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Congress Launches Investigation Into Gas Drilling Practices
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Large natural gas companies pump hundreds of thousands of gallons of diesel-based fluids into the ground.
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Congress Holds Hearing to Debate Closing Chicago-Area Locks
A Great Lakes expert warned that closing off the canals that link Chicago is the only way to keep invasive species out
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Michigan Takes Asian Carp Fight Back To the Supreme Court
Attorney General files a new brief to sever ties between Lake Michigan and carp-invested Chicago canals.
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Wisconsin City Makes Its Case for Diversion of Great Lakes Water
City officials in Waukesha, Wisconsin spelled out why they need Great Lakes water to replace their radium-contaminated city water wells Thursday, and why tapping into the world’s largest freshwater supply makes more sense than drilling more wells.
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U.S. Supreme Court Denies Mississippi’s Claims against Memphis
The United States Supreme Court declined to hear a lawsuit claiming that Memphis is pumping too much water out of a shared aquifer, the Memphis Commercial Appeal reports.
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Legal Battle Over Asian Carp in the Great Lakes Heats Up
The White House responds to calls for a Great Lakes summit to protect the lakes and their $7 billion sportfishing industry from the invasive species.
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Supreme Court Declines To Wade Into Asian Carp Fight, Worrying Great Lakes Governors
DNA tests indicate the invasive species may already have entered Lake Michigan.
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Protecting the Future of Chicagoland’s Drinking Water
Chicagoland planners have drafted an ambitious plan to secure the region’s water supply through 2050, in the face of a booming population and its increased demand on the finite resource.
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Asian Carp Knocking at the Great Lakes’ Door; Michigan Attorney General Seeks To Slam It Shut
New threat reopens century-old legal battle over diversion of Great Lakes.
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Texas Water District Continues Legal Battle for Oklahoma Water
A U.S. District judge gave the water district one month to clarify its case for claiming Oklahoma’s water sale ban is unconstitutional.
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Decades-Long Water War Amongst Southern States May Be Near an End
A recent meeting by the governors of Georgia, Alabama and Florida may help break a long-running dispute over how much water the Atlanta region can use and the source for that water.
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Peter Gleick: Stealing Water from the Future – California’s Massive Groundwater Overdraft Newly Revealed
A NASA report summarizing data collected from new satellites confirms what most water observers have known for a long time. Massive amounts of groundwater are being sucked out of California's Central Valley groundwater aquifers -- unreported, unmonitored, and unregulated.