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Ontario Government Political Staff Directed Changes to Municipal Official Plans to Favour the Interests of Select Landowners

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The documents also offer evidence that Ministers’ offices, other than that of Housing Minister Steve Clark, were involved as early as January 2022, prior to the June 2022 election, and yet the government still kept Ontario voters in the dark. Of the four requests, two have now resulted in partial releases.

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FRESH, October 4, 2022: Carbon Dioxide Storage and Transport Emerges as Political Flashpoint

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October 4, 2022. One in 20 tests performed by the city’s water department detected the toxic metal at concentrations exceeding government limits for drinking water. October 11-13, 2022: Great Lakes Commission Annual Meeting – register. October 18, 2022: EPA’s Debra Shore at the Great Lakes Conference — register.

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The Year in Water, 2022

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The Year in Water, 2022. Sharpening the Shark’s Teeth By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – December 13, 2022. The strength of the shark’s teeth and the breadth of the bite were on full display in 2022. Though vivid, the shark metaphor is an inadequate frame for some of 2022’s defining water stories.

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Short-Changing Michigan Local Governments Has Resulted in Deteriorating Water Systems and Other Services

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Short-Changing Michigan Local Governments Has Resulted in Deteriorating Water Systems and Other Services. Getting enough money from the state and federal governments to help maintain city services has become a struggle for many Michigan municipalities. By Lester Graham, Michigan Radio – May 9, 2022.

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What’s Up With Water – January 31, 2022

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That grim forecast comes from the International Organization for Migration, the UN agency that tracks the how people move in response to political and environmental pressures. The national government declared a drought emergency in November. Those pressures have been building for months in Somalia.

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2022 Election: Water Regulation and Spending Punctuate State and Local Ballots

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By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – October 26, 2022. Weeks before the November 8 election, national political debate centers on control of Congress. Wilce is the treasurer of Arizona Water Defenders, the political action committee that brought the question to the ballot. Photo © Keith Schneider / Circle of Blue.

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Perspective | Transforming the Economics and Governance of Water

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Water-related crises around the world have shown that current systems of governance and economic organization are unsuited for a world altered by global warming. By Mariana Mazzucato, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala , Johan Rockström , and Tharman Shanmugaratnam — September 27, 2022. Photo © J.