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The Rundown The EPA strengthens non-binding health advisories for two PFAS chemicals and issued new advisories for two others. The EPA appraises end-of-life plans for more than 160 coal ash ponds that could be polluting groundwater. The EPA also invites applications for $1 billion in PFAS response funds that will help small and disadvantaged communities […]
Researchers find that federal data does not capture local variations in Ohio’s air pollution.
The Rundown President Biden, while in New Mexico, notes the harm that forest fires can wreak on a watershed. The House passes a $25 billion water resources bill. Commodity futures regulators want more information on climate change and financial risk. An EPA report outlines strategies for reducing the destruction of coastal wetlands. NOAA forecasts an […]
Lake Powell is drying behind one of the Southwest’s largest hydropower plants.
The Rundown The Biden administration outlines its priorities for global water security. The Defense Department releases new data on PFAS found in drinking water near its bases. The Bureau of Reclamation restarts a salinity control facility in the Colorado River basin. EPA science advisers publish a report evaluating the agency’s Waters of the U.S. proposal. […]
The Rundown The EPA intends to deny a Clean Water Act permit for a mine development in Alaska’s Bristol Bay watershed. NOAA expects another above-average Atlantic hurricane season. Officials sign a Navajo-Utah water rights settlement. The EPA announces an interagency working group for water reuse. The CDC surveys O’ahu residents for health problems after a […]
The Rundown A House committee followed its Senate counterpart and endorsed a key bill to authorize Army Corps water projects. An early-season forecast indicates a moderate harmful algal bloom in Lake Erie this summer. A GAO report recommends better federal agency coordination to help Alaska Native villages address environmental change. An inspector general’s investigation clears […]
$4 billion transmission line to deliver Canadian hydropower to New York illustrates tradeoffs in the energy transition.
May 17, 2022 Fresh is a biweekly newsletter from Circle of Blue that unpacks the biggest international, state, and local policy news stories facing the Great Lakes region today. Sign up for Fresh: A Great Lakes Policy Briefing, straight to your inbox, every other Tuesday. — Laura Gersony, Fresh Editor This Week’s Watersheds The U.S. […]
The Great Lakes News Collaborative asked state and national experts how Michigan could break the cycle of underfunding and poor decision-making that has left water systems across Michigan in sorry shape.
