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The Rundown The Army Corps denies allegations that it did not follow federal rules in approving Dakota Access pipeline permits. A Bureau of Reclamation program in the Klamath River Basin wasted millions of dollars on farm payments. The Interior Department begins a study of the social and economic benefits of Indian water rights settlements. Pacific […]
The Global Rundown An employee of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will not be charged criminally for a spill of contaminated water from Colorado’s Gold King mine site. Residents of informal settlements in Pakistan are deciding to build sewage systems themselves rather than wait for government assistance. Johannesburg, South Africa is implementing more severe water […]
The Global Rundown Hurricane Matthew cut an avenue of death and destruction as it moved northward out of the Caribbean. Water is the uniting factor for a coalition opposing an Oklahoma “right-to-farm” ballot initiative. Average water use per fracked well doubled in the United States since 2013, according to an analysis of industry data. In […]
The Rundown A federal judge said pipeline construction could proceed, but Obama administration decides to pause Dakota Access pending further review. The CDC surveys the Toledo community’s response to the 2014 toxic algal bloom that shut down the city’s drinking water system. EPA and state regulators close wastewater injection wells in Oklahoma because of earthquakes. […]
The Global Rundown A new tool will allow federal forecasters to track hourly the water conditions in rivers and streams across the United States. In the past year, the U.S. has experienced eight floods of a magnitude that statistically occurs only once every 500 years. Federal water managers also predicted this week that low water […]
The Rundown The Energy Department identifies a path for more U.S. hydropower. The White House issues a cyberattack response plan. The EPA issues water quality recommendations to protect fish from copper and selenium, while the EPA’s internal watchdog delays an investigation into the Gold King mine spill. Federal agencies make “little progress” on a national […]
The Global Rundown A new study suggests that extreme climate events can increase the risk of violent conflict in certain regions. Fifteen countries across southern Africa are asking for nearly $3 billion to address the lingering effects of a severe regional drought. More than a million people in India have been affected by monsoon floods […]
The Rundown Congress has not given the executive branch authority to regulate fracking, a federal judge determines. Millions of trees died in the California drought. President Obama signs pipeline safety bill that has provisions directed at a Great Lakes oil pipeline. The president also threatens to veto a Zika bill because of clean water concerns. […]
Finance managers develop tools to avoid losses.
Ecological principles guide economic strategies to fit 21st-century conditions.
Cost of water and sewer services is rising out of reach for hundreds of thousands of Americans. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue The cost of drinking water and sewer services in the United States, rising on average at twice the rate of inflation, is giving birth to a new civil rights movement, one based […]
