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YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Legionella bacteria were found in two sinks in a West Virginia hospital’s administrative building. Covid-19 patients in Venezuela are hiring doctors to come to their homes to avoid high costs and a lack of basic supplies in hospitals. Big banks in Turkey are reluctant to fund a major Istanbul canal over environmental […]
The Rundown The White House announces an interagency drought working group. Two EPA regional offices botched their oversight duties for Clean Water Act permits, the agency’s internal watchdog found. USGS scientists find a long-term reduction in salt levels in the Upper Colorado River basin but less progress and even increasing levels in the last two […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN The EPA must decide how to allocate funds between the U.S. and Mexico to clean up pollution in the Tijuana River. New research creates a model for quantifying available water for recharging aquifers in California. Environmental groups have appealed a license renewal for a dam in Maryland. A new study found that […]
Heavy with ash, palm trees on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent are sagging into themselves.
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN A new report finds that less than four percent of Indian farmers practice sustainable agriculture. Rare extreme climate events could become more common in the United States, experts say. Ethiopia denies over a dozen proposals from Egypt during Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam negotiations. City officials in Memphis, Tennessee delay a vote on […]
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The Rundown The Senate majority leader indicates he wants action on a water infrastructure bill this week. House Democrats introduce a bill to remove lead pipes from public and federally subsidized housing. California Democrats propose federal funds for repairing canals damaged by subsidence. The Interior secretary revokes a dozen Trump-era energy orders. Forecasters see low […]
The Rundown The nation’s intelligence agencies identify environmental change as a driver of political and social instability. Federal agencies sign an agreement regarding a drinking water project for the Navajo Nation and other communities in the Southwest. Two key variables in the Colorado River basin runoff forecast are below normal. And lastly, budget season kicks […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Nearly 40 currently and formerly incarcerated people in Atlanta are suing the city over allegedly supplying contaminated drinking water in 2018 and 2019. Open-air waste pools are increasingly threatened by poor management and climate change in the United States. Four people are dead and several are hospitalized after drinking contaminated water in […]
