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"Is California Suffering A Decades-Long Megadrought?" [1]

"California has entered another drought. But depending on whom you ask, the last one may have never really ended."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
California [6]
Source: LA Times [7], 04/20/2021
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Jackson, Miss., Won’t Release Email About 2020 Water System Problems [8]

"The city of Jackson, Mississippi, has denied a TV station’s public records request for email about problems with the city water treatment system. WLBT-TV recently requested all city email related to the Environmental Protection Agency telling Jackson in March 2020 to bring its water treatment system into compliance with federal law."

Environmental Health [9]
Environmental Justice [10]
Journalism & Media [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [13]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: AP [15], 04/20/2021
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"US West Prepares For Possible 1st Water Shortage Declaration" [16]

"The man-made lakes that store water supplying millions of people in the U.S. West and Mexico are projected to shrink to historic lows in the coming months, dropping to levels that could trigger the federal government’s first-ever official shortage declaration and prompt cuts in Arizona and Nevada."

Climate Change [3]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: AP [17], 04/19/2021
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S. Korean Fishmongers, Opposition Voice Concerns Over Fukushima Plans [18]

"South Korean vendors at a fish market in the capital Seoul and opposition party members called on the government to take actions to have Japan drop plans to release contaminated water from its wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea."

Fish & Fisheries [19]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [20]
Pollution [13]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
Asia [21]
Source: Reuters [22], 04/16/2021
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Old Apple Orchard To Make Clean Hydrogen Energy in Washington State [23]

"Billions of dollars are being invested globally in clean hydrogen development. But massive amounts of electricity would be required to make the clean-burning fuel, extracted from water, a building block of the 21st century low-carbon economy."

Energy & Fuel [24]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
Northwest (OR WA) [25]
Source: Inside Climate News [26], 04/16/2021
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"Infrastructure Plan Lifts Tribes’ Hope of Turning on Water Taps" [27]

"Navajo Nation resident Percy Deal hopes that federal coronavirus relief, coupled with $2.3 trillion for infrastructure in the American Jobs Plan, will give him something his grandparents and even his parents didn’t have—running water in his home."

Environmental Health [9]
Environmental Justice [10]
Infrastructure [28]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [29], 04/16/2021
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April 28, 2021

DEADLINE: IJNR Virtual Workshops – Big Changes on the Great Lakes [30]

Join the Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources for four half-day virtual workshops, May 13, May 20, June 3 and June 10, to explore current conditions and future projections in the Great Lakes and what those changes mean for both current and future residents. Deadline: Apr 28.

Workshops and Fellowships [31]
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Public [5]
Topics on the Beat: 
Journalism & Media [11]
Natural Resources [32]
Water & Oceans [4]

"Epic Drought Means Water Crisis On Oregon-California Border" [33]

"Hundreds of farmers who rely on a massive irrigation project that spans the Oregon-California border learned Wednesday they will get a tiny fraction of the water they need amid the worst drought in decades, as federal regulators attempt to balance the needs of agriculture against federally threatened and endangered fish species that are central to the heritage of several tribes."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Justice [10]
Environmental Politics [34]
Fish & Fisheries [19]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
Northwest (OR WA) [25]
Source: AP [35], 04/15/2021
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Delaware Poultry Plant Settles Suit Over Groundwater Contamination [36]

"Residents in Millsboro, Del., sued the local Mountaire facility, which they suspect is linked to their cancers and other serious health problems".

Agriculture [2]
Environmental Health [9]
Environmental Justice [10]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [13]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [37]
Source: Washington Post [38], 04/14/2021
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"Florida To Close Wastewater Reservoir With Leak History" [39]

"Florida is moving to permanently close the leaky Piney Point wastewater reservoir that poured millions of gallons of water into Tampa Bay while threatening to burst open and flood nearby homes and businesses, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Tuesday."

Chemicals [40]
Disasters [41]
Environmental Politics [34]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [13]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [42]
Source: AP [43], 04/14/2021
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