EPA

Alaska

Alaska Official Sends BDSM-Themed Letter To Feds: ‘We’re The Sub To EPA’s Dom’ | #alaska | #politics

A high-ranking Alaska environmental official invoked kinky sex to make a point about how he views power dynamics between his state and the federal government under the Biden administration.  In a fiery letter to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan, Jason Brune, the commissioner of the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, repeatedly referenced BDSM play […]

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Arkansas

EPA announces $53.099 million in water infrastructure grants for Arkansas

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $53.099 million for Arkansas to implement drinking water and clean water infrastructure upgrades. The money is from President Joe Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The money will be used to support essential water infrastructure that protects public health and treasured water bodies across the state. Almost half of this […]

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Arkansas

Court sides with Arkansas on air pollution plan blocked by EPA

A federal appeals court blocked the Environmental Protection Agency from turning down Arkansas’s proposed plan for “good neighbor” air pollution rules. In a single-page ruling Thursday, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals stayed the EPA’s rejection of Arkansas’ plan, which is required under the Clean Air Act to ensure states’ ozone emissions do not pollute […]

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Alabama

Alabama Farmers Fed Joins WOTUS Worries and More Skilled Work in Rural America | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Alabama Farmers Fed Joins WOTUS Worries and More Skilled Work in Rural America From the Ag Information Network, I’m Bob Larson with your Agribusiness Update. **A clear, concise definition of navigable waters is set to be replaced with more confusing terminology, released in an EPA ruling December 30. Alabama Farmers Federation has joined ag organizations […]

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City Council

Kalispell City Council work session to focus on drinking water standards | #citycouncil

Kalispell City Council will discuss emerging issues regarding drinking water standards, and how the city may need to change policies to comply with new federal and state standards, during a work session Monday. The meeting starts at 7 p.m. in the City Hall, 201 First Avenue East. It can also be attended virtually via Zoom. […]

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Mayor

Jackson mayor says DOJ ‘form letter’ about water ‘indicates nothing new’

The Environmental Protection Agency wants a judge to enforce an agreement on how Jackson will fix its water system. The EPA is looking into the quality of the city’s water as well.The water quality tests approved by the Mississippi State Department of Health allowed a citywide boil-water advisory to be lifted. But those approvals were […]

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