Legislation – Policy

Trump Eases Pollution Controls on Streams and Wetlands

Photo: Farmland abutting prairie potholes, a type of ephemeral wetland, in North Dakota.Jim Brandenburg/Minden Pictures WASHINGTON — The Trump administration…

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Wisconsin Task Force on Water Quality — Recommendations

MADISON, Wis. (WSAW) -- The Speaker’s Task Force on Water Quality released its recommendations Wednesday, creating a bipartisan package of…

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Iowa deserves to be more than just a feedlot between two rivers

In December, U.S. Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey introduced a historic new vision for agriculture and food in the…

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A legal loss in Florida’s water war | Editorial

A special master appointed by the U.S. Supreme Court has said that Florida - not Georgia - is to blame…

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How an Old Law Is Helping Fight New Plastic Problems

New legislative efforts to ban plastics are important, but a recent court ruling in Texas reminds us that enforcing existing…

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Solar and wind energy preserve groundwater for drought, agriculture

Using drought-prone California as a case study, a research team shows that increased solar and wind energy can reduce the…

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Environmental Group Says Almost All Kansas Tap Water Is Too Contaminated

Nomin Ujiyediin / Kansas News Service file photo WICHITA, Kansas — The water coming out of your tap might meet…

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Wall Street spends millions to buy up Washington state water

Photo: Don Lundgren’s family ranch sits next to the Chewuch River. Lundgren hoped to sell water rights to Crown Columbia…

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Brewers warn Supreme Court: Back the Clean Water Act, or beer will taste like medicine

Photo: Geoff Bado and Lori White at their brewery, Zed’s Beer, in October of 2019. MARLTON, N.J. — Like craft…

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These Dams Needed Replacing 15 Years Ago. Now Texas will Drain Four Lakes Instead.

Photo: The dam at Lake McQueeny, near Seguin, is one of four remaining in the Guadalupe River Valley in Central…

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