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The Global Rundown Food security is suffering in Africa’s Lake Chad Basin due to a confluence of conflict, drought, and declining water levels, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. A report suggests that concerns about water could soon prompt Argentina, Chile, and other Latin American countries to enact stricter environmental […]
The Rundown The Trump administration issues a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline. A U.S. district court rejects lawsuit that claimed that a federal energy regulator is biased toward pipeline industry. An Oroville Dam review board says spillway repairs may not be completed by the next rainy season. A Senate committee holds a hearing on […]
The Rundown A 24-year veteran of the EPA environmental justice office steps down. The Bureau of Reclamation debates the use of treated wastewater in southern Arizona. A Pennsylvania representative asks Congress to fund a health study on chemical contamination from military installations in his district. The EPA needs to better prioritize the cleanup of leaking […]
Rundown On President Trump’s orders, two federal agencies begin reviewing the Clean Water Rule. Trump also considers big budget cuts to agencies not named the Department of Defense. Ryan Zinke, a Montana congressman, is confirmed as Interior Department secretary and reauthorizes use of lead bullets and fishing tackle in national wildlife refuges. The Bureau of […]
The Rundown Scott Pruitt, new EPA administrator, gives a welcome address to agency employees. President Trump could issue an executive order this week targeting Clean Water Act interpretation. California governor requests federal aid for dam repairs. The U.S. Geological Survey assesses an aquifer storage project in New Mexico. The EPA selects a new water utility […]
The proposed halt to operations in 2019 at the West’s largest coal-fired power plant could attract White House attention. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue Since 1976 the 2,250-megawatt coal-fired Navajo Generating Station, with its three towering stacks belching thick plumes of steam, has commanded the summit of a high bluff close to the Colorado […]
The Global Rundown The pope insisted that the prior and informed consent of indigenous communities is essential for avoiding conflict over resource development projects, many of which are opposed due to water concerns. Kenya’s government paid a record amount to pastoralists under its livestock drought insurance program this month. A humanitarian appeal for drought-hit Madagascar […]
Buckled canals, damaged because of groundwater pumping, impair state’s ability to deliver water and control floods.
The Rundown Senate committees question nominees for EPA and Interior. A futurist report from nation’s intelligence agencies considers the potential for water conflict. The Obama administration makes a final donation to a global climate development fund. A binational commission evaluates Great Lakes water quality progress. The outgoing Interior secretary issues a final order on the […]
The Rundown The Interior Department directs its agencies to complete final reviews of a pair of tunnels through California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The special master in the Florida v. Georgia water lawsuit dredges up an old and outrageous idea. The EPA revises criteria for designating Superfund sites and publishes a $US 1 billion plan to […]
Can the USDA make inroads for water quality and water infrastructure where the EPA has struggled? By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue Her appointment as the nation’s top air and water regulator nearing its end, Gina McCarthy is on a confessional tour. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency administrator spoke candidly in recent months about the […]
The Rundown U.S. Forest Service rejects renewal of two mining leases near the Boundary Waters in northeastern Minnesota. DuPont agrees to pay $US 50 million to cleanup mercury pollution in a Virginia river. The EPA’s final report on hydraulic fracturing identifies cases of water pollution at all stages of the water cycle in oil and […]
