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Noteworthy @UpperMiss Twitter Postings for the Week
Water Quality -
- February 4 Senate Environment and Public Works Committee joint hearing is scheduled with House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on "Impacts of the Proposed Waters of the United States Rule on State and Local Governments" http://ow.ly/HIkTj (hearing web page: http://ow.ly/HKUCi)
- EPA faced with analyzing nearly 800,000 public comments as it finalizes waters of the United States rule early this year http://ow.ly/HCUJf
- Sens. David Vitter (R-La.) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) plan to reintroduce bill to limit U.S. EPA's permit veto power under Clean Water Act http://ow.ly/HKQvF
- USDA Secretary Vilsack: ‘holistic’ conservation approach to curbing fertilizer runoff will work quicker than litigation http://ow.ly/HCTMD
- Des Moines utility’s water contamination lawsuit plans may have broad ramifications for state and U.S. farmers http://ow.ly/HCSLj
- Iowa agriculture secretary thinks ripple effects of potential Des Moines Water Works lawsuit would extend far beyond farmers http://ow.ly/HOC95
- Watershed Management Authority to develop plan to clean up Walnut Creek: tributary of the Raccoon River (Iowa) http://ow.ly/HOUJ7
- Traces of a major (50,000-gallon) oil spill along the Yellowstone River detected in public water supplies http://ow.ly/HCBVr and http://ow.ly/HCvwl
- Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials attempt to gather baseline data on effects of Yellowstone River oil spill http://ow.ly/HKWZm
- Montana Governor declares state of emergency after Yellowstone River oil spill http://ow.ly/HIbhd
- Montana city gets OK to drink water after 40,000-gallon oil spill into Yellowstone River http://ow.ly/HP3tW
- West Virginia company, Lexycon, cited for similar spill containment environmental violations as Freedom Industries http://ow.ly/HCHI8
- Report: West Virginia drinking water sources at risk of contamination from more than 20,000 aboveground storage tanks http://ow.ly/HCKiI
- Online interactive site outlines history that lead up to West Virginia spill and water crisis of 2014 http://ow.ly/HP5LI
- Minnesota Pollution Control Agency seeks comments on Sauk River Watershed restoration and protection report http://ow.ly/HCT8r
- Nearly three million gallons of saltwater generated by oil drilling have leaked from North Dakota pipeline http://ow.ly/HKW1T
- Unknown chemical sheen in Ohio River possibly from a leaking barge http://ow.ly/HOIlu
- Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon will fight plan to deliver Missouri River water to western Kansas through an aqueduct http://ow.ly/HORrN
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- Two maps reveal how U.S. agriculture actually works: lucrative food crops per state and food vs. animal feed crops per state http://ow.ly/HCEgE
- House Agriculture Committee sets its agenda for 2015 in organizational meeting http://ow.ly/HOMpm
- An EPA farm advisory committee met this week to discuss soil health, and soil impact on air and water quality http://ow.ly/HGH0P and http://ow.ly/HGGNg
- Growing farm-to-table movement has yet to provide Louisiana farmers with the financial backing they’d like http://ow.ly/HGQf1
- U.S. farmland values are in a downward correction mode http://ow.ly/HOBJv
- Iowa Farmers Union wants U.S. Department of Agriculture to increase penalties for careless pesticide applicators http://ow.ly/HIa6T
- Dwight Koops, president of Kansas-based Crop Quest: Five Agriculture Trends Worth Watching http://ow.ly/HKRt1
- USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service releases its Congressional District Rankings from the 2012 Census http://ow.ly/HOMY4
- New climate change study: rising temperatures could sharply reduce Midwest agriculture production and reshape U.S. agriculture industry http://ow.ly/HOLgR
- US drought update: dryness continues in central OK, southern and eastern KS, into MO; moderate drought expands in southwestern TN, northeast AR, and adjacent MO http://ow.ly/wmTdv
- NOAA and NASA: 2014 Earth's warmest year on record for both land, ocean surface http://ow.ly/Hs7Gk
- Risk of an El Nino event in the coming months drops after indicators ease http://ow.ly/HGQO1
- Senate votes 98-1 that “climate change is real and is not a hoax” (Mississippi Sen. Roger Wicker (R) voted “no”) http://ow.ly/HKERJ
- Genetic testing confirms two larval (endangered) pallid sturgeon found in Missouri River near St. Louis, heartening researchers http://ow.ly/HIlDZ
- Asian carp DNA detected in the Chicago River not a huge worry for Illinois Department of Natural Resources officials http://ow.ly/HOT7S
In the Cities -- EPA launches center to help communities improve wastewater, drinking water and stormwater systems http://ow.ly/HCMQh
- Urban Institute interactive tool maps population change out to 2030 down to local "commuting zones" http://ow.ly/HKKKv
- Iowa Public Radio: "Exploring Mississippi River Towns" http://ow.ly/HOV3j
- Minnesota Governor Dayton to propose bill requiring state waterways be buffered with grass or other cover strips http://ow.ly/Hs5Ou
- Arkansas bill would authorize establishment and regulation of water quality trading programs http://ow.ly/HKLvo (bill: http://ow.ly/HKLyL)
- Oklahoma Scenic Rivers Commission state funding draining away; result of decline in licenses for flotation devices http://ow.ly/HOTGy
- EPA Climate Ready Water Utilities Initiative releases storm surge inundation map http://ow.ly/HKMIS
- Louisiana coastal scientists release findings on best location for additional lower Mississippi River sediment diversions http://ow.ly/HOUcc
- Nebraska farmers, ranchers sue over constitutionality of state law allowing governor to pick Keystone XL oil pipeline route http://ow.ly/HCGrt
- State Department informs eight agencies they have until Feb. 2 to comment on Keystone XL pipeline and the national interest http://ow.ly/HCLCO
- U.S. Senate on Tuesday began what is expected to be a weeks-long debate on the Keystone XL pipeline project http://ow.ly/HGK65
- Senate's marathon Keystone debate ends for the week in anger after midnight early Friday morning http://ow.ly/HOyPA
- Proposed "Corn Ethanol Mandate Elimination Act of 2015" would remove corn ethanol from the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) http://ow.ly/HCNJ7
- Declining northern long-eared bat may put proposed Sandpiper oil pipeline in jeopardy http://ow.ly/HEens (Minnesota)
- House approves controversial bill to fast-track federal natural gas pipeline approval despite White House veto threat http://ow.ly/HKNIa (bill: http://ow.ly/HKNCG)
- Group challenges proposed Forest Service plan prohibiting oil and gas wells atop federal lands in northeast Colorado's Pawnee National Grasslands, seeking stronger protections http://ow.ly/HKOiP
- Republicans are weighing a "plan B" on immigration that will provide Homeland Security (and FEMA) funding past Feb. 27 http://ow.ly/HI7eo
- Farm Foundation Forum: "Tools to Fund Agricultural Research" Jan. 28, 9:00 AM, Washington, DC http://ow.ly/HKFEU
- Webinar: "Green Infrastructure and Flood Resiliency-Land Use Management as an Adaptation Strategy in the Built Environment" January 29, noon ET http://ow.ly/HKHCc
- EPA Webcast: Lessons Learned from Ten Years of Watershed Assessment in USDA’s Conservation Effects Assessment Project, Feb. 5, 1 PM ET http://ow.ly/HKSeQ
- American Water Resources Association Climate Change Adaptation Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, June 15-17 http://ow.ly/HKIgz
- Floatzilla 2015 - August 15; Davenport, Iowa (Quad Cities area) on the Mississippi River http://ow.ly/HOX15
- Webinar: Integrating Oceans into the Landscape Conservation Cooperative Network; Elsa Haubold (USFWS); Feb. 12, 1 PM ET http://ow.ly/HGI6u
- Lower Mississippi River Dispatch No. 274, January 19 http://ow.ly/HCCNI
- Tulane Institute on Water Resources Law and Policy's January 22 TUWaterWays e-newsletter http://ow.ly/HOBhE
- Montana Watershed Coordination Council January 22 Watershed News http://ow.ly/HOCDT
- Job announcement: The Nature Conservancy’s Missouri Chapter seeks a “Watershed Restoration Specialist” http://ow.ly/HE72M
- Job: Tennessee TNC Chapter seeks to hire Program Director for its new Tennessee-Cumberland Rivers Program http://ow.ly/HGOQs
- National Great Rivers Research and Education Center has 21 internship openings for this summer http://ow.ly/HGPnO (Alton, Illinois)
- Congressional Republicans hope that seldom-used Congressional Review Act can help in attack on federal regulations http://ow.ly/HDalu
- Center for American Progress: The Government Should Begin to Measure America’s Powerful Outdoor Economy http://ow.ly/HI0wO
- Citing nuclear proliferation, climate change, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists sets doomsday clock to three minutes to midnight http://ow.ly/HOzvh
- GOP reintroduces controversial REINS Act to block major rules from the Obama administration http://bit.ly/1CVugxW
- Former Kentucky senator and Democratic whip, Wendell Ford, died early Thursday http://ow.ly/HOJps
- New Senate Appropriations energy and environmental subcommittee chairs named for 114th Congress http://ow.ly/HGLhc, including Senators Moran of Kansas (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration); Alexander of Tennessee (Energy and Water Development)
- House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Peterson names 19 Democrats to serve on Committee for the 114th Congress http://ow.ly/HKN4a
- Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.) new Ranking Member of the Appropriations subcommittee on Interior and Environment http://ow.ly/HKPEP (other Democratic subcommittee assignments also listed)
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| Photograph: Sandra Bartocha/Guardian 2010 Wildlife Photographer of the Year |
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