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What’s Up With Water – January 10, 2023

Circle of Blue

They passed a bill in 2014 that requires groundwater basins to be sustainably managed. The post What’s Up With Water – January 10, 2023 appeared first on Circle of Blue. Roads and canals have been damaged by the land subsidence, costing hundreds of millions of dollars to repair. However, it is not a quick fix.

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Fresh, May 2, 2023: Mississippi River Flooding Reaches Historic Levels Along Illinois-Iowa Border

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May 2, 2023 Fresh is a biweekly newsletter from Circle of Blue that unpacks the biggest international, state, and local policy news stories facing the Great Lakes region today. Davenport, Iowa, is used to such floods — waters reached similar levels in 2019, 2014, and 2008.

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Right To Water: Could 2023 Be The Year Michigan Ends Shutoffs?

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Right To Water: Could 2023 Be The Year Michigan Ends Shutoffs? Amid widespread concern about Detroit’s policy of shutting off water to homes with unpaid water bills, experts from the United Nations in 2014 declared the disconnections to be a violation of human rights. 25 Bridge webinar on water issues in the 2023 Legislature.

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Cold War Nuclear Weapons Put St. Louis Community At Risk—in 2023

Union of Concerned Scientists

Coldwater Creek: Just The Facts Please engaged the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, and consulted on a health study which confirmed higher than average cancers in the area, in 2014.

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PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Now Accepting Nominations For 2023 Karl Mason And Walter Lyon Awards

PA Environment Daily

The PA Association of Environmental Professionals is now accepting nominations for the 2023 Karl Mason and Walter Lyon Awards. The awards will be presented as part of the 2023 PAEP Annual Conference in State College on September 20-22. Posted: July 20, 2023] PA Environment Digest The deadline for submissions is August 31.

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Much ado about acceleration

Real Climate

24 from Hansen et al (2023). In my recent Nature commentary , I pointed out the difficulties explaining quantitatively why 2023 was so warm. These simulations used historical GHG concentrations and aerosol emissions to 2014, and a mid-range scenario (SSP2-4.5) Another view of the future is given by the results of climate models.

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

Circle of Blue

May 30, 2023 Fresh is a biweekly newsletter from Circle of Blue that unpacks the biggest international, state, and local policy news stories facing the Great Lakes region today. The post Fresh, May 30, 2023: $30 Million EPA Grant Program Targets Pollution in Disadvantaged Communities appeared first on Circle of Blue.

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