Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 4, 2024

But if we do it right, it will have a positive ripple effect that will benefit everyone in California and will make the San Joaquin Valley a positive example around the world for agriculture, energy, and socioenvironmental justice. Sometimes telling a story is the best way to explain an idea. But how can we do things right?

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FEBRUARY 8, 2023

government’s new environmental improvement plan will seek to ensure each home is within a 15-minute walk to green space or water. Access to clean water and sanitation, already scarce in Syria , declines further following a massive earthquake. Farmers use water from the river basin to irrigate kale, spinach, amaranth, and other crops.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission said the draft doesn’t contain enough data on the effects an oil would have on downstream waters, including Lake Superior, nor does it assess compliance with the Bad River tribe’s water quality standards. IN RECENT WATER NEWS. IN RECENT WATER NEWS.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Close to 12 million households in some of the poorest districts in India have piped water due to a federal project to bring tap water to rural homes. A simple science project at UK schools revealed high levels of lead in several schools’ water systems. UK School Science Project Reveals High Lead Levels in Drinking Water.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 17, 2023

During a California State Assembly informational hearing earlier this year, there seemed to be consensus that California’s 19 th century water rights system is not well suited to the social context and climate of the 21st century. This outdated water rights system is based on historic and continued disenfranchisement and dispossession.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Black History Month, for me, has always been a time to celebrate Black people, and our contributions to society. As a Black scientist, it’s especially important to me to acknowledge and celebrate Black scientists and activists who made major contributions to all fields of science despite the barriers of systemic and structural racism.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 4, 2023

Distribution pipe at a water treatment plant. An unseasonal arctic blast over the holiday season disrupted water access throughout the American South. Visitors to a ski resort in British Columbia are being asked to bring and ration their own water amid a record-low potable supply. Carl Ganter/Circle of Blue. YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 9, 2022

The cause of the failure was not investigated but is typical of broader municipal service failures. A taxi, organized by the canoe club, would pick him and other kids up to spend a few hours on the water each week. Photo © Steve Kretzmann / CCIJ. By Steve Kretzmann, CCIJ — July 9, 2022. Data visualizations by Yuxi Wang.

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Nebraska Agrochemical Contamination Throws Families, Communities, Water Providers into Turmoil The harrowing trail of toxic nutrients in farm country water. An investigation by Circle of Blue uncovered compelling evidence for why — agrochemical contamination in Nebraska’s surface, ground, and drinking water. Read part one here.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 12, 2023

One example that might literally hit home is lead poisoning prevention. While lead has historically had many uses as an additive to products such as paints and gasoline, it is also a very dangerous and cumulative toxicant. Although Congress passed legislation to ban lead-based paint in 1971, it did not go into effect until 1978.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 10, 2021

Michigan Gretchen Whitmer announces $2 million in federal funding for water infrastructure projects. Although the Welsh government has spent millions on river clean up, water utility D?r r Cymru Welsh Water’s own figures found that raw sewage was dumped into rivers more than 100,000 times in 2020. IN RECENT WATER NEWS. “We

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Canadian officials urge the federal government to spend more money on water projects in Indigenous communities. While residents in an impoverished village in South Africa go without running water and plumbing, its government built community centers that have gone unused. IN RECENT WATER NEWS. percent of households in 1980 to 6.7

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Real Climate

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

This claim is both misleading and a distraction – weather forecasting has been one of the most important success stories in science. are used all over the world, based on calculations that quantify the effects of physical mechanisms and the way different parts of the atmosphere are connected to each other.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 12, 2021

Water levels on India’s Ganga and Yamuna rivers are rising by the hour amid torrential rainfall, striking fears of flooding among residents. Ohio officials say fracking fluids did not contaminate drinking water in Washington County. IN RECENT WATER NEWS. YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 31, 2024

Here are 94 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us.

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Washington Nature

MARCH 28, 2024

by Leah Palmer, TNC Writer/Editor From scientists to burn bosses, lobbyists to land stewards, DEI practitioners to fundraisers, the women and femmes staff at The Nature Conservancy in Washington contribute some of the leading interventions in conservation, while simultaneously facing unique challenges in a field dominated by men. In the U.S.,

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 27, 2023

One of the most striking examples of this environmental racism is the fact that there is more than 100 times the amount of cancer-causing benzene in the air in Aamjiwnaang First Nation in Sarnia, ON, than in Toronto or Ottawa,” said Karen Wirsig, Senior Program Manager for plastics at Environmental Defence.

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Cleannovate

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Not only is there rampant unemployment, but access to amenities such as clean water is a mirage to many. The poorest of the poor end up depending on surrounding water sources some of which are compromised by pollutants. This sizeable water body was designed to store water for Nairobi residents. NAIROBI DAM.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 14, 2022

How climate change and human activity are driving violence between farming and pastoralist communities. By Kunle Adebajo and Murtala Abdullahi, CCIJ — April 14, 2022. A bare-chested old man lies in the emergency room of a government hospital in northeast Nigeria. About a third of the man’s left arm is dressed in blood-stained gauze.

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A Greener Life

MARCH 7, 2022

For climate scientists, the war in Ukraine came at the worst possible time as the media attention they would have hoped for surrounding the release of the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report was urgently diverted to the breaking news story of Russia invading Ukraine. Going beyond 1.5 A path for adaptation.

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Ocean Conservancy

APRIL 21, 2023

The trees outside my house help cool my neighborhood, improve water quality and can even have a lasting effect on my sense of community. Where humans go, so go these rodents and, unfortunately, that has had devastating effects in small tropical islands. Want to learn more about ocean animals? Sign up to receive our emails.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Are You Telling Your Story? Billion Cubic Feet Of Natural Gas Was Lost So Far] [PaEN] -- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Equitrans Continues Effort To Kill Leaking Cambria County Natural Gas Storage Well [Leak Started Nov. 6] -- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Meets Dec. 6] -- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Meets Dec.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The article points out studies conducted in the last five years have cast doubt on the effectiveness of O&G PW [oil and gas wastewater] as a dust suppressant, including several at Penn State by Dr. William Burgos and a team of researchers. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 25, 2022

On July 25, Dr. William Burgos, lead author of a new Penn State University study of road dumping conventional oil and gas wastewater released in May, told DEP’s Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board the potential pollution caused by road dumping makes it unsuitable for a dust suppressant.

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Frontiers

MARCH 24, 2023

Author: Rafa Tasnim Dr Rachel E Schattman is an Assistant Professor of Sustainable Agriculture at the University of Maine School of Food and Agriculture , where she leads a group of graduate students and staff scientists in the Agroecology Lab. The stories of the farmers that I interviewed and surveyed were inspiring and sobering.

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HumanNature

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

This has caused considerable stir among scientists and environmentalists for several reasons. Poor understanding and assessment of where to grow your trees could only lead to ecological harm, tree death and millions of dollars going down the drain. Guest Post by Jessa Ata , 2021-2022 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph.D.

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NAEP Leadership Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

I would like to believe these two leading thoughts, written over 50 years ago, are the beginning of the next chapter of our NEPA years. Her scientific background gave her the understanding of the cause and effect relationships between the use of chemicals and pesticides for weed and insect control and the pollution of water and soil.

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Frontiers

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

They are leading researchers in the emerging field of evolutionary medicine, which applies insights from ecology and evolution to drive biomedical innovation and public health reform. Dan: It was thanks to the work of Nesse and Williams – a leading evolutionary biologist and a physician. How are they related?

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 5, 2023

The Straits of Mackinac are central to the Anishinaabe creation story, which makes this location sacred from both a cultural and historical perspective in the formation of the Anishinaabe people,” said Chairperson Austin Lowes of the Sault Ste. “The and making legal submissions in U.S. courts to keep the pipeline operating.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 19, 2022

Dr. William Burgos, lead author of a new Penn State University study of road dumping conventional oil and gas wastewater released in May, answered questions about the study at the meeting for more than two hours. The story for all of these brines is whatever you put on the road, it's washing off into the adjoining ditch,” said Dr. Burgos.

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A Greener Life

MAY 12, 2023

A woman pours water over her head to cool off during soaring temperatures in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 11 April 2023. Our children have inherited a much warmer world than the one we were born in due to human-caused climate change, and their future depends on the actions we take today. Photo credit: Habibur Rahman /Alamy Live News.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 23, 2022

Is Your Story Being Told? House returns to session April 25, 26, 27 -- Committee Schedule Senate returns to session May 23, 24, 25 -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events -- Attorney General’s Office Reported To Be Investigating Conventional Oil & Gas Operators For Illegally Road Dumping Drilling Wastewater [PaEN] -- U.S.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

whose introduction causes or is likely to cause environmental harm, or harm to human, animal, or plant health.” there are more than 5,000 invasive species in the United States, which cause more than $120 billion in annual economic damage. What’s destructive, disruptive, and invading all over? Invasive species! According to a.

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CEQA Developments

MARCH 3, 2023

In a published opinion filed February 24, 2023, the First District Court of Appeal (Div. 5) reversed a judgment upholding the adequacy of the EIR for the University of California, Berkeley’s long range campus development plan (“LRDP”) and a controversial housing development project at the historic People’s Park. Make UC a Good Neighbor v.

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 31, 2022

The Stimson Center’s Mekong Infrastructure Tracker tells a similar story of reliance on foreign money to build coal plants: for every 100 MW of coal capacity in operation right now, 93 MW were built with some foreign investment. This is a major and unexpected pivot for Vietnam. It’s just back and forth, back and forth.”. Investment drying up.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

MAY 9, 2022

Lately, there has been a lot of talk all over the world about the birds and the bees — that is, how they are impacted by the environmentally devastating effects of climate change and how humans play a role in this process. What’s the story behind your book? Tell us about yourselves.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 12, 2022

Expected Agenda Items These are some of the issues expected to be discussed at the meeting-- -- Penn State Study Of Road Dumping Drilling Wastewater: Dr. William Burgos, lead author of a new Penn State University study of road dumping conventional oil and gas wastewater released in May is expected to give a presentation on the results of the study.

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