Inside Climate News
SEPTEMBER 28, 2024
As aquifers dry up, some Midwest communities are looking to the region’s greatest natural resources for a solution. A 2008 law governs access to it—with an exemption for Illinois.
Circle of Blue
SEPTEMBER 27, 2021
Will there be enough water for Michigan’s thriving farm sector, and for every other use of a natural resource growing scarcer across much of the rest of the nation? Will there be enough water for the state’s thriving farm sector, and for every other use of a natural resource growing scarcer across much of the rest of the nation?
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Circle of Blue
MAY 2, 2023
Davenport, Iowa, is used to such floods — waters reached similar levels in 2019, 2014, and 2008. Kim Reynolds issued disaster proclamations for 15 of the state’s counties, ABC News reports. A local brewery, Stompbox Brewing, serves beers named “Flood Insurance” and “When the Levee Breaks” during such occasions, KCCI Des Moines reports.
Vermont Law
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
Iowa Department of Natural Resources considered over half of Iowas lakes, reservoirs, rivers and streams impaired. Recently, a coalition of environmental groups brought suit against the EPA for their lack of Clean Water Act (CWA) oversight surrounding CAFOs. For example, Iowa has 4,025 large CAFOs according to the EPA.
Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 3, 2022
To tackle this topic head-on, UCS, together with the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Sierra Club, commissioned a study of the impacts of truck regulations on employment from Environmental Resources Management (ERM), an independent consultant. Source: ERM 2022 ).
Circle of Blue
APRIL 5, 2022
Five water systems in the community, which have been under long-term drinking water advisories since 2008, are now being served by a new water filtration plant. For the first time in years, the Mohawks of Bay of Quinte First Nation will have access to clean running water, the Toronto Star reports. Find all the work here.
PA Environment Daily
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
Since 2004, the program has been supported by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. In 2008 the program expanded to Pittsburgh and smaller metropolitan areas, and since 2013 it has been available statewide. Since 1993 PHS has trained over 4,500 Tree Tenders in 150 Pennsylvania neighborhoods.
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