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The Stream, June 9, 2021: Expert Warns Against Dam Development in Murray-Darling Basin

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More dams are not the answer to water woes in Australia’s Murray-Darling Basin, one expert warns. Right-wing militia supporters in Oregon threaten to open the headgates of a canal in Klamath Falls to restore the flow of water for irrigators. IN RECENT WATER NEWS.

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Ask a Scientist: Fighting Big Ag Pollution with Maps and Math

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The Cuyahoga fire, along with a major oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara that same year, galvanized national attention and led to the first Earth Day, a slew of new air and water protection laws, and the creation of new federal departments to administer them, including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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Policy News: November 22, 2021

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trillion spending bill, also known as the reconciliation bill and the Build Back Better Act ( H.R. billion to the National Science Foundation to start a Directorate for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP). Innovation and Competition Act ( S. 1260 ) and the House NSF for the Future Act ( H.R.

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Policy News: December 6, 2021

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The measure, known as a continuing resolution, generally keeps funding at fiscal year 2021 levels. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) introduced the Blue Carbon for Our Planet Act ( S. 2750 ) in June 2021. Cliff Bentz (R-OR) introduced the Northern Spotted Owl Habitat Improvement Act ( H.R.

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NRDC: Regulation Is Too Weak For Radioactive Oil And Gas Drilling Wastewater, Other Waste

PA Environment Daily

By Amy Mall, Natural Resources Defense Council This article first appeared on the NRDC Blog July 21, 2021 -- The U.S. oil and gas industry produced an estimated one trillion gallons of produced water in 2017. State regulations are also filled with gaps that allow unsafe practices for radioactive oil and gas waste.

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In A Year of Water Quality Reckoning, National Imperative is Impeded

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Fifty years ago the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement was signed and the Clean Water Act was enacted to clear pollution from the region’s waters. clean water statute, though, give farmers and their wastes special treatment. The technology measures plant growth and soil conditions.

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Road Salt, A Stealthy Pollutant, Is Damaging Michigan Waters

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This is the first story in a series of reports from the Great Lakes News Collaborative that will investigate contemporary water pollution challenges in the Great Lakes region. You can think of chloride as a permanent pollutant in the water,” said Christe Alwin of the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy.