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Missouri Loves Company New Missouri River Management Plan Sparks Protest		01 Mar 2004	Daily Grist
Missouri Loves Company New Missouri River Management Plan Sparks Protest A massive new plan to manage the Missouri River, released by the Army Corps of Engineers on Friday, managed to please exactly nobody, in keeping with the tenor of 15 years of debate over the future of the "Big Muddy." Conservation groups immediately protested and filed lawsuits, saying the plan i ...
Topics: environmental restoration, Missouri River, placemaking, rivers and watersheds (all these topics)

Wham, Bam, Thank You, Dam Embrey Dam Removal Heralds Larger Trend		24 Feb 2004	Daily Grist
Wham, Bam, Thank You, Dam Embrey Dam Removal Heralds Larger Trend The Army Corps of Engineers blew up the Embrey Dam in Fredericksburg, Va., yesterday, allowing the Rappahannock River to flow unmolested from the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Chesapeake Bay for the first time since 1910 -- and making it the longest free-flowing river feeding into the Chesapeake, ...
Topics: Army Corps of Engineers, California, dams, energy, rivers and watersheds, Virginia, wildlife (all these topics)

The Minnow Would Be Lost Senator's Plan Would Move Endangered Fish to Wetter Habitat		13 Feb 2004	Daily Grist
The Minnow Would Be Lost Senator's Plan Would Move Endangered Fish to Wetter Habitat The New Mexico habitat of the silvery minnow, an endangered fish, too often goes dry, so Sen. Pete Domenici (R-N.M.) has come up with an unusual plan: relocate the fish to wetter territory. The minnow, which lives primarily in the Rio Grande River south of Albuquerque, has been the subject of substantial ...
Topics: marine life, New Mexico, politics, rivers and watersheds, wildlife (all these topics)

One Meeellion Dollars! Iraq's Environment Ministry Faces Big Problems and a Small Budget		09 Feb 2004	Daily Grist
One Meeellion Dollars! Iraq's Environment Ministry Faces Big Problems and a Small Budget Iraq's first environment ministry, facing a host of daunting ecological problems and a list of 35 priority projects that would cost more than $200 million, has been allotted a 2004 budget of ... $1 ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, energy, health, Iraq, Middle East, nuclear power, pollution and waste, rivers and watersheds, United Nations, water pollution (all these topics)

Sweet Chile O' Mine Greenpeace Activist in Chile Tells It Like She Sees It		09 Feb 2004	Daily Grist

Topics: Chile, dams, education, energy, Greenpeace, hydropower, mining and drilling, rivers and watersheds, South America, wilderness (all these topics)

Wet's It to You?		02 Feb 2004	Daily Grist
Wet's It to You? Goods and services provided by wetlands across the globe are worth some $70 billion, claims a new study released by the World Wildlife Fund, but those wetlands are in danger of being destroyed. Valuable wetland functions range from recreation to water filtration and flood control; however, insufficient knowledge about wetlands leads policy-makers t ...
Topics: outdoor recreation, rivers and watersheds, water pollution, wetlands, World Wildlife Fund (all these topics)

Swinging Both Ways Bush Announces Environmental Money for Swing States		30 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
Swinging Both Ways Bush Announces Environmental Money for Swing States A recent flurry of announcements from the Bush administration about proposed funding increases for environmental projects -- including salmon restoration and brush clearing in the Northwest, Everglades protection in Florida, and cleanup of the Great Lakes -- has some enviros suspiciou ...
Topics: elections, Florida, Northwest, politics, rivers and watersheds, US EPA, water pollution, wetlands (all these topics)

A Dam Sham Bush Officials Stand Atop Dam to Trumpet Salmon Funding		27 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
A Dam Sham Bush Officials Stand Atop Dam to Trumpet Salmon Funding Bush administration officials announced a $10 million increase in funding for restoration of endangered Northwest salmon on Monday, drawing election-year attention to recent increases in salmon numbers. Enviros expressed measured support for the rise in funding, but pointed out that higher salmon numbers we ...
Topics: Columbia River, fishing, marine life, Northwest, politics, rivers and watersheds (all these topics)

Rivers and Tithes Judge Rules Government Must Pay for Withheld Water		26 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
Rivers and Tithes Judge Rules Government Must Pay for Withheld Water In a case that could have substantial implications for enforcement of the Endangered Species Act, a federal judge ruled recently that the U.S. government must pay California irrigators some $14 million for water it withheld from them ...
Topics: California, climate, environmental justice, food and agriculture, marine life, politics, rivers and watersheds, Southwest, water conflicts, wildlife (all these topics)

Streaming Media Judge Bans Pesticide Use Near Northwest Salmon Runs		23 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
Streaming Media Judge Bans Pesticide Use Near Northwest Salmon Runs A federal judge Thursday banned the use of a wide range of pesticides in and around thousands of miles of waterways in the Northwest frequented by endangered salmon, and required stores selling seven of the most dangerous banned pesticides to display signs reading &q ...
Topics: environmental justice, fishing, green living, marine life, Northwest, politics, rivers and watersheds, toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

Mine Every Mountain, Fill Every Stream Bush Admin. Rule Change Would Give a Boost to Mountaintop Mining		08 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
Mine Every Mountain, Fill Every Stream Bush Admin. Rule Change Would Give a Boost to Mountaintop Mining Mountaintop-removal mining is poised to get even easier thanks to a rule change proposed by the Bush administration yesterday. Significant chunks of Appalachia have already been devastated by this mining technique, which involves blasting off the t ...
Topics: Department of Interior, mining and drilling, politics, rivers and watersheds, water pollution, wildlife (all these topics)

One Dam Thing After Another Anti-Dam Activists Get Energized in Thailand		05 Dec 2003	Daily Grist

Topics: dams, energy, rivers and watersheds, Thailand, wildlife (all these topics)

Meeting His Waterloo? House Tells Bush to Leave Clean Water Act Rules Alone		01 Dec 2003	Daily Grist
Meeting His Waterloo? House Tells Bush to Leave Clean Water Act Rules Alone More than half of the members of the U.S. House of Representatives last week told President Bush to back off from proposed changes that would reduce protections for wetlands and streams under the Clean Water Act. In a letter sent to Bush, 218 representatives, including 26 Republicans, asked the administration to abandon a ...
Topics: politics, rivers and watersheds, water pollution, wetlands (all these topics)

Do Good Tell Bush and Co. to Keep Their Hands Off the Clean Water Act		25 Nov 2003	Daily Grist
Do Good Tell Bush and Co. to Keep Their Hands Off the Clean Water Act If you appreciate clean waterways and coastlines, you have the Clean Water Act to thank -- and President Bush to fear. Earlier this year, the Bush administration unveiled a proposal that would make it easier for polluters and developers to contaminate or destroy non-navigable wetlands, streams, ...
Topics: lakes, marine life, politics, rivers and watersheds, water pollution, wetlands, wildlife (all these topics)

Hubris on the Yangtze	Worldwatch Institute	24 Nov 2003	Counter Culture
Photo: Friends of the Earth International. 555 -- height, in feet, of the Washington Monument, the tallest structure in Washington, D.C. 575 -- height, in feet, of the new Three Gorges Dam in China (which is also wider than 100 Washington Monuments standing edge to edge) 4.3 million -- cubic meters of concrete needed to build the Panama Canal 26.4 million -- cubic meters of concrete needed to build the Three Gorges Dam 80 -- number of cr ...
Topics: China, dams, energy, rivers and watersheds, Yangtze River (all these topics)

Fishing for Answers Bush Administration Admits Role in Klamath Fish Die-Off		19 Nov 2003	Daily Grist
Fishing for Answers Bush Administration Admits Role in Klamath Fish Die-Off The Bush administration has finally admitted to its role in last year's die-off of more than 34,000 chinook and coho salmon in the Klamath River basin, which straddles the Oregon-California border: The massive fish kill was caused a ...
Topics: California, dams, energy, fishing, food and agriculture, Oregon, politics, rivers and watersheds, US Fish and Wildlife Service, water conflicts (all these topics)

Chromium and Punishment New Jersey Wins $17 Million Settlement in Chromium Case		13 Nov 2003	Daily Grist
Chromium and Punishment New Jersey Wins $17 Million Settlement in Chromium Case A 20-year battle over chromium pollution in northern New Jersey came to an end yesterday when three companies agreed to pony up $17 million to clean hundreds of sites contaminated by the deadly chemical. From the 1890s to the ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, environmental restoration, land degradation, New Jersey, pollution and waste, rivers and watersheds, wetlands (all these topics)

Every Which Way but Loose Bush Administration Plans to Ease Sewage-Treatment Rules		03 Nov 2003	Daily Grist
Every Which Way but Loose Bush Administration Plans to Ease Sewage-Treatment Rules More disease-carrying microbes from doo-doo could contaminate U.S. waterways, lakes, and coastlines if the Bush administration proceeds with plans to loosen sewage-treatment requirements. This week, the U.S. EPA intends to unveil a proposed rule change that would let many communities skip a ...
Topics: politics, rivers and watersheds, solid waste treatment and disposal, United States (all these topics)

The Kids Are Alright Michigan Creates Volunteer Corps to Monitor Waterways		03 Oct 2003	Daily Grist
The Kids Are Alright Michigan Creates Volunteer Corps to Monitor Waterways What do you do if you're a budget-strapped state with no money to pay for water-quality monitoring? Sign up the seventh graders, of course. Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D) signed an executive order this week to create the Clean Water Corps, which will enlist volunteers ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, Michigan, rivers and watersheds, state politics, water pollution (all these topics)

Muddy Water EPA Analysis Finds Clean Water Act Changes Would Cause Major Setback		05 Sep 2003	Daily Grist
Muddy Water EPA Analysis Finds Clean Water Act Changes Would Cause Major Setback An internal analysis conducted by the U.S. EPA has found that a Bush administration plan to alter clean water rules could result in more than half of the mid-Atlantic's streams and one-third of its wetlands losing protection under the federal Clean Water Act. That, in turn, would leave more than 3 million pe ...
Topics: politics, rivers and watersheds, US EPA, water pollution, wetlands (all these topics)

Trickle-down Economics Saving Forests Can Mean Clean Water for Cities		02 Sep 2003	Daily Grist
Trickle-down Economics Saving Forests Can Mean Clean Water for Cities Cities around the world could save billions of dollars on water-treatment plants if they dedicated resources to protecting nearby forests, which naturally filter and purify drinking water, according to a new report by the World Wildlife Fund and the World Bank. Researchers came to this conclusion after s ...
Topics: New York, rivers and watersheds, water pollution, wilderness, World Wildlife Fund (all these topics)

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, New Fish New Fish Species Discovered in Venezuela		29 Aug 2003	Daily Grist
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, New Fish New Fish Species Discovered in Venezuela In an era of mass extinction, it's always nice to hear about the discovery of new species. So the members of an expedition sponsored by Conservation International were thrilled to discover 10 new fish species in Venezuela's Upper Caura River. Of the 10 new species, only one has been desc ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, marine life, rivers and watersheds, Venezuela (all these topics)

Hot Topic Heat Wave in Europe Leads to Nuke Plant Worries		12 Aug 2003	Daily Grist
Hot Topic Heat Wave in Europe Leads to Nuke Plant Worries The withering heat wave in Europe, which is believed to have led to dozens if not hundreds of deaths, is now causing problems at nuclear facilities and other power plants. Government authorities in France and Germany have announced that they are relaxing rules to let plants pump warmer-than ...
Topics: climate, France, Germany, health, marine life, nuclear power, pollution and waste, rivers and watersheds (all these topics)

Freeman at Last Ross Freeman of American Rivers Discusses His Work		01 Aug 2003	Daily Grist

Topics: environmental non-government organizations, rivers and watersheds, United States (all these topics)

Reservoir Dogged		28 Jul 2003	Daily Grist
Reservoir Dogged Four elderly Pehuenche Indian women have thrown a big wrench into plans for a $570 million hydroelectric dam in southern Chile. Arguing that the hydro project would flood sacred land and destroy their traditional way of life, the four have refused to sell 103 acres they own along the Bio Bio River, land that would be submerged if the dam were finished. The Chilean government and the Ende ...
Topics: dams, energy, rivers and watersheds, South America (all these topics)

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