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California green lighted more irrigation with oil wastewater
Last week, regulators approved the expanded use of oil wastewater for irrigation of crops in Kern County. The Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board (Regional Board), unanimously approved a Waste Discharge Requirement (WDR) permit for California Resources Corporation (CRC) to sell 21,200 acre feet (6.9 million gallons) of oil and gas wastewater from the Kern Front Oil Field to the North Kern Water Storage District annually. The produced water will be distributed to farmers for irrigation and used for groundwater recharge, despite significant questions about the safety of this
Huh? Governor’s Water Commission declares an end to climate change in 2050!
On December 16, the California Water Commission, which is administering $2.7 billion in bonds for water storage projects, forwarded draft regulations guiding that expenditure to the Office of Administrative Law for public review. The draft regulations are wholly inadequate.
Finally, Coal Ash Rule Out by End of 2014
By Jennifer Peters, National Water Campaign Coordinator (Follow Jennifer on Twitter - @EarthAvenger) Update - February 18, 2014: Click here to tell EPA to Put Drinking Water First and Protect Communities from Coal Ash! After years of delay, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced it will finalize a coal ash disposal rule by December 19, 2014. This is great news and a step in the right direction. It’s also a testament to the power of sustained activism in the court of public opinion and the federal courts. This announcement is the result of a lawsuit settlement brought by public
States Taking the Lead
Click to learn more By Cindy Luppi, New England Regional Director Exciting news: state legislatures are starting to ramp up across the country...and a majority of them, at least 33, are considering bills to regulate toxic chemicals. Clean Water Action is leading the charge on this issue in California, Connecticut, Florida, Massachusetts, and Minnesota. It's inspiring to see momentum spreading nation-wide. You might be asking "why the big push?" or "why now?" There are a number of factors coalescing to focus lawmakers on this issue like never before. One huge reason is large retailers like
Three Weeks Later - What Have We Learned from West Virginia?
By Michael Kelly, Communications Director (Follow Michael on Twitter - @MichaelEdKelly) Three weeks ago nearly 300,000 West Virginians lost their tap water because of a spill at a chemical storage facility less than a mile and half from an intake for the region’s drinking water. Cities and businesses were shut down and people couldn’t use their water for more than five days. Numerous failures led to this disaster, including a lack of state inspection of the facility for the last decade to the lack of health data available on the chemical. The question is, what have we learned? We need stronger
