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Powerful Industry’s Torrent of Manure Overwhelms State Regulators

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Powerful Industry’s Torrent of Manure Overwhelms State Regulators Cause of Michigan’s worst water pollution is too much waste spread on too little land. A TMDL also is supposed to give regulators the authority to compel point-source polluters to reduce their foul wastes. . By Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue. Photographs by J.

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Livestock Operations Are Responsible for Over Half of California’s Methane Emissions—Why Won’t CARB Regulate Them?

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The absence of baseline regulation of dairy operations isn’t limited to greenhouse gas emissions. But here’s the thing: CARB itself has the authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from dairies. CARB can regulate dairy methane. Timestamp at 2:05:10). Agricultural operations are almost uniquely unregulated.

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2021 Election Preview: New York Considers Right to Clean Water

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By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – October 26, 2021. Dernbach told Circle of Blue that these amendments act as a steadying force in state politics, for the reason that constitutions are more stable than policies and regulations, which can change from administration to administration.

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2021 Election Preview: The Expensive Battle in Maine over Hydropower Imports

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By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – October 28, 2021. They worry that scrapping the project after it was approved by state and federal regulators would set a bad precedent for the state and subject future permitting decisions to partisan politics. Proponents of the transmission line have spent more money on their campaign.

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What’s Up With Water – November 1, 2021

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In the Nile River basin last week, a political power shift in Sudan could turn up the heat on a long-simmering dispute over a major dam in the region. The post What’s Up With Water – November 1, 2021 appeared first on Circle of Blue. Rhode Island followed in 1987, and was the last state to do so.

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What’s Up With Water – November 8, 2021

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Across the country, these anxieties are gradually translating into political momentum. Recreational fishermen are a demographic that leans politically conservative, and the issue has begun changing minds about climate change. David McCool, the master angler, hopes that state officials will go farther and begin put regulations in force.

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California Enacts Major Water Law Reform Legislation–But More Changes Are Needed

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Surface water diversions by those who divert water from state waterways to use on adjacent (“riparian”) lands don’t need to obtain prior approval from state water regulators to do so. The political momentum for water law reform continued apace in 2023, as evidenced by the Legislature’s passage of SB 389.

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