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WASHINGTON (AP) — States, Native American tribes and U.S. territories will receive $7.4 billion in 2022 to improve water quality and access, the first installment from the infrastructure bill that President Joe Biden signed into law last month, the Env...

SIDNEY — Plastics have revolutionized product manufacturing — from cars to clothing fibers — so that just about everything you use has so

Is it safe to swim at Houston-area beaches? New report will make you think twice Report: Texas beaches have unsafe levels of fecal bacteria A trip to the beach could make you sick. A new report finds potentially unsafe water quality at several Texas beaches, including a few in the greater Houston area. John Rumpler, Clean Water Program Director at Environment America shares breaks down the study. HOUSTON - A trip to Texas beaches could leave you and your loved ones sick. A new report by Environ...

Infrastructure deal targets lead pipes A Denver Water crew works to replace a lead water service line installed in 1927 with a new copper one at a private home on June 17 in Denver. While President Joe Biden’s infrastructure bill proposes $45 million for eliminating lead pipes and service lines, some utility companies and municipalities have already started replacing them. (AP Photo/Brittany Peterson) By SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Included in the bipartisan infrast...

EXPLAINER: Infrastructure deal targets lead pipes SUMAN NAISHADHAM, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 9 1of9A Denver Water crew works to replace a lead water service line installed in 1927 with a new copper one at a private home on Thursday, June 17, 2021, in Denver. While President Joe Bidens infrastructure bill proposes $45 million for eliminating lead pipes and service lines, some utility companies and municipalities have already started replacing them.Brittany Peterson/APSh...

After the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of the Army announced Wednesday they intend to repeal the Trump administration’s definitions of the waters of the United States and rewrite the definition, Republicans in Congress expressed…

Superfund cleaning monies have dwindled in the past 20 years to a fraction of what’s needed for cleanup, leaving one in six Americans living within three miles of a dangerously toxic site.

The federal appropriations bill for the 2021 fiscal year, signed into law this week, included $26.5 million to test for lead in schools and child care centers, a nod to the legacy of the Flint water crisis, which lifted the issue of lead in drinking water into the national spotlight. The bill was signed a week after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency introduced new requirements for water utilities to test water in elementary schools and day cares for lead. The Flint crisis spurred a na...

Grace Reader Created: January 24, 2021 09:15 PM In New Mexico, the industry accounts for nearly one-third of the state’s general fund revenues, and industry officials said even a temporary halt on leasing will hurt the state.  "It has two issues for the oil and gas industry: number one is that theres a huge economic impact for oil and gas producers in New Mexico. When the oil and gas industry suffers, that will have a huge ripple effect to impact New Mexico,” said Ryan...

The federal appropriations bill for the 2021 fiscal year, signed into law this week, included $26.5 million to test for lead in schools and child care centers, a nod to the legacy of the Flint water crisis, which lifted the issue of lead in drinking water into the national spotlight.