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“We Can’t Sit Back” – Amid Polluted Water and Climbing Cancer Rates, Iowa Eyes Farm Chemicals

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Health authorities react to rampant fertilizer and pesticide contamination in water.

Year in Water, 2023

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Scenes from the Great Acceleration

Push to Turn Farm Manure into Renewable Energy Draws Concerns

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Billions in Taxpayer-funded incentives for new, loosely regulated U.S. energy sector.

Will Energy From Manure Help or Harm Water Quality in Michigan?

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Chevron and two utilities are building big methane biodigesters on the state’s largest dairies.

US Regulators Order Minnesota to Clean Up Nitrate Contaminated Water

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EPA acts to limit an “imminent” health threat

EPA Restarts Assessment of Health Risks from Nitrate in Water

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The agency will evaluate the hazards from agriculture’s primary water pollutant

“What We’re Up Against” – North Dakota Towns Fight Farm Bureau to Keep Water Clean

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Tiny Pelican Township gets dragged into national campaign to upend local zoning rules.

New Mexico’s Largest Fire Wrecked This City’s Water Source

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Era of megafires endangers water supplies in American West.

The $58 Trillion Value of Water: A Conversation with Stuart Orr of WWF

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New WWF report estimates the economic value of freshwater ecosystems.