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AUGUST 2, 2021

—— In Argentina, government officials declared an emergency over the dwindling Parana River, the country’s most economically significant waterway. —— In Saudi Arabia, the government suspended a $2 billion sale of a stake in the world’s largest desalination plant.

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AUGUST 16, 2021

In the United Kingdom, government leaders are hoping to solve two problems with one effort. The UK government has allocated 4 million pounds for a test run of the concept. government scientists just declared as the hottest on record. The post What’s Up With Water — August 16, 2021 appeared first on Circle of Blue.

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MAY 9, 2022

As of 2021, 30 emissions trading systems were in force globally, covering 16 – 17 % of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. As a compromise, California law (AB 398) has limited offsets to 4% of compliance obligations for the 2021-2025 period and capped the offsets without in-state benefits that can be utilized for compliance. .

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

What is missing is the strength of will within government to get this sorted.” – Guy Linley-Adams, a solicitor for Salmon and Trout Conservation. The post The Stream, September 14, 2021: Could Rainwater Harvesting Solve Water Scarcity in Mexico City? “The law is clear and has been since 1991. appeared first on Circle of Blue.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Government regulators expect that the chemical distribution problem will be short-lived. In India, a government program is bringing running water to more homes in areas of high-poverty. Earlier this month, the federal government announced a new office that will focus on health problems linked to climate change.

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JULY 13, 2021

First Nations groups in Australia plead the federal government to distribute $40 million promised to them in 2018 for to buy water. What’s Up With Water – July 12, 2021 – This week’s episode covers a call in China for greater protections along the Yellow River and a controversial pipeline that will not be built in Tennessee.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2021

In that decade, the federal government created the U.S. And state governments began to secure those same rights for individuals in their constitutions. The post What’s Up With Water – November 1, 2021 appeared first on Circle of Blue.

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DECEMBER 13, 2021

In the United States, government agencies in Hawaii are dealing with a water contamination crisis. Communities rich and poor bore witness to horrific devastation in 2021. federal government declared a first-ever Tier 1 shortage, requiring mandatory water cuts for Arizona and Nevada. Extreme events are happening more often.

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AUGUST 23, 2021

The federal government marked the changing conditions recently, declaring a Tier 1 shortage for the lower Colorado River basin. The post What’s Up With Water – August 23, 2021 appeared first on Circle of Blue. More water news and analysis await you at circleofblue.org.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Four months later, in March 2021, federal lawmakers doubled down on the approach. What’s more, the work required them to form new relationships between government and local agencies. 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.

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APRIL 24, 2023

Provincial governments in China approved more new coal power in the first three months of this year than they did in all of 2021, according to a new analysis from Greenpeace. Read more on E360 →

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JUNE 7, 2021

Undark reports that state and local governments are often unprepared for flooding and don’t recognize the risk posed by dams that are near toxic waste sites, leaving communities vulnerable to disaster and environmental contamination. The post What’s Up With Water – June 7, 2021 appeared first on Circle of Blue.

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JUNE 21, 2021

The trend lines aren’t promising, so government agencies and nonprofit groups are preparing for a difficult summer in which thousands of wells could fail. Experts and officials interviewed for this story felt that government agencies and nonprofit groups are better equipped to respond this time around.

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JUNE 23, 2021

“Over the last few years the drop in grant has forced us to reduce or stop work it used to fund, with real-world impacts (eg on our ability to protect water quality) for which we and the government are now facing mounting criticism.” – Emma Howard Boyd, chair of the U.K. Environment Agency, in a letter to environment secretary George Eustice.

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AUGUST 20, 2021

The federal government acknowledged the changing conditions on Monday, declaring a Tier 1 shortage for the lower Colorado River basin, setting the stage for more drastic measures in the near future. The agreement is between a dam operator, farm districts, the federal government, and a conservation group.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Government agencies, researchers, and others can provide guidance and educational outreach to help diverters understand measurement and reporting requirements and technical options. Researchers and government agencies can examine similarities and differences in different parties’ data needs and how well available data are meeting those needs.

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JULY 12, 2021

Ken Austin, the emergency services manager in Fresno County, California, had started to discuss the challenges government agencies face in responding to drought, when he stopped, then apologized for being distracted. The post What’s Up With Water – July 12, 2021 appeared first on Circle of Blue.

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DECEMBER 6, 2021

The recommendations also relate to government aid, including technical and financial assistance to low-income communities and utilities. The post What’s Up With Water – December 6, 2021 appeared first on Circle of Blue. Other considerations include forgiving customer debt and engaging communities in planning processes.

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DECEMBER 22, 2021

What’s Up With Water—December 20, 2021 – This week’s episode covers ongoing drought in Iraq, an investigation into an oil and gas exploration company in southwest Africa, and the annual meeting of Colorado River Basin leaders. “Third Pole” Glaciers Melting At An Alarming Rate, Study Finds. ON THE RADAR.

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AUGUST 19, 2021

“The Story of Lumshnong” — the winner of the 2021 Yale Environment 360 Video Contest — examines how government officials allowed cement companies to pour into a forest in northeast India, polluting the air and water and destroying an ecosystem on which local villagers depend. Read more on E360 ?.

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AUGUST 17, 2021

Federal government declares, for the first time, a Tier 1 shortage due to low water at Lake Mead. The federal government acknowledged changing conditions in the drying American Southwest on Monday, declaring a Tier 1 shortage for the lower Colorado River basin. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – August 17, 2021.

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JANUARY 2, 2023

Allegiant Travel Company has released its 2021 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report that details the company's efforts to reduce its climate impact and enhance the communities where employees live and work.

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AUGUST 11, 2021

According to data from the Imran Khan government, more than 50 percent of water from various sources in 20 cities in Pakistan is unsafe to drink, the Hindustan Times reports. The post The Stream, August 11, 2021: Piazza San Marco Underwater In Rare Summer Flood appeared first on Circle of Blue.

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JANUARY 10, 2025

This report (at page 13) notes that in 2017-18, California and the federal government conducted about 80,000 acres of prescribed burns in the state. More broadly, the state treated over one million acres of land for fire risk in 2023, an increase of 25% in terms of total treatment acreage from 2021.

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MAY 28, 2021

Australia’s government should have conducted a more thorough analysis of the impacts of water withdrawals for the controversial Carmichael coal mine, a court rules. The Brisbane Times reports that the court ruled that the national government should have done a more thorough analysis of the impacts of the planned water withdrawals.

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APRIL 4, 2024

National governments are the most important systemic actors in the governance of climate action, primarily because they are the only actors with the ability to adopt economy-wide decarbonization measures. Over 80 government framework cases have been filed around the world, using a wide variety of legal and factual arguments.

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AUGUST 24, 2023

In 2021, the South African government committed to shutting down the country’s captive-lion breeding industry, which provided animals for canned hunts. Among the sticking points slowing progress is what should happen to the thousands of lions that remain on private ranches. Read more on E360 →

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MARCH 27, 2024

New analysis from Environmental Defence reveals that despite federal government promises, funding to the fossil fuel and petrochemical industries remains high Ottawa | Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People – New analysis released today by Environmental Defence reveals Canada’s federal government provided at least $18.6

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JUNE 18, 2021

A new report out of the UK calls on the government to improve the country’s climate adaptation plan. But because the trend lines do not look promising, government agencies and nonprofit groups are preparing for a difficult summer in which thousands of wells could fail. In Case You Missed It: .

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JUNE 17, 2021

Government agencies and nonprofit groups are preparing for difficult months ahead. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – June 17, 2021. But because the trend lines do not look promising, government agencies and nonprofit groups are preparing for a difficult summer in which thousands of wells could fail. Carl Ganter / Circle of Blue.

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APRIL 14, 2022

A bare-chested old man lies in the emergency room of a government hospital in northeast Nigeria. 15, 2021, incident that harmed Mikaila and another farmer is just one in a larger pattern of growing hostilities between herders and farmers in this region. between 1984 and 2021, while the area experienced a 71.9% We grew up here.

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JUNE 3, 2021

Al Jazeera reports the move comes after years of negotiations with the Namibian government, which sought reparations and acknowledgement for the genocide of at least 75,000 Ovaherero and Nama people by German settlers in the early 1900s. Germany announced it will provide $1.3 29 PERCENT.

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JANUARY 31, 2023

This month, the federal government will officially (and in my opinion, prematurely) end the pandemic food assistance expansion. Few would know that the poverty threshold in the United States originated in the 1960s and was determined using the cost of a government-determined diet in 1963. But it doesn’t have to be that way.

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AUGUST 19, 2021

The federal government acknowledged the changing conditions on Monday, declaring a Tier 1 shortage for the lower Colorado River basin. The post The Stream, August 19, 2021: Hundreds Flee Deadly Water Conflict in Northern Cameroon appeared first on Circle of Blue.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Representatives Scott Peters (D-California) and María Elvira Salazar (R-Florida), the NCARS bill would improve how the federal government prepares and responds to extreme weather and climate-related disasters. Over a decade, from 2007-2017 , the direct costs of extreme weather events to the federal government was $350 billion.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2023

To expand and modernize the nation’s electric infrastructure, the federal government recently announced new funding. This continues a 100-year-old tradition of government shaping the electric grid. Grid reliability is part of FERC’s authority and responsibility.

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JULY 29, 2021

The Irish Times reports that amid the report’s release, the Government approved plans for a €139 million wastewater treatment plant for Arklow, Co Wicklow, where untreated wastewater is continuously discharged into a nearby river.

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