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What’s Up With Water – September 13, 2021

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In the United Kingdom, regulators have temporarily given water utilities permission to treat wastewater to a lower standard. Government regulators expect that the chemical distribution problem will be short-lived. Though the current irrigation season is nearly over, the emergency regulation extends for one year. Transcript.

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‘La Acción de Cumplimiento’ as a Legal Mechanism to Implement Colombian Climate Change Laws

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So far, the country has adopted several laws to strengthen the legal framework towards achieving these goals. Colombia ’s Legal Climate Framework Colombia’s climate change laws are extensive and align with its open commitment to fight climate change and its devastating effects. Law 629 of 2000 on the Kyoto Protocol.

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

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By Amy Mall, Natural Resources Defense Council This article first appeared on the NRDC Blog July 21, 2021 -- The U.S. A new NRDC report describes these risks and how weak regulations fail to appropriately protect workers and communities. oil and gas industry produced an estimated one trillion gallons of produced water in 2017.

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As a Hot, Dry Summer Begins in California, More Water Wells Are Failing

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By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – June 17, 2021. So many wells went dry in 2014 in the town of East Porterville that Tulare County supplied portable public showers. Counties, not the state, regulate new wells. Carl Ganter / Circle of Blue. California is not yet to that level of emergency. Graphic by Katie Riles/Circle of Blue.

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Ohioans Stuck Burning Coal, Burning Cash

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6 , the notorious law the Legislature passed in 2019 that slapped Ohio ratepayers with a monthly surcharge to bail out two struggling nuclear plants. The OVEC coal bailouts, which the PUCO approved in 2014, were set to expire in 2024 and only applied to utility customers who had a stake in OVEC. 6 was signed into law by Ohio Gov.

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Revoking the Migratory Bird Treaty Act Incidental Take Rule, Once Again

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Fish and Wildlife Service announced a proposed rule to restore criminal penalties for accidental killing of migratory birds, revoking the January 7, 2021, final regulation that limited the enforcement of the 1918 Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Public comments must be received or postmarked on or before June 7, 2021.

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Fresh, May 30, 2023: $30 Million EPA Grant Program Targets Pollution in Disadvantaged Communities

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In Minnesota , stricter penalties for water overuse are signed into state law. “We But instances of noncompliance have cropped up over the past few years, as have accidents that strained the state’s groundwater reserves — including Enbridge Line 3’s puncturing of aquifers in 2021, or farmers overdrawing water during drought that same year.

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