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Governments in the nation’s most water-rich region are responding to public pressure over high-profile water pollution concerns, but have left fundamental policy changes largely untouched. Photo courtesy Joshua Mayer via Flickr Creative Commons A petition filed by 16 Wisconsin citizens to the U.S. EPA last month claims budget cuts and changes to state law have […]
State and provincial leaders act to end danger to Lake Erie, which has suffered from a resurgence of nutrient pollution and toxic algae outbreaks over the past decade.
Inadequate waste disposal practices from more than a century of oil and gas development — practices that are no longer permitted — are the chief source of salty brines in the waters of the Williston Basin, according to U.S. Geological Survey research. The Williston Basin, one of the nation’s critical bird habitats and one of […]
City officials in Waukesha, Wisconsin spelled out why they need Great Lakes water to replace their radium-contaminated city water wells Thursday, and why tapping into the world’s largest freshwater supply makes more sense than drilling more wells.
While Waukesha’s request is the first major test of the Great Lakes Compact, the county supervisor opposes the plan.
In northern Minnesota, the White Earth Nation is being sued for issuing water permits that farmers say are outside the tribe’s jurisdiction.
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN 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. A new analysis finds a third of […]
The Global Rundown The native mountain ash forests of Victoria’s Central Highlands region are more valuable for the clean water they provide than for timber, according to a new report. The first exception to a ban on Great Lakes water diversions was approved unanimously Tuesday, providing water to a Wisconsin city outside of the basin. […]
The Global Rundown Nearly 200 environmental campaigners were murdered globally in 2015, the most of any year on record, according to a new report. Floods across southern China killed dozens of people. The expanded Panama Canal is expected to open on June 26, using less water than the current locks. The governors of eight Great […]
The Rundown A change in leadership at EPA Region 5. Obama talks with Flint mayor and directs federal money for water infrastructure improvements. EPA begins internal investigation over Flint response. 2015 was the hottest year on record. Communities get $US 1 billion for climate resiliency. Great Lakes has no surplus water, report says. Republicans call […]
The Global Rundown A scientific advisory board outlined concerns about a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency report that concluded hydraulic fracturing operations in the United States have not harmed drinking water supplies. It could take more than $US 1 billion to fix drinking water problems in Flint, Michigan, according to the city’s mayor, while water systems […]
