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The Rundown Billion-dollar-plus weather disasters last year did more than $300 billion in damages and killed at least 362 people. A bipartisan group of House members publishes an infrastructure proposal. Federal crop insurance subsidies increased in tandem with commodity crop prices, the Congressional Budget Office finds. The House passes a bill approving use of federal […]
The EPA has heard similar suggestions before. Will the agency act decisively this time?
The Global Rundown Regulations on arsenic levels in U.S. drinking water led to reduced exposure among Americans, a study finds. More than half of insured farmers in Tamil Nadu, India, have not received compensation for crop losses during the state’s 2016-2017 drought. A new Michigan water crisis unfolds near Grand Rapids as household water close […]
The Global Rundown The E.P.A.’s efforts to reduce arsenic levels in U.S. public water systems results in fewer lung, bladder, and skin cancers. The death toll in Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria continues to rise due to waterborne illnesses. Global warming could bring major flooding to New York City every five years, according to a […]
The Rundown The GAO finds little activity in state nutrient trading markets and catalogues the military’s response to firefighting chemicals in drinking water. Security agencies warn energy and water utilities about a hacking campaign that began in May. Developers file a permit for a 2,000-megawatt pumped storage hydropower project in northern Arizona. The U.S. Geological […]
Pioneering water law gained relevance in dry weather for solving hazards of water inequality. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue Though the nation’s first state law to assure the human right to safe water and sanitation was enacted in California in 2012, not much happened immediately afterward. The law existed in a dormant state, like […]
The state was the first in the U.S. to declare a human right to water. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue Hundreds of thousands of California residents, perhaps as many as one million of the 39 million people in the state, do not have safe drinking water or toilet facilities. The wide gap in access […]
As rates rise, water authorities question longstanding affordability measurement.
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 […]
For second time, draft of new health regulation is deferred.
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 […]
Report is first to track higher standards set by the UN’s sustainable development goals. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue Some 2.1 billion people lack water at home that is free of bacterial contamination and is available when needed, according to a World Health Organization/UNICEF report that sets a baseline against which the world will […]
