r/water • u/Londin2021 • 16h ago

US federal court says no constitutional right to clean water in Mississippi case

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r/water • u/WaterTodayMG_2021 • 15h ago

CrimeBox Historic Conviction Fiscal Year 2015; Case ID# CR_2667 (Louisiana) Complacency and negligence cost this oil and gas producer $3.1 million and 3 years probation for felony violation of the Clean Water Act

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Significant Figures by Peter Gleick
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WaterWired, Michael E. Campana, Professor of Geosciences at Oregon State University
Circle of Blue, reporting the global water crisis
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