Water Environment
DOS PALOS, Calif. - The government is spending $40 million in federal stimulus funds to pull water from underground aquifers in drought-stricken California, even as evidence is growing that the well-drilling boom could degrade the quality of water delivered to millions of residents.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - Environmental groups said Monday they want the Tennessee Valley Authority to be prosecuted for its huge coal ash spill in Tennessee and not shielded from penalties for polluting.
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - Federal officials said Monday they would use $13 million in Great Lakes restoration funds to step up the fight against invasive Asian carp.
OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma officials declared victory when a federal judge dismissed part of a North Texas water district's lawsuit that claimed it had the right to buy billions of gallons of water from basins in southern Oklahoma.
POMPTON LAKES, N.J. - Lawmakers are asking federal environmental officials to review whether a pollution control project is adequately protecting people who live in a North Jersey neighborhood where a state health report found elevated cancer rates.
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