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The Rundown EPA report reveals dozens of considerations for new lead rules. Trial begins today in a U.S. Supreme Court lawsuit between Florida and Georgia over a shared river basin. Bernie Sanders urges the president to intervene in Dakota Access pipeline protest. Lead pollution and clean drinking water are two of EPA’s environmental justice challenges. […]
A battered ecosystem begins to recover. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue On March 23, 2014, the gates were opened wide at Morelos Dam on the U.S.-Mexico border near Yuma, Arizona. For the next eight weeks, water pitched into the dry bed of the Colorado River, wetting its delta like the spring floods that coursed […]
The Global Rundown Building a coal plant upstream of the Sundarbans mangrove forest in Bangladesh would bring unacceptable risks to water and habitat, according to a new report. The loss of forests on Mount Kilimanjaro is reducing the amount of water for rivers and communities. Countries across South Asia need to address black carbon emissions […]
The Rundown The Army Corps denies allegations that it did not follow federal rules in approving Dakota Access pipeline permits. A Bureau of Reclamation program in the Klamath River Basin wasted millions of dollars on farm payments. The Interior Department begins a study of the social and economic benefits of Indian water rights settlements. Pacific […]
The Rundown Presidents usually do not talk about aquifers or groundwater, but Obama did, briefly. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposes an Endangered Species Act listing for an Alabama salamander. The Bureau of Reclamation offers a $US 1 million prize for reducing desalination brine. The EPA’s internal watchdog will investigate the water-saving claims of […]
The Global Rundown The international Paris accord to cut carbon emissions and curb climate change will go into effect early next month, following the agreement’s ratification by countries representing more than half of global emissions. There is a high probability the western United States will face a megadrought by the end of the century. More […]
The Global Rundown The prime minister of St. Lucia called for more action on climate change as Hurricane Matthew brought floods and landslides to Caribbean island nations. More rain is expected in South Australia, where storms cut electricity across the state last week. Some communities in northern England are still struggling to recover from last […]
The Global Rundown More than 100,000 people in Southeast Asia may have died early due to the burning of drained wetlands and forests in Indonesia last year, a study found. Desalinated water may be contributing to iodine-deficiencies and associated health problems, according to researchers in Israel. Canada’s new government has done little to improve its […]
The Global Rundown A sinkhole at a fertilizer plant in Florida sent radioactive material into a local aquifer over the weekend, and a gasoline pipeline spill in Alabama narrowly missed sensitive river habitat. The Netherlands resumed a funding project to install potable water access in Benin. Researchers will set off from England this week to […]
The Global Rundown The top international criminal court in The Hague announced it will expand its focus to include environmental crimes. A proposed regulation overhaul in California would keep more water for the environment in the San Joaquin River and its delta. The U.S. Senate approved a bill that could authorize billions of dollars for […]
