Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2024 03:59:36 +0000
This is a wild one. And it’s not even about climate change this time. Apparently, humans are pumping so much groundwater out of the Earth that it’s making our planet tilt more. So far, from this activity, the Earth has tilted 31½ inches. While I said this wasn’t caused by … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2023 20:35:00 +0000
A lead local conservationist says rethinking the use of the former Otis Air Force Base provides a generational opportunity to solve a series of difficult economic and environmental challenges.
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2023 14:42:46 +0000
Maricopa County, Arizona, is one of the fastest growing areas of the United States, but its growth is threatened by a lack of water.
Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2019 14:31:43 +0000
An estimated 91% of U.S. coal power plants that submitted groundwater monitoring data as required by the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) 2015 Coal Combustion Residuals (CCR) rule have unsafe levels of one or more contaminants, a collaborative analysis of the monitoring data by several environmental groups suggests. The March 4 report is significant because power […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 14:24:48 +0000
In a move widely applauded by the power industry, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of the Army proposed a new definition of “waters of the U.S.” (WOTUS) that could exempt groundwater and ditches from regulation under the Clean Water Act (CWA). The measures follow other recent significant regulatory actions by the agency. On […]
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