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Illinois Tightens PFAS Oversight Amid Federal Rollback Efforts | Circle of Blue

In Alaska's Tundra Desert, Freshwater Fish Survival Depends on a Lesser-Known - And Thinning - Permafrost Feature | International Arctic Research Center

Ohio Needs Power For Its Data Centers. Lawmakers Want to Redefine 'Clean Energy' to Get It | Circle of Blue

Proposed Michigan Bill Would Tie Wetland Protections to a Recently Narrowed Federal Standard | Circle of Blue

Stalled Farm Bill, Slashed Grants Undercut Farmers’ Water Protection Efforts | Circle of Blue

Global Collapse of Migratory Freshwater Fish Drives Calls for Transboundary Cooperation | Circle of Blue

Great Lakes States Face a Data Center Governance Gap | Circle of Blue

Great Lakes Water Funding Faces a Critical Year in Congress | Circle of Blue

Indiana’s Odd Priorities: Weaken Water Protections, Increase Energy Production | Circle of Blue

Ohio EPA Considers ‘Lowering of Water Quality’ Necessary for Data Center Growth | Circle of Blue

An Obscure Provision In FEMA’s Program To Prevent Disaster Is Making Serious Flooding Worse | Circle of Blue

National AI Boom Hits Home as Demand for Power Surges | Circle of Blue

Three Great Lakes States at Greatest Risk as EPA Rolls Back Wetland Protections | Circle of Blue

Near Lake Michigan Shore, a $15 Billion Data Center Prompts a Small Town Reckoning | Circle of Blue

The Next Deluge May Go Differently | Circle of Blue

To Save A Disappearing Fish, South African Farmers Open Their Ponds | Circle of Blue
Alaska's Communities Struggle for Baseline Water Data Amid Climate Uncertainty | Circle of Blue
In New Mexico, a Closer Look at America’s Water Crisis | The Progressive Magazine
Chicago's 'Magic' Water Pump Connects Polish Heritage, Springwater, and Papal Lore | MSJ Thesis
Have You Seen This Fish Thief?  New Film Spotlights 'Dracula of the Great Lakes' | Sierra Magazine
After La Soufrière's Eruption, Water Insecurity Persists On St. Vincent | Circle of Blue
To Solve a Salmonid Mystery, Biologists Make Fish Passage Improvements | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Water and Land Disputes Turn Violent Along Ambiguous Kyrgyz-Tajik Border | Circle of Blue
Three River Communities, Worlds Apart, Tell Stories of Indigeneity in the Age of the Anthropocene | Circle of Blue
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Global water news and trends, published every Tuesday and Thursday.
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