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EPA awards tribes $2+ million for water quality protection & restoration

Seattle – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $1,039,686 to support 32 tribes with their nonpoint source pollution programs,…

6 years ago

Don’t be silent about the EPA Clean Water rollback

What happens when you can't trust water from the tap? photo: Shutterstock In the United States, we have developed public…

6 years ago

Water quality deal lacks allure in swath of Iowa

Photo: Jack Boyer of Reinbeck refills his air seeder Nov. 10 before spreading for cover crops on his farm in…

6 years ago

A look at farm runoff and the worsening algae plague

Algae floats on the surface of Lake Erie's Maumee Bay in Oregon, Ohio, on Friday, Sept. 15, 2017. Chemicals and…

6 years ago

California: homeowners’ tax break to capture rainwater in their backyards

Photo: A bill in the California Legislature would exclude rainwater capture systems from property tax reassessments starting in 2019. (Jim…

6 years ago