North Dakota Residents Fight Loopholes Allowing Fracking to Poison Their Water
North Dakotaâs water supplies are at risk from contaminants from fracking wastewater, but residents are fighting back.
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Lisa Finley-DeVille started drinking bottled water around the same time her friendâs horses began to get sick and die. A half decade ago on the Fort Berthold Reservation in western North Dakota, Deville drove up to see her friend in the New Town area. The horses looked dehydrated and brittle, just skin and bones. Theyâre eating, but itâs like theyâre not eating, her friend told her.
Friday, December 18, 2020
With just over thirty days until President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris are sworn into office, the Biden-Harris team continues to work on the many aspects of transition to ensure that change can commence immediately after swearing in. While the United States and other countries wait to see the areas that will remain the focus of the Biden-Harris leadership, there is little question that one of the top campaigning issues – the environment – will remain a key focal point of the administration’s efforts in the next four years.
While there are hundreds of ways that environmental policies will likely change in the next four years, this second article in a three-part series (our first article focused on climate change) takes a deeper dive into how the administration will change the PFAS landscape and, in doing so, will significantly impact many environmental and compliance issues for businesses. These impacts will be fe
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Tidewater Infrastructure Project Recognized for Excellence and Innovation
Middlesex Water Company; Tidewater Utilities, Inc.December 17, 2020 GMT
DOVER, Del., Dec. 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Tidewater Utilities, Inc., a provider of regulated water services, has earned recognition from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s AQUARIUS program for commendable execution of a project that finances the construction and rehabilitation of critical drinking water infrastructure.
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The Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) Aquarius Program is a federal-state partnership dedicated to protecting America’s public health, which provides loans and grants for eligible water systems. To be eligible for recognition, the DWSRF project needed to demonstrate Safe Drinking Water Act compliance, financial integrity and public health benefits. Receiving “Honorable Mention”, Ti
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But one resident with a contaminated well isn’t optimistic.
Biden, who will be inaugurated Jan. 20, has indicated that he will take a science-based approach to climate change and other environmental issues. He said on his website that he plans to designate the group of chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as a hazardous substance.
The designation will allow the federal government to set enforcement limits for the chemicals in the Safe Drinking Water Act, which will speed up toxicity studies and research on the compounds, the website said. Biden also plans to use government procurement to entice companies to use compounds that don’t contain PFAS, it said.