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 ...
New EPA Federal Water Rules Put Chicago on Track to Replace All …
Dec 18, 2024 · Funding Constraints . A spokesperson from Lead-Safe Chicago told Circle of Blue that the city is using a $336 million federal Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act loan, along with federal earmarks and community development block grant funding, to fund the project.. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson also promised to address the issue while on the campaign trail, tweeting in 2023 about ...
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.
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.
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.
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.
Safe Drinking Water Act Turns 50 - Circle of Blue
Dec 16, 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 ...
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 ...
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.
Amish Farmers’ Partnership With Beef Giant Produces Manure Mess
Nov 8, 2024 · Manure Pollution Documented. The state findings were consistent with those observed by area residents who’ve watched as Amish farmers piled manure in huge mounds, spread it on farm fields as fertilizer, and taken their own water samples that confirmed it polluted streams, lakes, and the St. Joseph River.