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Storms May Boost Colorado River Reservoirs; Drought Deal Still in Play [1]

"Winter storms have covered the Rocky Mountains with snow from Wyoming to northern New Mexico, leaving a bounty of runoff that should boost the levels of the Colorado River’s depleted reservoirs this spring and summer."

Agriculture [2]
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Source: Arizona Republic [6], 03/19/2019
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Pentagon Pushes for Weaker Standards On PFAS Chemicals In Drinking Water [7]

"Facing billions of dollars in cleanup costs, the Pentagon is pushing the Trump administration to adopt a weaker standard for groundwater pollution caused by chemicals that have commonly been used at military bases and that contaminate drinking water consumed by millions of Americans."

Chemicals [8]
Environmental Health [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Military [12]
Pollution [13]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: NY Times [14], 03/19/2019
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"'Frankenfish' Is Coming, But Opponents Vow To Fight On" [15]

"If all goes as planned, a Massachusetts biotechnology company will soon begin importing salmon eggs from a Canadian hatchery to its plant in Indiana, where they'll grow into the first genetically modified salmon ever produced in the United States."

Fish & Fisheries [16]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Greenwire [17], 03/18/2019
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"Jay Inslee Is Running For President To Fight Climate Change" [18]

"Democratic candidate says other issues matter, but America cannot afford to have another leader who does not have climate change as their top priority".

Climate Change [19]
Environmental Politics [10]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Guardian [20], 03/18/2019
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"Minnesota Cities Look To Reduce Chloride From Water Plants" [21]

"Some Minnesota cities are grappling with how to reduce the amount of chloride being released from their wastewater treatment plants into lakes and streams, threatening aquatic life."

Environmental Health [9]
Pollution [13]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: AP [22], 03/18/2019
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"EPA’s Pruitt Faced Hill Pressure on Glider Truck Rule Repeal" [23]

"The EPA’s yearslong, tenuous effort to ease air pollution limits on trucks with rebuilt engines can be traced back to a day early in Scott Pruitt’s tenure as administrator."

Air [24]
Government [25]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [13]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [26], 03/18/2019
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Historic Floods Kill Three, Forces Hundreds From Homes Across Midwest [27]

"Heavy rain and melting snow that overpowered the Missouri River forced hundreds of families out of their homes in the Midwest and forced the base that is home to U.S. Strategic Command to sharply scale back operations on Sunday."

Disasters [28]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: NBC News [29], 03/18/2019
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Trump Admin Loosens Sage Grouse Protections, Benefiting Oil Companies [30]

"The Trump administration on Friday finalized its plan to loosen Obama-era protections on the habitat of the sage grouse, an imperiled ground-nesting bird that roams across 10 oil-rich Western states."

Energy & Fuel [31]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [32]
Wildlife [33]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: , 03/18/2019
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EPA Scales Back Proposed Ban, Limits Deadly Chemical in Paint Strippers [34]

"The Environmental Protection Agency announced on Friday new limits on a lethal chemical found in paint stripping products that has been linked to more than 50 deaths since the 1980s."

Chemicals [8]
Consumer [35]
Environmental Health [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: NY Times [36], 03/18/2019
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"BLM Will Pay You $1,000 To Adopt A Wild Horse" [37]

"The Bureau of Land Management is offering people $1,000 if they’ll adopt a wild horse."

Agriculture [2]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Wildlife [33]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: NPR [38], 03/15/2019
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