~Most of the Water News - None of the Spin~
The nationwide midterm elections are just eleven days away, and for the political junkies among us (or simply the gluttons for
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| 2014 U.S. Senate Elections |
- Iowa Governor Incumbent: Terry Branstad (R), Jack Hatch D, James Hennager I, Lee Hieb I, Jonathan Narcisse I
- Iowa District 1 Rod Blum R, Pat Murphy D
- Iowa District 2 Incumbent: Dave Loebsack (D), Mariannette Miller-Meeks R
- Iowa District 3 Staci Appel D, Bryan Holder I, Edward Wright I, David Young R
- Iowa District 4 Incumbent: Steve King (R), Jim Mowrer D
- Iowa Senator Chuck Aldrich I, Bruce Braley D, Douglas Butzier I, Joni Ernst R, Bob Quast I, Ruth Smith I, Rick Stewart I, Jay Williams I
Water Quality -
Proposed Federal Clean Water Act Regulations
- EPA scientific review board backs underpinnings of Clean Water Act jurisdictional proposed rule; letter: http://ow.ly/DeJKR (story here: http://ow.ly/DeLec)
- Republican senators and EPA spar over agency’s proposed Waters of the United States rule http://ow.ly/DgZLi
- GOP Senate Agriculture Committee members ask Obama Administration to immediately withdraw agriculture Clean Water Act Interpretive Rule http://ow.ly/Dh0L2
Other Water Quality News
- EPA Region 7 issues decision letter on Missouri’s proposed new and revised Water Quality Standards, approving most; release: http://ow.ly/DgT8h and letter: http://ow.ly/DgTst
- Announced at Hypoxia Task Force meeting: Agriculture, Interior Departments partnering to measure conservation impacts on water quality http://ow.ly/D9KT7
- Iowa Agriculture Water Alliance seeks partners to help in its nutrient runoff reduction efforts http://ow.ly/D9Mzj
- Summit to address ways of keeping harmful algae blooms out of the Cincinnati water supply http://ow.ly/D20Mb
- Report: phosphorus causing harmful algal blooms in Sauk River Chain of Lakes should be cut by up to 54 percent http://ow.ly/D24oG
- EPA preliminarily determines that strontium should be regulated in drinking water http://ow.ly/D5t0s
- University of Kentucky study: salamander populations lower, less diverse in streams impacted by mountaintop-removal coal mining http://ow.ly/DdGfK
- USDA to provide over $352 million in loans and grants to upgrade rural water and wastewater systems nationwide http://ow.ly/DedmO
- EPA invites communities to apply for technical assistance to implement smart growth development approaches, including flood resilience http://ow.ly/DgWo7
- Brookings Institution: In Times of Drought: Nine Economic Facts about Water in the United States http://ow.ly/D5NNQ
- In general, the drier the U.S. state, the higher the household water use, and the driest states are now growing the quickest http://ow.ly/D1xMX
- Iowa Flood Center expands sensor network in Iowa River watershed http://ow.ly/D9Lz2
- Mississippi tries to renew water-rights battle with Memphis, Tennessee http://ow.ly/D5uIR; Supreme Court asks solicitor general to weigh in http://ow.ly/D5uZO
- Lawsuit against Army Corps of Engineers for Missouri River flooding grows to six states; adds 230 new plaintiffs http://ow.ly/D9SSX
- Diverse coalition releases vision statement for cover crops and soil health http://ow.ly/CW14g
- Report: Global agricultural productivity isn’t increasing fast enough to meet the growing demand in the coming decades http://ow.ly/CUdMR
- U.S. farmers are cutting back on spreading fertilizer this autumn in response to a drop in crop prices http://ow.ly/CUdoL
- Well-timed drought relief for farmers could benefit corn and wheat growers in Kansas, Colorado, and Iowa http://ow.ly/D9qf9
- Land Sale of the Week: $10,900/acre for 157-acre southeastern Iowa corn field http://ow.ly/D1A8k
- US EPA finds little to no benefit to using neonicotinoid pesticides (linked to bee declines) to keep soybeans free of insects http://ow.ly/D1ISK
- Agricultural companies race to diversify beyond synthetic chemical pesticides, amid growing regulatory, consumer scrutiny http://ow.ly/D9Blf
- Farmer, environmental coalition files lawsuit seeking to overturn USEPA approval granted for Dow herbicide http://ow.ly/DdIhs
- To ease transportation crunch, Missouri to allow 10% heavier than normal truckloads of grains on non-Interstate highways for next 60 days http://ow.ly/Dh1Gf
- Report: green infrastructure is better response to more frequent storms, sea-level rise, other
effects of climate change http://ow.ly/D9yZv
National drought update
(click to enlarge) - USDA launches web site to provide climate information to stakeholders http://ow.ly/DdDQj
- NOAA: world on course for 2014 to be hottest year ever, after September temperatures were highest ever recorded http://ow.ly/D5l2s
- US weekly drought update: areas of north, central Minnesota abnormally dry; other Midwest areas status quo; slight changes in Plains http://ow.ly/wmTdv
- NASA: North American drought of 1934 was the driest and most widespread of the last millennium http://ow.ly/CVQtv
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- Two years after the last Asian carp removal effort, it appears the carp may be eradicated from Hennepin and Hopper Lakes http://ow.ly/DgSaz
- Redbelly snake - an animal that has drawn the ire of developers - will be taken off Kansas' threatened species list http://ow.ly/CW02z
- Emerald ash borer may be moving on to other tree species beside ash http://ow.ly/DdL98
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration begins $20 million initiative to bring massive numbers of wild pigs under control (a problem in the South and Midwest) http://ow.ly/Dea5A
- New Orleans is starting to find its footing almost a decade after Hurricane Katrina, but it's a different identity http://ow.ly/D5rXP
- City of Wichita to hold public forum on water plan to upgrade system; protect against a severe drought http://ow.ly/D9S54 (Arkansas River)
- Pennsylvania lawmakers approve bill to remove regulatory requirement for forest buffer between development, streams http://ow.ly/CVZw0
- Gulf Restoration Network files lawsuit over project receiving restoration funding related to 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill http://ow.ly/DgV3E
- Supreme Court declines appeal from Louisiana parishes over BP 2010 Deepwater Horizon environmental damage suits http://ow.ly/D5vC8
- BP senior vice president op-ed: "No, BP Didn't Ruin the Gulf" http://ow.ly/D9Njv
- Turtle Island Restoration Network asks Gov. Jindal to protect endangered sea turtles in Louisiana waters http://ow.ly/D9Pcs
- Chemical maker objects to fracking after “near-catastrophic” incident possibly linked to geologic conditions beneath Ohio River http://ow.ly/DdJTc
- Researchers have identified a new method to trace leaks and spills of fracking fluids in the environment http://ow.ly/D1BWo
- Ohio Environmental Council: state Supreme Court ruling on strip mining in state lands is a" bad ruling, for state lands" http://ow.ly/D5wHA
- USEPA Watershed Academy Webcast on Climate Resilience; Oct. 29 from 1-3 pm EDT ow.ly/De27i and ow.ly/De27j
- US EPA webcast on new research about cyanobacteria, nutrients and lakes, Oct 30, 1 PM ET ow.ly/DeA5s
- Next Upper Mississippi River quarterly meetings of UMRBA and UMRR-EMP CC November 17-19, St. Paul, Minnesota; details: http://ow.ly/D9AiC
- St. Croix River Association Aquatic Invasive Species Workshop, Grantsburg, WI, December 5 http://ow.ly/CWjP8
- Mark your calendars: U.S. Water Alliance's 2015 One Water Leadership Summit in San Francisco August 25 - 28 http://ow.ly/DeBnh
- U.S. Global Change Research Program October e-newsletter http://ow.ly/CVSE1
- Tulane Institute on Water Resources Law and Policy's October 22 TUWaterWays e-newsletter http://ow.ly/DdGLq (PDF file)
- Montana Watershed Coordination Council's Watershed News for October 23 http://ow.ly/DgWVd - including news of a novel channel migration easement program being offered to landowners
- White House CEQ acting chief: Landscape-level conservation is a priority http://ow.ly/DeKnN
- Interior Secretary Jewell pushes for "strategic vision" landscape-level conservation at Large Landscape Conservation event http://ow.ly/DgVQe
- Winners of the Mississippi Minute Film Festival - "One River, One Minute, Your Vision" - announced http://ow.ly/D9TsQ
- Winners of the St. Croix River Association's 2014 Photo Contest announced http://ow.ly/D9UJD
- Scientists and voodoo practitioners partner at New Orleans Anba Dlo festival to address challenges of dealing with water http://ow.ly/D1SM4
- Wayne County Soil and Water Conservation District (Indiana) seeks Watershed Coordinator for Whitewater River Initiative http://ow.ly/D5xxQ
- Cleanup continues one year after crude oil pipeline rupture in northwestern North Dakota wheat field http://ow.ly/D7AX5
- With Rep. Lucas (R-OK) ending a six-year term as Agriculture Committee chair, Rep. Conaway (Texas) expected to be replacement http://ow.ly/Dh2Fa
- The Hill ranked all 50 states on a red to blue political scale - Kansas and Mississippi are among the top five "reddest" and Minnesota is second-most blue http://ow.ly/DgY6j
- Republicans would target EPA power plant, ozone, water rules if Senate changes hands http://ow.ly/D9VV0
- House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) has sent out a preview of the House agenda for next year http://ow.ly/Dhd2x
- New York Times: With farms fading and urban might rising, political power shifts in Iowa http://ow.ly/D5yV4
- Valerie Naylor, longtime superintendent of Theodore Roosevelt National Park, will retire at the end of the month http://ow.ly/D5tCT
- US EPA deputy chief of staff Arvin Ganesan is leaving the agency http://ow.ly/DdEDy
- Senate Republican Leader wants to get must-pass legislation completed during lame-duck session, so GOP can start fresh in 2015 in the majority http://ow.ly/D1yVU
- Poll: Democratic voters are tuning out the U.S. midterms http://ow.ly/D1Vk5
- Flood control, recreation are hot topics in campaigns for five Papio-Missouri River Natural Resources District board seats http://ow.ly/D22LX
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