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Indigenous Treaty Rights In Michigan by Circle Of Blue

Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. This week: the end of Jackson, MS boil-water advisory, research on the links between rivers and groundwater, and California regulators developing the world's first guidelines for microplastics in drinking water. Plus a CoB exclusive feature on Line 5 and treaty rights.

This is an excerpt of the March 15, 2021 episode of What's Up With Water. National governments are not on track to meet the ambitious, globally recognized goals for universal access to safe drinking water and sanitation by 2030. Nor are they sufficiently shepherding their rivers, lakes, and aquifers through an era of climate change, water stress, and population growth. That’s according to a United...

Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. Stories this week on Flint water settlement, Louisiana groundwater, and low reservoirs in South Africa. Plus a CoB exclusive feature on Sustainable Development Goals for water.

Ready or Not. Water Could Make Michigan a Climate Refuge. by Circle Of Blue

Navajo Generating Station shut down in 2019 and is now being dismantled. The Colorado River water that cooled the plant is part of a broader legal impasse.

Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. This week: a water crisis in Jackson, MS, a CDP report on water risk for businesses, and legal personhood status for a Quebec river. Plus an exclusive CoB feature on the closing of the largest coal-fired power plant in the American West - Navajo Generating Station.

Your "need to know news" from Circle of Blue. This week: Taiwan drought affects computer chip industry, the World Wildlife Fund's report on freshwater fish, and a CoB exclusive feature on why Michigan and the Great Lakes region could be a climate migration magnet.

This is an excerpt of the February 22, 2021 episode of What's Up With Water. The story of the pandemic has been its inequality. By almost every measurement — job losses, vaccine distribution, death rates — the public health emergency has resulted in unequal outcomes. The people hit the hardest are those already on the margins. So it is for water utilities and their customers. Some utilities have f...

Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. This week: The Mekong River drops to worrying levels, U.S. dam removals in 2020, and Nestle sells bottled water brands. Plus a CoB exclusive on the pandemic's unequal impact on North Carolina water providers and their customers.

Speaking Of Water - Water Infrastructure & Environmental Justice by Circle Of Blue

A new grant program in Michigan is aimed at removing contaminants from drinking water systems, and it’s so popular, demand for the funds is far outpacing the supply. The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy announced that 32 grant applicants, many of them small towns, requested more than $80 million in state funds. The problem? Only $25 million is available to give out.

Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. This week: research on the health impacts of nitrate in drinking water, Florida water system hacking, and the fourth-largest city in Illinois picks a new water provider to transition away from a declining aquifer. Plus an exclusive CoB feature on a Michigan water infrastructure grant program.

Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. Stories this week: Regulator in Australia rejects coal mine expansion beneath catchments that provide drinking water to Sydney, India's government proposes an ambitious urban water supply initiative, and activists in northern Minnesota oppose Line 3 oil pipeline replacement. Plus an exclusive CoB feature on Massachusetts water affo...

This is an excerpt of the February 1, 2021 episode of What's Up With Water. This week Circle of Blue reports on the risks of aging water infrastructure. From the early to mid 20th century, dams were all the rage. But the dam-building binge is coming to a turning point.

Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. This week: Water supply agreement from a disputed lake in Georgia, Biden administration looks to increase spending on disaster prevention, and Chicago council member introduces water shutoff and affordability bill. Plus, a CoB feature on aging dams.

Jennifer Turner & Scott Moore Interviewed By Brett Walton

Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. This week: stories on a lead lawsuit, lake heatwaves, and the benefits of piped water for women and girls in Zambia. Plus a CoB feature story on water-bill debt in California.

On January 4th, the Army Corps of Engineers finalized a rule that further weakens federal protections for the nation’s smallest streams. The revisions are to nationwide permits, which regulate the filling and dredging of waterways. They are among a flurry of environmental deregulatory actions by federal agencies in the final days of the Trump administration, despite the potential for reversal unde...

Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. This week: Criminal charges in the Flint lead crisis, PFAS in drinking water in China, and the city of Victoria, British Columbia stops dumping raw sewage into an international waterway. Plus, a CoB feature on the Trump administration's last-minute rule changes for small streams.

India’s farmers are key to the country’s industrial future,

Your "need to know" news of the world's water, from Circle of Blue. Stories this week on data sharing in the Mekong River basin, a shrinking glacier in Bolivia, and global land subsidence. Plus CoB feature on irrigation in India.

Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. We begin the new year with three stories of water progress in the USA: a settlement for victims of the Flint water crisis, cleaner water in New Jersey and federal approval of a water rights settlement for the Navajo Nation in Utah.

This is an excerpt of the December 21, 2020 episode of What's Up With Water. This week Circle of Blue reports on a new study revealing the water contamination risks of plastic pipes exposed to the heat of wildfires. In California, wildfires have been brutal in recent years. They have incinerated millions of acres of forest and blazed through developed areas with vicious force. Fifteen of the 20 mo...

Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. This week: PFAS found in a pesticide used in Massachusetts and New Mexico regulators restricting freshwater use in oil and gas production. Plus, a CoB feature on plastic pipes and wildfire.