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EPA declares water safe in fracking dispute

July 26, 2012

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

July 23, 2012

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

July 20, 2012

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

July 16, 2012

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

July 9, 2012

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

July 9, 2012

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

July 2, 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

Nitrogen; invasive species; water infrastructure

July 2, 2012

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 wins one in Senate's Farm Bill

June 25, 2012

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 June 24

June 18, 2012

Environmentalists won a victory in the U.S. Senate when Senators approved a Farm Bill that would require farmers to comply with some minimum conservation requirements to be eligible for subsidized … Read more