Legislation – Policy

New Orleans Residents Have Been Drinking Untreated Water Used To Cool Steam Turbines

New Orleans’s Sewerage & Water Board has been cycling untreated water used to cool steam turbines into the drinking water…

6 years ago

California’s New Governor Calls for a Tax on Drinking Water

Communities throughout the state struggle with dangerous pollutants in their supply, but opponents of the suggested tax say there is…

6 years ago

EPA’s chemical decision worries Republicans

In the House, some lawmakers are already calling for Congress to step in and force EPA to set a drinking…

6 years ago

Lame Duck Fallout in Michigan

What a group of last-minute laws mean for Michigan's environment Four bills state legislators passed during its lame duck session…

6 years ago

Newsom needs to make water supply, protections a priority

Californians deserve clean, affordable drinking water. Photo: Tomas Ovalle Water issues are notoriously difficult for California governors. Just look at…

6 years ago

DeSantis asks entire South Florida water management board to resign | TheHill

Newly sworn-in Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Thursday asked the entire South Florida water management board to resign as…

6 years ago

The Watershed Game challenges, informs decision-makers

Photo: Angie Hong, East Metro Water Resources Education Program, facilitates the Watershed Game aboard a St. Croix riverboat. When Angie…

6 years ago

New rules limiting clean water protections ignore stream science

Photo: Sections of the Little Colorado River in northern Arizona are ephemeral, flowing most frequently during the spring to accommodate…

6 years ago

Stanford study: changing scope of Native American groundwater rights

Local water agencies have pumped so much water from aquifers to supply homes, farmland and resorts in the Coachella Valley…

6 years ago

Should Rivers Have Rights? A Growing Movement Says It’s About Time

Inspired by indigenous views of nature, a movement to grant a form of legal “personhood” to rivers is gaining some…

6 years ago