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The court ruled that the state can restrict new groundwater pumping if it will impact other users and wildlife, a decision environmentalists are calling a major win in updating the state’s water law.

The Nevada Supreme Court unanimously ruled last week that the state can restrict new groundwater pumping if it will impact other users and wildlife, a decision that strikes a blow to the plan of a developer that at one time hoped to build a new city of 250,000 people in the Mojave Desert and could shift how groundwater is managed in the driest U.S. state.

Environmentalists See Nevada Supreme Court Ruling Bringing State’s Water Management ‘Into the 21st Century’

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Malnourished Gray Whales of the Eastern North Pacific Are in ‘Serious Trouble’

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The population has plummeted over the past seven years as climate change triggers mass starvation in warming Arctic waters.

SEATTLE—Exceptionally skinny gray whales—enfeebled by starvation and mangled by blunt-force trauma—are washing up this spring along the coast of Washington state in numbers that alarm marine-mammal scientists.

Malnourished Gray Whales of the Eastern North Pacific Are in ‘Serious Trouble’

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Sewage and Fuel Leaks Contaminate the Potomac River, Source of Drinking Water for More Than 5 Million People

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Observers believe regulatory failures contributed to catastrophic sewage and fuel leaks in the watershed. The river was recently named the most endangered in the nation.

The warning signs were years in the making. And yet, regulators failed to heed the writing on the wall, according to Dean Naujoks.

Sewage and Fuel Leaks Contaminate the Potomac River, Source of Drinking Water for More Than 5 Million People

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Community Leaders in Florida Say Trump’s FEMA Pullback Leaves Them Struggling to Fill the Void

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The president may have backed off killing the agency outright, but his FEMA Review Council clearly sees a much reduced emergency management role for the federal government.

When disaster strikes, those who turn to government agencies for assistance tend to be the most vulnerable: senior citizens, individuals with special needs, homeowners who had insurance and a disaster plan but were living paycheck-to-paycheck and suddenly have no place to go.

Community Leaders in Florida Say Trump’s FEMA Pullback Leaves Them Struggling to Fill the Void

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