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The Rundown Draft lead rule is now expected in January. The Justice Department settles a closely watched Clean Water Act lawsuit against a California farmer. Trump infrastructure executive order turns its back to the rising oceans, while the EPA will review an Obama-era water pollution standard for fossil fuel power plants. Thanks to a wet […]
The Global Rundown The United States National Park Service reverses its ban on plastic water bottles. Crops that produce a thick layer of leaf wax may be more resilient during droughts, a new study finds. As crops wither due to drought in Sri Lanka, young farmers leave the countryside in search of new job opportunities. […]
Warming lake waters worsen pollution, harm ecosystems. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue An annual analysis of the planet’s climate reaffirms what researchers knew was the case: that 2016 was the hottest year since at least 1880, when reliable global measurements were first kept. Record concentrations of heat-trapping gases and a strong El Nino raised […]
The Global Rundown Floods in northern Vietnam killed 26 and caused an estimated $41 million in damage over the past week. Farmers in Thailand, which was also hit by recent flooding, will receive $48 million in relief. Officials in Hong Kong close more than a dozen beaches as congealed palm oil washes ashore. Tropical Storm […]
The Rundown The waiver applies to a 15-mile section inland from the Pacific Ocean. The EPA adds seven sites, including a town whose drinking water was tainted by nonstick compounds, to the Superfund list. The annual summer Gulf of Mexico dead zone is the largest on record. Federal scientists are collecting water samples in a […]
The Global Rundown A new study links thousands of farmer suicides in India to changes in temperature and rainfall. India’s prime minister said climate change has contributed to floods and other natural disasters. There is little chance the world will limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius, researchers found. Scientists also warned that the loss […]
The Rundown Nuclear regulators say that fears of groundwater contamination in South Florida are misplaced. The BLM moves to repeal a rule, already invalidated by a federal judge, that addresses well construction, handling of chemicals, and data reporting for fracked wells on public lands. The EPA, meanwhile, officially moved to revoke an Obama administration definition […]
Restrictions on utilities result in weak aid programs, study finds.
The Rundown The infrastructure projects are big and small, mostly public but some private. The Senate votes today to confirm a California farm lobbyist as second in command at the Interior Department. An inspector general report concludes that the EPA needs to improve its oversight of state drinking water programs. Continuing its reversal of the […]
The Global Rundown Rome may begin rationing water as early as Wednesday amid a severe drought. Rising sea levels in Florida could displace more than a million people by the end of the century, scientists found. Flooding in Japan forced thousands of people to evacuate over the weekend. Saudi Arabia may be preparing to sell […]
The Global Rundown Tanzania’s government is considering the eviction of thousands of farmers along the Great Ruaha River, which it says has been damaged by agriculture. Inadequate infrastructure and hot weather conditions are causing water shortages in the West Bank. California’s water board set a new drinking water standard for a carcinogenic chemical in the […]
