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Federal Water Tap, September 27: New Projections Show High Risks for Colorado River Reservoirs

Circle of Blue

86,000 Metric Tons : Amount of used nuclear fuel from U.S. commercial power reactors. The waste is stored at 75 nuclear power sites in the country. Regan also said that the EPA will propose a draft regulation in November that would define the waterbodies that are regulated by the Clean Water Act.

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PA Environmental Professionals Host April 24 Webinar On Protecting PA’s Aquatic Ecosystems From Thermal Discharges In An Era of Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

An overview will be given on the water quality standards and water temperature criteria established under the federal Clean Water Act to assure the protection and propagation of a “balanced”, “indigenous” population (BIP) or community (BIC) of shellfish, fish, and wildlife in and on the receiving water body.

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Guest Essay: March 28, 1979 -- Three Mile Island

PA Environment Daily

commercial nuclear power industry. The accident occurred at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant Unit 2 near Middletown, a few miles downstream from Harrisburg. We had a pleasant and very substantive call, about the press treatment of the incident, the NRC's role, the implications for nuclear power, and so on.

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136 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

Yaw Proposed Same Program In PA] -- PA Capital-Star/Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: Foes And Friends Of Nuclear Power Face Off Near Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant -- ABC27: Local Activist Files Lawsuit Against Dauphin County For Using Tax Money To Promote Restart Of Undamaged Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Reactor -- AP - Marc Levy: (..)

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130 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

9 [PaEN] -- TribLive: Stop Polluting Sewickley Creek, EPA Tells Max Environmental Yukon Landfill Operator -- TribLive: Hazelwood Green Brownfield Developer Announces Plans For First Housing Component -- TribLive: Remediated Industrial Property, Wetland Near Former Cheswick Power Plant In Springdale Twp.

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Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 7.12.22

PA Environment Daily

In the meantime, security of oil and gas supplies will continue to pose a challenge for Europe, and also for other regions, he said.”

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Environmental Perspectives

Environmental Science

For example, EPA under the Clean Water Act established 129 “ Priority Pollutants ” in 1976, a list of which is a typical analytical suite that you can order as a package. Clean Water Act. Through this law, water pollution is managed by controlling wastewater discharges. 4 - Environmental Regulation.