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What’s Up With Water – November 1, 2021

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In New York state, voters have a chance to enshrine environmental protections in their state constitution, which could revive a legal movement that flourished in the United States a half-century ago. Environmental Protection Agency and passed landmark environmental laws to protect air, land, and water.

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The Stream, June 29, 2021: Detroiters Face Severe Flooding After Heavy Rains

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Here we are in 2021. What’s Up With Water – June 28, 2021 – This week’s episode covers the body of Indigenous activist Tomás Rojo Valencia that was recoverd last week in Mexico and drought and toxic algal blooms in Iowa that are putting drinking water supplies for more than 500,000 people at risk. Although officials from Gov.

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The Stream, September 14, 2021: Could Rainwater Harvesting Solve Water Scarcity in Mexico City?

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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. 6,000 LEAD SERVICE LINES.

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The Stream, June 23, 2021: Jordan Cancels Canal Plans With Israel and Palestinian Authority

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In Case You Missed It: Hotspots H2O: Longstanding Drought in Iran Begets Farmer Protests, Power Outages, and Widespread Water Rationing – A decades-long drought in one of the warming world’s most arid regions, heightened by what many consider to be governmental mismanagement, has set the state for a severe, dangerously dry 2021.

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What’s Up With Water November 15, 2021

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Four months later, in March 2021, federal lawmakers doubled down on the approach. The money aims to help residents pay off past-due water bills that accumulated in the pandemic period between March 4, 2020 and June 15, 2021. Environmental Protection Agency. They added $500 million, bringing total funding to more than $1.1

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What’s Up With Water – July 12, 2021

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In China, the vice premier has called for greater environmental protections along the Yellow River, the country’s second-longest waterway. Reuters reports that the call came after state media and the environmental ministry made unannounced visits to cities and prefectures in the watershed and secretly shot footage.

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What’s Up With Water – December 6, 2021

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Environmental Protection Agency when utilities assess the cost of controlling sewage pollution. The post What’s Up With Water – December 6, 2021 appeared first on Circle of Blue. A community affordability analysis is mandated by the U.S. Community-level affordability remains a challenge.

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