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What’s Up With Water -January 24, 2022

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The New York Times reports that a top secret special operations unit in the Defense Department bombed the Tabqa Dam on March 26, 2017. In the United States, the rising cost of water in one major American city is hurting people of color. bombing campaign during the war against Islamic State.

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Dry: A Weekly Western Drought Digest — September 13, 2022

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Each week, Circle of Blue breaks down the biggest stories, the latest data, and the most promising solutions to the United States’ most urgent water crisis. This year marked the third-warmest summer on record for the contiguous United States, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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The Stream, March 23, 2022: Can African Nations Meet WASH Goals?

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A new report concludes the United States has not met the goals of decades old legislation meant to keep waterways clean. More than half of the United States will remain in some stage of drought through the spring, a recent projection said. This Week’s Top Water Stories, Told In Numbers. On the Radar.

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FRESH, November 8, 2022: Ontario Government Proposes Less Strict Wetlands Protections

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As part of a plan to build more housing, the Doug Ford administration wants to redo the process for conferring protected status to wetlands. Two units that were scheduled for retirement in 2040 will now go offline in 2028. The plant’s other two units will go dark in 2035. In the News.

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5 Powerful Facts for Global Wind Day

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I’ve felt that most explicitly when sidling up to an offshore wind turbine in a boat, or when standing on top of a land-based one, hundreds of feet in the air. Wind power is big, and getting bigger. Wind is impressive. Offshore wind turbines are particularly impressive.

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The Stream, June 22, 2021: Tropical Storm Claudette Regains Strength As It Hits North Carolina

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Two major initiatives in the Philippines aim to preserve land and water in the Cordillera Administrative Region. “(The The DOST has launched two major research programs in the Philippines to preserve mountains in the Cordillera Administrative Region and ensure water security and climate resilience for the region’s indigenous communities.

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Good News—and Bad—about Fossil Fuel Power Plants in 2023 

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Solar power is expected to make up about half of all additions of US electric generating capacity in 2023, according to data from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Compiled by UCS from Energy Information Administration data as of January 2023. I’ll start off with the good. GW record from 2021.