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Ex-skeptic further supports climate change
Richard A. Muller, a University of California, Berkeley, physicist, used to be a prominent scientific skeptic on climate change. Last year, he concluded global warming is real. Now, read a … Read more
Innovative Wisconsin phosphorus rules OK'd
The Freshwater Society blog publishes a digest of important regional, national and international articles and research on water and the environment. Scan the articles here, then follow the links to … Read more
Erodable land sought for conservation reserve
Minnesota farmers have an opportunity to receive federal payment to take – or keep – highly erodable land out of crop production. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency … Read more
EPA declares water safe in fracking dispute
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has closed an investigation into allegations that a Pennsylvania community’s water wells were contaminated by hydraulic fracturing — fracking — for natural gas. The EPA … Read more
Water level drops in Ogallala aquifer in Texas
The Freshwater Society blog publishes a digest of important regional, national and international articles and research on water and the environment. Scan the articles here, then follow the links to … Read more
Science on fracking is complicated and takes time
The Freshwater Society blog publishes a digest of important regional, national and international articles and research on water and the environment. Scan the articles here, then follow the links to … Read more
Conservation takes hit in House ag bill
The Freshwater Society blog publishes a digest of important regional, national and international articles and research on water and the environment. Scan the articles here, then follow the links to … Read more
Water, science and the environment: Week of July 8
A key soil and water conservation provision in the Farm Bill passed in June by the U.S. Senate is not in the House version of the legislation released in draft … Read more
The Farm Bill, conservation and crop insurance
The Freshwater Society blog publishes a digest of important regional, national and international articles and research on water and the environment. Scan the articles here, then follow the links to … Read more
Water, science and the environment: Week of July 1, 2012
Fines for violating Minnesota’s invasive species rules — failing to drain water from your boat or clean lake weeds from it — doubled on July 1. A Congressional subcommittee proposes … Read more