Circle of Blue | Water Reporting, Data & Convening
Nov 27, 2024 · A powerful, overnight rainstorm in central Bosnia and Herzegovina has caused the country’s ‘worst flooding in years.’ River flows around the world fell to all-time lows last year, according to a new United Nations report. The amount of moss and plant life on Antarctica has increased tenfold over the past 40 years, as sea ice and snow continue to …
Water Pricing - Circle of Blue
Jun 18, 2019 · 2010-2018 water rates data from 30 major U.S. cities. The interactive graphs show average monthly residential water prices for three levels of consumption and the annual percent change.
2024 Election: State and Local Voters Consider Tax Increases for …
Oct 17, 2024 · Brett writes about agriculture, energy, infrastructure, and the politics and economics of water in the United States. He also writes the Federal Water Tap, Circle of Blue’s weekly digest of U.S. government water news.He is the winner of two Society of Environmental Journalists reporting awards, one of the top honors in American environmental journalism: first place for explanatory reporting ...
Michigan’s New Rules To Protect Water From Manure Attacked By …
Oct 3, 2024 · By Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue – October 3, 2024. FREMONT, MI. – Anticipating a surge of funding for building manure biodigesters that capture methane for electricity and transportation fuels from millions of tons of farm animal wastes Michigan’s environmental agency last year drafted more rigorous operating rules to protect state waters from a new tide of farm-based pollution.
The Year in Water, 2024 – Risky Business - Circle of Blue
Dec 11, 2024 · Water in the American West. It was a year of negotiation for users of the major rivers of the American West. States in the upper and lower basins of the Colorado River submitted competing proposals for how the basin’s major reservoirs should be operated and how deeply to reduce their take from the imperiled river.
The Stream, December 18, 2024: Extreme Weather, Flooding …
Dec 18, 2024 · YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN . The populations of more than 70 waterbird species in eastern Australia are down 50 percent compared to last year, a result attributed to wetland loss and drying rivers.; By 2050, one in four properties in England could be vulnerable to flooding as a result of both intense rain events and inadequate infrastructure.; For the fifth consecutive year, the number of global ...
Refresh - Circle of Blue
Jan 26, 2023 · Refresh. A Great Lakes News Collaborative series investigating the region’s water pollution challenges. This series explores the Clean Water Act’s shortcomings in the Great Lakes, and how the region can more completely address water pollution in the next 50 years.
New EPA Federal Water Rules Put Chicago on Track to Replace All …
Dec 18, 2024 · Funding Constraints . A spokesperson from Lead-Safe Chicago told Circle of Blue that the city is using a $336 million federal Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act loan, along with federal earmarks and community development block grant funding, to fund the project.. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson also promised to address the issue while on the campaign trail, tweeting in 2023 about ...
Safe Drinking Water Act Turns 50 - Circle of Blue
Dec 16, 2024 · Brett writes about agriculture, energy, infrastructure, and the politics and economics of water in the United States. He also writes the Federal Water Tap, Circle of Blue’s weekly digest of U.S. government water news.He is the winner of two Society of Environmental Journalists reporting awards, one of the top honors in American environmental journalism: first place for explanatory reporting ...
Huge Organic Farm In Iowa Thrives Without Chemicals
Nov 20, 2024 · An invitation to other farmers to increase profits and limit water pollution. By Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue – November 20, 2024 WEST BEND, Iowa – People who think seriously about how to limit the toll industrialized American agriculture takes on communities, land, and water ought to visit the Fehr family’s organic Clear Creek Acres in northern Iowa.