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Federal budget deal slashes key community water funds
By Judith Lewis Mernit, High Country News
Steven Meade doesn't hide his frustration. As treasurer of the Atlanta Water Association in Atlanta, Idaho, he has the unenviable task of coming up with money to fix his community's water-quality problems. And Atlanta has had its share. Click here for the Infographic: The Final Cuts: Hits to energy, transportation and the environment that compares "What they had" to "What they got."
Locals cheer appellate court ruling on Safe Water Act
By Miles Shuper, Valley Voice Newspaper
Tulare County - An Appellate Court ruling, which would force the State of California to complete the Safe Drinking Water Plan designed to bring safe and affordable water to small rural communities, is being celebrated by Tulare County residents named in the legal action as well as their legal advocates and other community members.
What’s the fracas over fracking?
By Travis Mitchell, RCAP communications intern, The Safe Drinking Water Trust
Hydraulic fracturing is being spoken about in some quarters, including the media, as the next great hope for weaning America off foreign oil and making the U.S. energy-independent. It is a process that involves extracting natural gas from underground pockets and is commonly referred to as “fracking.”
California farmers at helm in renewable energy production
By Sarah Hoffman, National Agricultural Statistics Service, Western Farm Press
When it comes to on-farm renewable energy production, California farms and ranches now make up more than 20 percent of all operations in the nation with solar, wind and methane digester use. There are now 1,956 California farms producing renewable energy, according to the results of the On-Farm Renewable Energy Production Survey, released by USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) last week [March 2]. Access the full report and fact sheet >>
ARRA Reporting Tip 2
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