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A FOIA Saga

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The long road to information about a federal study of fracking’s…
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The Metropolitan Lockdown of Boston: A Unique American Experience

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The four days of shock and outrage in Boston — which started on Monday with the Boston Marathon bombings and climaxed on Friday in Watertown with a flurry of bullets — was history in the making. Circle of Blue's Keith Schneider was there for part of it.
The most beautiful country in the world, the United States, presents spectacular scenes of nature in every state, like the Cape Cod shoreline on Earth Day in Chatham, Mass.

Just As It’s Always Been, Earth Day Marks Big Problems and Big Choices

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Circle of Blue's senior editor Keith Schneider spent Earth Day on the East Coast, reflecting on the celebration's past accomplishments and future goals.

Iraqi Engineer Wins Goldman Environmental Prize for Work on Marsh Restoration

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Over the last decade, Azzam Alwash has helped revived Iraq’s…
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In Hawaii, ‘The Rain Follows The Forest’

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With her recent move from Alabama to Hawaii, Circle of Blue reporter Codi Yeager-Kozacek finds that, in the middle of an ocean, freshwater challenges abound.

Don’t Believe the Hyperbole: Kansas’ Reputation as a Backward-thinking State is (Partially) Wrong

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When it comes to water management, Circle of Blue reporter Brett Walton thinks Kansas is a beacon on the plains.

In Ending Coal-fired Electricity, Ontario Cuts Water Use and Climate-changing Gases

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Canada province pursues a new energy production path.

Wanted: Design & Data Interns for Summer 2013

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Think you have what it takes to be a Circle of Blue intern?

To Frack Or Not? Let’s Ask The Right Question

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It's apparent why a great number of Michigan residents wonder about the risks of fracking and whether the state and the federal government ought to shut the technology down. The industrial breakthrough that now enables developers to recover oil and natural gas from hydrocarbon-rich shales 6,000 to 10,000 feet beneath the surface is potentially fraught with danger.

J. Carl Ganter: The Biggest Story of Our Lifetime Is Water

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For World Water Day 2013, Skoll World Forum and Circle of Blue asked four of the world’s leading water experts to weigh in. Here is what J. Carl Ganter, director of Circle of Blue, had to say about water's connection to 21st-century journalism.

Circle of Blue and Institute for Globally Transformative Technologies Announce ‘Choke Point: Index’

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Choke Point: Index is the first dynamic, open-source data and journalism project to explore the linkage between water, food and energy.

UNICEF Warns of a ‘Lost Generation’ for Syria’s Children

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The humanitarian agency lacks the money to serve the millions…