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Supreme Court’s Limitation on Wetlands Protection Will Make Flooding Worse

by Circle of Blue June 4, 2026June 4, 2026

By Lisa Sorg June 2, 2026 This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. The destruction of wetlands in the United States has increased the amount of flood insurance claims by $10 billion over the past 40 […]

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Why Wildfire Experts Are So Worried About This Year’s Fire Season

by Circle of Blue June 4, 2026June 4, 2026

Looking through a chain link fence at a water well with water spewing from it

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Corpus Christi Plans to Declare a ‘Water Emergency.’ What Does That Mean?

by Circle of Blue May 2, 2026April 29, 2026

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Mega manure digester project in Washington state meets community resistance

by Brian Bienkowski April 10, 2026April 10, 2026

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Enbridge paid police to protect one pipeline. Now it wants to do it again in Wisconsin.

by Circle of Blue March 10, 2026May 13, 2026

stream polluted with trash running through a city with two walls running adjacent to it

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Syria’s Environmental Woes Fueled Its Long Conflict. Left Unaddressed, They Will Do So Again.

by Circle of Blue February 27, 2026February 27, 2026

Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins speaking at a ribbon-cutting event, standing in front of a podium with a microphone

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Wisconsin Manure Digester at the Center of USDA Loan Trouble

by Brian Bienkowski February 24, 2026February 24, 2026

Looking across the shore of Darlington Park Beach where the Ontario small modular reactors project will be started

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Small modular reactors, big dreams: Ontario’s nuclear pitch

by Fatima Syed February 19, 2026February 19, 2026

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Rivers of Death

by Circle of Blue January 25, 2026January 25, 2026

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Michigan’s Other Water Crisis: PFAS’s Prevalence in Private Wells

by Circle of Blue January 8, 2026January 8, 2026

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Satellite Imagery Shows Tehran’s Accelerating Water Crisis

by Circle of Blue December 22, 2025December 22, 2025

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Federal judge: Michigan has no authority to shut down Line 5

by Kelly House December 19, 2025December 19, 2025

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Broke and On Their Own: Small Water Systems Lose Ground as Federal Support Wavers

For systems serving rural and low-income communities, the finances were already precarious.

June 11, 2026

Illinois Fails to Pass Landmark Act Requiring ‘Responsible’ Data Center Energy and Water Use

The bill proposed mandatory water use reports at data centers and the facilities that powered them

June 5, 2026June 10, 2026

Supreme Court’s Limitation on Wetlands Protection Will Make Flooding Worse

A new study calculates the dollar value of wetlands in reducing river flooding. But in Sackett vs. EPA, the high court rolled back protections for nature’s first line of defense.

June 4, 2026June 4, 2026

Why Wildfire Experts Are So Worried About This Year’s Fire Season

With a puny snowpack in the Western mountains and a widespread drought, the nation is a tinderbox. A reorganization of federal firefighting efforts and the departure of many staff qualified to join the fight are heightening concern.

June 4, 2026June 4, 2026

Political Surprise in the Corn Belt

Water pollution and cancer are on the ballot.

June 1, 2026June 1, 2026

Hoover Dam Approaches a Hydropower Cliff

Big cuts in generating capacity are coming.

May 31, 2026

Illinois Tightens PFAS Oversight Amid Federal Rollback Efforts

A new state law establishes stronger monitoring requirements for toxic “forever chemicals” in wastewater discharge

May 27, 2026May 29, 2026

Ohio Needs Power For Its Data Centers. Lawmakers Want to Redefine ‘Clean Energy’ to Get It

Legislators are considering classifying natural gas and some coal as “clean” energy sources while effectively banning solar and wind in a race to secure electricity for AI training

May 21, 2026May 26, 2026

Category: Water News

Supreme Court’s Limitation on Wetlands Protection Will Make Flooding Worse

Why Wildfire Experts Are So Worried About This Year’s Fire Season

Corpus Christi Plans to Declare a ‘Water Emergency.’ What Does That Mean?

Mega manure digester project in Washington state meets community resistance

Enbridge paid police to protect one pipeline. Now it wants to do it again in Wisconsin.

Syria’s Environmental Woes Fueled Its Long Conflict. Left Unaddressed, They Will Do So Again.

Wisconsin Manure Digester at the Center of USDA Loan Trouble

Small modular reactors, big dreams: Ontario’s nuclear pitch

Rivers of Death

Michigan’s Other Water Crisis: PFAS’s Prevalence in Private Wells

Satellite Imagery Shows Tehran’s Accelerating Water Crisis

Federal judge: Michigan has no authority to shut down Line 5

The world faces compounding crises.

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