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 …
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 ...
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.
Salt Water Again Moves Upstream in Weakened Mississippi River ...
Sep 10, 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.
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.
One Michigan County Tells the Story of a Nation Plagued By Water ...
Sep 24, 2020 · ALMA, Michigan — Murray Borrello, wearing khakis and a loose-fitting brown button-up, walked down a backroad during the summer of 2019 listening to the sounds of the woods. Water from the Pine River flowed slowly beneath him as he looked out over a bridge. “Oh, I hear a frog,” the Alma College geology and environmental studies professor said.
Flint Water Crisis - Circle of Blue
In April 2014, an ill-fated decision to switch water sources triggered a series of governance and infrastructure failures that contaminated drinking water in Flint, Michigan’s seventh largest city, with high levels of lead.
Explainer: Who regulates U.S. drinking water, and how?
Sep 30, 2020 · 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.