Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Lawyers with a conservation group filed a complaint with the UK’s environmental watchdog say the country is failing to stop water companies from discharging raw sewage into rivers. What is missing is the strength of will within government to get this sorted.” – Guy Linley-Adams, a solicitor for Salmon and Trout Conservation.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2025

He is happy to roll up his sleeves to take on conservation projects throughout Monroe County. Beginning in 2021, Neely and other volunteers planted approximately 75 trees in the buffer. These buffers are beneficial for filtering runoff, reducing erosion, and providing shelter and food for animals.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Recreational fishermen are a demographic that leans politically conservative, and the issue has begun changing minds about climate change. Todd Tanner, a writer and lifelong sportsman, is the president of the climate education nonprofit group Conservation Hawks, run for and by hunters and anglers.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 6, 2021

In Virginia, state officials and conservation groups are celebrating a milestone in the massive effort to clean up the Chesapeake Bay. Read said those are conservative estimates, but they do not include anticipated federal funding from the recently passed infrastructure bill. Still they are not planning to spend enough.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Science Network guest blogger Jasmin Graham announces the inaugural POSea Conference October 1-3, 2021, online only. For BIPOC folks in marine sciences, conservation, and policy, and their allies--registration link in post.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 20, 2021

The agreement is between a dam operator, farm districts, the federal government, and a conservation group. The post The Stream, August 20, 2021: Taliban Takeover Threatens Afghanistan Water Security, Scholars Say appeared first on Circle of Blue. TODAY’S TOP WATER STORIES, TOLD IN NUMBERS.

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Ocean Conservancy

JUNE 30, 2021

Thank you for taking the time to enter your photographs and vote for your favorites during our 2021 Photo Contest this summer. Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. Without further delay, here are our 2021 Photo Contest winners. The 2021 Photo Contest Up Close & Personal Winner, "Balloonfish" © Daryl Duda.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The Western PA Conservancy hosts a March 11 webinar featuring five women talking about careers in conservation and preservation as part of the International Women and Girls In Science Day celebration starting at Noon. She attended Slippery Rock university where she earned a BS in Geography and Environmental Studies.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 13, 2021

Individual residents also seem to be responding positively to the district’s conservation programs and incentives. The post The Stream, August 13, 2021: Argentina’s Agricultural Sector Suffering Amid Parana River Drought appeared first on Circle of Blue.

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Circle of Blue

JULY 6, 2021

Amid pressure from conservation groups, Byhalia Connection said on Saturday it will cancel plans to construct a 49-mile (79-kilometer) oil pipeline that would have run directly over an aquifer providing one million people in Tennessee and Mississippi with drinking water. 1 MILLION PEOPLE .

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HumanNature

MARCH 3, 2025

Pollinators are vital to food security, ecosystem health, and biodiversity, making their conservation a national priority. Department of Agricultures Conservation Reserve Program -Farm Service Agency (USDA-FSA) Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) is one of the largest land-based restoration programs in the US [2].

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

HotSpots H2O: ‘Global Indigenous Agenda’ Calls for Water, Land, and Resource Governance at 2021 IUCN World Conference — Indigenous activists and organizations from around the world met virtually this week for the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Zoom-based World Conservation Congress.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Beginning in early 2021, the California Planning & Conservation League Foundation convened a group of water law professors and other water experts to formulate specific recommendations for modernizing California water rights law. Both AB 460 and AB 1337 were approved by the California State Assembly. Download as PDF

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Real Climate

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

2021) also reported on a two decade estimate of Earthshine measurements which appear to confirm a small decrease in albedo (and decrease in reflected short wave (SW) radiation). 2021) show that the trends in the EEI derived from CERES match what you get from the changes in ocean heat content. 1297, 2021. Similarly, Loeb et al.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Although the new rice varieties also cut down on farm labor, Reuters reports that water conservation is likely the main attraction for Indian farmers, who rely heavily on monsoon rains. The post The Stream, September 30, 2021: Agricultural Practices Do Not Follow EU Water Directives, New Report Says appeared first on Circle of Blue.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 3, 2021

A complex and arcane water banking program in the lower Colorado River basin, adopted in 2007 and later amended, was designed to incentivize water conservation, prevent waste, and boost storage in a waning Lake Mead. Amid Dire Colorado River Outlook, States Plan to Tap Their Lake Mead Savings Accounts.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 4, 2021

Freitas said measures to conserve water and direct it to power generation will disrupt shipping routes on the Tiete-Parana waterway, which lies in the heart of Brazil’s farm country and has suffered the most from the prolonged drought. Including the treaty in the easement revocation could affect other policy areas like mining.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 28, 2021

2021 Election Preview: Two Cities, Facing Floods and Aridity, Eye Big Public Works. In Case You Missed It: 2021 Election Preview: New York Considers Right to Clean Water – Voters will decide on a constitutional amendment for environmental rights. IN RECENT WATER NEWS.

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Circle of Blue

JULY 21, 2021

Several Colorado River Basin groups ask the federal government to investigate Central Utah Conservancy District’s allocation of federal funds. The post The Stream, July 21, 2021: Officials Open Reservoir Floodgates in Hyderabad After Heavy Rains appeared first on Circle of Blue.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 17, 2021

The Tier 1 shortage was triggered because the water level in Mead is projected to be 1,065 feet above sea level at the end of 2021 — 10 feet lower than the shortage threshold. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – August 17, 2021. Arizona will also draw on water it has stored in Mead due to conservation in previous years.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – September 1, 2021. In New Orleans, the Sewerage and Water Board is asking residents to conserve water to prevent sewage backups. Nearly two hundred water systems, large and small, are experiencing outages after the powerful storm. Damage from Hurricane Ida in Houma, Louisiana. Photo via NOAA.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 19, 2023

As usual, I’ll begin with his League of Conservation Voters (LCV) scores — 5% in 2022, 6% lifetime. But in 2018 he scored 9% and by 2021 the score was 17%, which seems quite high for a House Republican these days. I guess the first thing we know about Patrick McHenry is that one of his parents had an interest in U.S.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

In New Orleans, the Sewerage and Water Board asked residents to conserve water to prevent sewage backups. The post The Stream, September 9, 2021: 90% of India Experiencing Drought appeared first on Circle of Blue. In smaller towns like those in Plaquemines Parish, the problem is no water at all.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Emmer’s scores from the League of Conservation Voters are about par for a House Republican: 5% for both the 2022 scores and the lifetime score. His lifetime average was pulled up by scores of 7% in 2019, 10% in 2020, and 22% in 2021. However, his average before 2019 was more like 1%.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 7, 2021

What’s Up With Water—December 6, 2021 – This week’s episode covers illegal destruction of wetlands in Uganda, a new mapping project in California, and state officials and conservation groups in Virginia celebrating a massive environmental clean-up project. Australian Town Denied Grant For Water Supplies, Receives Dance Classes Instead.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 1, 2021

The post The Stream, October 1, 2021: Australia’s Senate Rejects Proposal For New Murray Darling Basin Management Plan appeared first on Circle of Blue. Drought in the American West. Your need-to-know drought coverage for the week. . Lasting Impacts of Wildfires Threaten Western Water Supplies.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 29, 2021

As supplies dwindle, some farmers are making voluntary cuts to conserve water. The post The Stream, December 29, 2021: Arizona Farms Are Failing To Produce Crops During Drought appeared first on Circle of Blue. EDITOR’S NOTE: We’ll be on break for the rest of this week. Happy New Year!

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 24, 2022

On December 24, the PJM Interconnection requested the public in its region to conserve electricity. The call for conservation was prompted by continuing frigid weather. Conserving electricity as much as possible between the hours of 4 a.m. The request is being made throughout PJM electricity grid region. on December 25, 2022.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 31, 2024

reservoir conservation releases, aquifer storage and recovery, and coordinated use of surface water and groundwater); -- Demand modification projects (e.g., projects that achieve water conservation, reuse, and/or recycling); and -- Environmental and water quality improvement projects (e.g.,

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Real Climate

AUGUST 17, 2022

This is an historic effort though it falls short of the broader ‘ Green New Deal ‘ goals that were proposed in 2019, and doesn’t include all of the elements that were in the proposed 2021 reconcilliation package (the American Jobs Plan in “ Build Back Better “) that ultimately floundered.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 18, 2023

Energy Policy & Conservation Act Following Berkeley’s 2019 gas prohibition ordinance, a trade group representing members “interested in opening a new restaurant or in relocating a restaurant to a new building in Berkeley,” brought suit against the city. Energy Policy & Conservation Act appeared first on Climate Law Blog.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Despite unprecedented and ongoing decline of freshwater resources, research and conservation related to freshwater ecosystems receive far less attention than those of terrestrial and marine realms. The post The Stream, December 17, 2021: A $200 Million Investment Aims To Raise Lake Mead Levels appeared first on Circle of Blue.

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Washington Nature

AUGUST 9, 2023

More than 60 community members came together last week under bright blue skies to celebrate the Washington Cascades Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) Project. Between 2016 – 2021, the USFS acquired 11,000 acres of these lands. See map below for on overview of this long-term conservation effort.

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Legal Planet

MAY 16, 2023

In the past two years, however, the things have started trending upward after years of inaction by conservative governments. By late 2021, after a decade of conservatives control of the executive branch, Australia was ranked last of sixty countries in terms of climate policy, below countries such as Saudia Arabia and Kazakhstan.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The Fourth Annual Breeding Bird Blitz for Conservation , hosted by the Pennsylvania Society for Ornithology , is seeking nonprofit organizations that support the conservation of Bird Species of Greatest Conservation Need in Pennsylvania. The Breeding Bird Blitz for Conservation is a ten-day long event each June.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 27, 2023

The PA Farm Bureau, The Heinz Foundation and the Sand County Foundation are now accepting nominations for the 2023 Pennsylvania Leopold Conservation Award. The Leopold Conservation Award will be presented at the Pennsylvania Farm Show in January. The deadline for nominations is August 1.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 26, 2021

In Case You Missed It: What’s Up With Water – October 25, 2021 – This week’s episode covers an effort to save a threatened species of salmon in California, heavy rains across India’s Himalaya region, and South Africa’s plan to remove invasive pine trees and preserve vital watersheds. IN RECENT WATER NEWS. ON THE RADAR.

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