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The Stream, June 18, 2021: Study Finds Widespread Pesticide Contamination In German Streams

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A new study finds pesticide contamination in streams in Germany is widespread. A state database for household water supply issues received 38 dry well reports in the first 12 days of June, the most for any month since October 2016. YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN. IN RECENT WATER NEWS. California is not yet to that level of emergency.

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DEP Issued Record 6,860 Notices Of Violation To Conventional Oil & Gas Operators In 2023-- Nearly 52% More Than In 2021; ‘Culture Of Non-Compliance’ Continues

PA Environment Daily

more than in 2021 and 26.6% DEP’s 2022 Oil and Gas Annual Report said 5,416 notices of violation were issued to conventional operators in 2022 and 4,514 violations in 2021 and in 2015, DEP issued just 1,024 violations to conventional operators. more than in 2022 and 569.9% more than in 2015. Read more here. Read more here.

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Living in a ‘Critical State’: The Price of a South African Town’s Dirty Water

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Having spent much of his adult life working in the coal mines in Welkom, pensioner Hendrik Tlaudi says he now suffers from a bad back and must take medication on a daily basis. Tlaudi needs to take medication on a daily basis, but the municipal water needs to be boiled before he can use it to swallow his pills.

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DEP Issues Record 5,653 Notices Of Violation To Conventional Oil & Gas Operators So Far In 2023; ‘Culture Of Non-Compliance’ Continues

PA Environment Daily

That’s 25% more than in 2021. DEP reported it had issued conventional oil and gas operators 4,514 notices of violation in 2021 in the 2021 Oil and Gas Annual Report. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here. Click Here to read the 2022 compliance report summary. Culture Of Non-Compliance’ On December 29, 2022.

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21 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

There are many, many more people just like these working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us. Thank you for your leadership! -- Growing Greener Coalition: American Rescue Plan For Water & Green Infrastructure -- WeConservePA Urges Groups To Work With County, Local Govts.

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Getting physical with the climate crisis

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On 29 June, however, tragedy struck when Lytton recorded Canada’s highest ever temperature of 49.6?°C. An area of high pressure above the Pacific Ocean was driven eastwards through the jet stream by a “Rossby wave” – a planetary-scale fluctuation arising from the Coriolis force. C above pre-industrial levels. We’ve already hit 1.2?°C

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Communities Turned into Sewage Swamps

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A stream of raw sewage flows from a leak just outside the Standerton wastewater treatment works perimeter fence, directly into the Vaal River visible in the background. South Africa’s wastewater crisis is making life unbearable for its residents. The sewage extends about 1,000 square meters into the open field beyond his house.

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