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What’s Up With Water – February 8, 2022

Circle of Blue

But the penalty for contaminated water is paid by the people who drink it, and who must bear stricter and more costly standards in order to protect the public health. Even with that record of risk nitrate pollution is in a category to itself. The risk of disease would likely decrease. Now there are new worries.

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Federal Water Tap, April 24: Pennsylvania’s Pollution Failures Targeted in Proposed Chesapeake Bay Settlement

Circle of Blue

And lastly, the EPA establishes that water and wastewater are eligible categories for billions in federal funding to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution. “We Undertake annual assessments of Pennsylvania’s pollution-reduction progress. The National Interagency Fire Center publishes a three-month wildfire outlook.

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Is Agrochemical Contamination Killing Nebraska’s Children?

Circle of Blue

Farms collectively are the largest source of nitrate pollution in rivers and groundwater, and the penalty for contaminated water — meaning stricter and more costly standards in order to protect public health — is paid by the people who drink it. Even with that record of risk nitrate pollution is in a category to itself.

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Cost-Benefit Analysis and the Biden EPA

Legal Planet

It attempted to set out methodological requirements to govern the agency’s use of scientific research on pollution risks. Although they got much less attention at the time, the Trump rule contained numerous other provisions, smuggled in under the guise of clarifying agency procedures.

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More Money Out the Door! Farm Bill and IRA Funding Available Through Conservation Innovation Grants

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

FY 2023 CIG Classic Priorities Each year, NRCS identifies priority categories within CIG that can advance new or emerging high priority natural resource issues. Managing Agricultural Lands to Improve Local Water Quality : Traditional agricultural land management might not consider risks to receiving water bodies.

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Flooding soon in a basement near you: the impacts of weakening wetland protection in Ontario

Enviromental Defense

Specifically, I went looking for information about how many wetlands are at risk now that the rules for protecting a wetland as “Provincially Significant” under OWES have fundamentally changed. Local and regional authorities predict most wetlands are at risk. What follows is a summary of my findings.

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The Chemical Compound—December 2021

Arnold Porter

This includes emerging contaminants as well as substances identified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) under the 2016 amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for prioritization, risk evaluation, or regulation. Settlements Set Timeline and Scope for Part 2 of Asbestos Risk Evaluation. Pennsylvania.

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