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The Year in Water, 2021

Circle of Blue

The Year in Water, 2021. Water Crises Take Center Stage By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – December 9, 2021. Communities rich and poor bore witness to horrific devastation in 2021. Too little. Too polluted. For years these compact phrases, mantra-like in their repetition, have come to define the world’s water problems.

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The Stream, October 27, 2021: EPA Releases Action Plan To Improve Water Quality on Native American Reservations

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Environmental Protection Agency releases a plan to improve water infrastructure and sanitation for Native American tribes. 2021 Election Preview: New York Considers Right to Clean Water. An atmospheric river in central and northern California inundated the region with record-setting rain, triggering flooding and landslides.

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What’s Up With Water – May 24, 2021

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Dams are promoted as a low-carbon source of electricity: one that traps more carbon than it releases into the atmosphere. Environmental Protection Agency told USA Today it is considering whether to issue nationwide rules for the cleaning of water towers and tanks. This week, Circle of Blue looks at how the U.S.

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DEP Inspection Finds Two Repsol Oil & Gas Shale Gas Wells Venting Natural Gas To Atmosphere, Defective Well Casing/Cementing In Susquehanna County; Violations Continue From May 2017

PA Environment Daily

During an April 4 routine inspection, the Department of Environmental Protection found two Repsol Oil and Gas USA LLC shale gas wells in Apolacon Township, Susquehanna County venting natural gas to the atmosphere through the well annulus at the Kropp Well Pad.

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Ag & Food Law Daily Update: June 7, 2021

National Law Center

REGULATORY: EPA, FWS, NOAA, USFS Environmental Protection Agency Final rule establishing tolerances for residues of difenoconazole in or on olive; olive, with. The post Ag & Food Law Daily Update: June 7, 2021 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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Policy News: June 28, 2021

ESA

Congress funded the DOE Office of Science at $7 billion in FY 2021. The Senate voted to overturn this rule in April 2021. billion increase for the Environmental Protection Agency over FY 2022. . Senators confirmed Richard Spinrad to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration by a voice vote.

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The Stream, July 2, 2021: Midwestern Farmers Aren’t Planting Enough Cover Crops To Mitigate Runoff

Circle of Blue

A new report from the federal agency found that even if greenhouse gases in the atmosphere stabilize, climate change will drastically alter Australia’s environment. It’s hard to pin individual storms on climate change, but the science is clear that atmospheric warming leads to more events like last weekend’s rainfall. ON THE RADAR.

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