Nitrates from upstream Scioto River farmland prompted a
Columbus, Ohio drinking water advisory. Wetland restoration and protection are cost-effective nutrient runoff "
secret weapons." Scientists have
found artificial sweeteners in bodies of water around the world. A Senate Committee advanced a
bill to kill the Obama Administration's Clean Water Act rule. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D) of Minnesota will be one Senator
not supporting that legislation. The U.S. Senate is gearing up to
spend weeks working on spending bills that have little chance of becoming law.
"Dreadful" policy riders were included in a House Interior and Environment spending bill. It's the
one-year anniversary of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act, and uncertainty around key Army Corps projects remains. The
Upper St. Anthony Falls lock on the Mississippi River at Minneapolis was closed in an effort to block Asian carp. The Nashville, Tennessee Metro Council rejected a contentious $100 million
flood-protection proposal. Residential properties and farmland
flooded in rural northwest Louisiana. The average age of U.S. farmers continues to
creep upwards, while cropland values in Minnesota and the Northern Plains continue to
creep downwards. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is seeking public
input on a proposed hog feedlot that would generate 1.7 million gallons of manure each year.
Discharges from an Iowa swine manure impoundment resulted in a fish kill in tributary to the Ocheyedan River. One of the five largest coal companies operating on the Powder River Basin does not have the funds or insurance
to clean up its own mining operations. Pennsylvania
tops all U.S. states in turning old rail lines into hiking and biking trails. And last, but not least, data may show that there really has been
no recent slowdown in global warming, but we're still
all climate change deniers at heart.
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