019

As a result of the Pulwama incident, the Indian government sought to cut off some of the downstream water flows to Pakistan. Due to climate change, increase competition for essential natural resources, including water and energy, has occurred between nations. By Nadia B. Jaish-e-Mohammad claimed responsibility for that attack.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 22, 2024

As we explain below, it brings impacted parties to the table, proposes ways to address their needs, and commits the government to regularly updating its plans as the reality on the ground evolves. Can’t the government just do that without being legally forced to? That is what the Sustainable Jobs Act sets out to do. It’s a mouthful!

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Photo © Illinois Department of Natural Resources. The issue boils down to the fact that the government is not collecting enough money to pay for cleanup. . According to oversight documents, during 2021 Illinois’ Department of Natural Resources spent an average of $17,000 per acre cleaning up sites abandoned prior to 1977.

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Circle of Blue

JULY 26, 2022

In Australia, a scathing new government report shows profound environmental deterioration over the past five years. The report says that despite restoration efforts, water levels in the Murray-Darling Basin dropped to all-time lows in 2019. I’m Eileen Wray-McCann. Denise Fort is a professor emerita at the University of New Mexico.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 2, 2023

On October 2, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn and Fish and Boat Commission Executive Director Tim Schaeffer celebrated the recently launched Eastern Hellbender license plate, which honors the state amphibian-- Pennsylvania's clean water ambassador-- and supports the Wild Resource Conservation Fund.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 9, 2022

Environmental health concerns compelled the tribe to expand the reservation inland in 2019, away from their home on the Mississippi River. The waste has remained there because the federal government has not established a permanent long-term storage facility.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

for hiding information about acceleration problems from buyers and government officials, as well as $1 billion in compensation to car owners, after as many as 37 people were reported killed in runaway vehicles. million yuan in 2019 over price-fixing on Lexus cars in eastern Jiangsu province. It paid out a fine of $1.2

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 14, 2022

Instead it begins with this: A brief on how adept engineering for dams and aqueducts, government subsidy, technological development for pumps and water recycling, surpassing marketing, and an advantageous assemblage of natural resources – sun, warmth, blue sky, and open spaces – produced one of the greatest desert civilizations in human history. .

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 13, 2021

In 2019, the Starkweather Creek in Wisconsin contained higher levels of two highly scrutinized types of PFAS chemicals than any other waters the Department of Natural Resources tested that year. Activists Struggle to Hold Government Accountable. Who Is Responsible For Pollution in South African Rivers?

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Circle of Blue

MAY 25, 2023

In February, the Iowa Cancer Registry, in its 50 th annual report, found Iowa is the only state with a significant increase in cancer from 2015 to 2019, and has the second-highest overall cancer incidence of all states. Jones, an avid outdoorsman, knows the stream and the region well.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 31, 2021

United States case, plaintiffs sought an order directing the federal government to slash the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions. The recent successes by plaintiffs in Pennsylvania and Montana may inspire similar efforts in other states, especially if the federal government continues to fall short in combating climate change.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

In 2020, we presented the results of our 2018 survey to a team at the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) investigating scientific integrity violations and political interference at public health agencies. We also published the results of our 2018 survey in the journal PLoS One in 2020.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 23, 2023

This is a good opportunity for the government of Ontario to select a more appropriate person to lead the agency, ideally one that supports the much needed transition away from fossil fuels. Joe Oliver was an investment banker who became the Federal Minister of Natural Resources and then Minister of Finance under Stephen Harper.

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Ocean Conservancy

MAY 20, 2022

GGGI membership includes representatives from academia, governments, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the private sector dedicated to combat this most harmful form of marine debris. Connecting relevant stakeholders, including local government, communities, industry and academia.

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Washington Nature

JANUARY 9, 2023

The ways local governments approve development and implement land use decisions have a major role to play in decreasing overall greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) as well as strengthening the resiliency of communities and landscapes. © Breanna Oakley/TNC Photo Contest 2019. © Breanna Oakley/TNC Photo Contest 2019.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 6, 2022

Now, the battlefield and its natural resources at Brinton Run Preserve will be open to the public and protected forever. Carter said the effort to save the property began in 2019 when Sandra Baldino approached NALT to discuss acquiring the property for a public preserve.

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Circle of Blue

JULY 30, 2021

DoD understood the health risks posed by toxic PFAS for decades but failed to act to protect service members.” – Scott Faber, senior vice president for government affairs at the Environmental Working Group. “This report should alarm our service members and their families. An internal audit of the U.S.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 12, 2021

A report from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources found that nearby drinking water wells were not affected by a 2019 leak of hydraulic fracturing waste in Washington County. Now an activist, she campaigns for Indigenous rights – and the water to sustain them. ON THE RADAR.

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Washington Nature

APRIL 26, 2021

We’re celebrating major wins for climate, environmental justice, wildfire resilience and natural resources as an extraordinary legislative session ends. Stunning achievements for nature and people this session wouldn’t have been possible without the deep engagement of Tribal leaders. Speak Up For Nature.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

In 2019 the company applied its product to end a harmful bloom on Chippewa Lake in Ohio. In applying state law to ending a harmful algal bloom, the Platte Lake Improvement Association joined a select group of governments, citizen groups, researchers, and private companies seeking to achieve the same result. Carl Ganter/ Circle of Blue.

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Brag

JUNE 17, 2021

According to Biden’s announcement , Freedhoff has more than 20 years of government experience, most recently as the Minority Director of Oversight for the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. On April 14, 2021, President Joseph Biden nominated Freedhoff for Assistant Administrator for Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 24, 2021

between 2015 and 2019 that were linked to swimming pools, hot tubs, and other treated recreational waters, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report. The executive order requires a broad range of actions that target both public and private assets as well as government programs. government water policy.

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A Greener Life

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Investment from Chinese and international oil majors could transform Guyana’s economy – with attendant climate and governance risks. CNOOC itself is a relative newcomer to Guyana’s oil sector, which only had a production capacity of 120,000 barrels per day as of December 2019. Climate and governance risks. By Kiana Wilburg.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

In October 2019, the Tribal Council passed another resolution reiterating their 2017 decision. government in 1836, 1837, 1842 and 1854. This is a naturally occurring process that is important for the ecological integrity of a river, and the resulting oxbow lakes are seen throughout the Bad River floodplain. .

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 6, 2022

On April 6, the Pennsylvania Environmental Council announced Cindy Adams Dunn, Secretary of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, will receive PEC’s 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award. She has also served as Executive Director of Audubon Pennsylvania, and most recently as President and CEO of PennFuture.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

The company was a major target of anti-apartheid boycotts in the 1980s over its role in supporting the white South African government with fuel and money but just 192 rand ($22) in annual rent for two petrol stations on Umnini tribal land in KwaZulu-Natal, where blacks were not allowed to own land.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 8, 2024

Image Image Products Oil / gas exploration and production, natural gas and LNG trading and transportation, oil refining, chemicals, solar and biomass development Protesting Total's role in Burma - Photo Credit TotalOutNow Summary Total is a fossil fuel exploration company. In the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Year after year environmental groups, conservation districts, farmers, local governments oppose the cuts and outline the critical environmental infrastructure needs communities have. million mid-year budget freeze cuts additional resources for environmental programs: Agriculture: $2.6 Read more here. million from DEP, $1.5

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 31, 2021

The Pennsylvania Climate Leadership Academy provides free online programs to leaders in state and local government offices, business and industry, agriculture, infrastructure, and community organizations who want to help Pennsylvania meet the challenges of climate change. Are there potential opportunities for benefit?

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 26, 2024

The company was a major target of anti-apartheid boycotts in the 1980s over its role in supporting the white South African government with fuel and money but just 192 rand ($22) in annual rent for two petrol stations on Umnini tribal land in KwaZulu-Natal, where blacks were not allowed to own land.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 25, 2024

The company was a major target of anti-apartheid boycotts in the 1980s over its role in supporting the white South African government with fuel and money but just 192 rand ($22) in annual rent for two petrol stations on Umnini tribal land in KwaZulu-Natal, where blacks were not allowed to own land.

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