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YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Artificial intelligence detects unreported releases of raw sewage into UK rivers over the last 11 years. Controversy and doubt remain in Japan around efforts to clean up nuclear waste from a tsunami a decade ago. Utah lawmakers approve a committee to oversee the state’s water rules. A massive water transfer project between […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Lawyers who negotiated a multi-million-dollar settlement for Flint water crisis victims are asking a judge for nearly a third of the $641 million settlement to cover their fees and expenses. Hawaii officials order residents of a town north of Honolulu to evacuate after heavy rains cause flooding. A major palladium and nickel […]
National governments are not on track to meet ambitious, globally recognized goals to provide universal access to safe drinking water and sanitation by 2030.
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Nestle sells several North American water brands for more than $4 billion. In 2020, 69 dams were removed in the United States. The American Society of Civil Engineers gives Ohio’s drinking water, stormwater and inland waterways a near-failing grade. A tropical storm is heading towards Mozambique’s battered coastline. South Africa plans to […]
The Rundown An Idaho Republican proposes a $33.5 billion initiative to breach dams in the Snake River basin, help salmon, and invest in the regional economy. A Senate committee holds a confirmation hearing for President Biden’s pick to lead the EPA. Senators team up for bipartisan bills on rural water assistance and tribal water infrastructure. […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Democrats and Republicans in the Congress urge federal agencies to address PFAS pollution in the United States. An oil company is found liable for oil spills in the Niger Delta in 2006 and 2007. Indigenous and environmental groups sue the US Forest Service to block a proposed copper mine in Arizona. India’s […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Border communities and environmentalists are urging immediate action from the Biden administration to remediate damage caused by the previous administration’s wall along the Mexico-U.S. The coronavirus pandemic has worsened the situation of British residents coping with extreme flooding. Texas will begin a program to test all school and child care facilities for […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN A Biden administration proposal would fund billions of dollars for climate adaptation in the United States. Aid workers in Mozambique warn of Covid-19 spreading through temporary displacement camps after Cyclone Eloise. A mining company in Canada faces charges for violating environmental laws. Residents exposed to PFAS in a North Carolina community’s drinking […]
The Rundown President Biden took office and froze his predecessor’s rules that had not yet gone into effect. The GAO identifies funding challenges for an Army Corps navigation and ecosystem program in the upper Mississippi River basin. The Interior Department submits a report to Congress on water supply challenges in the western United States and […]
What are the large water events to pay attention to in 2021? What are the trends and flashpoints?
Societies confront the fallout from rapid environmental change.
