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Another reason to be concerned about fracking?

Posted Mon, 2013/06/03 - 9:24am by RCAP

Reuters reports in a May 23 article that German beer makers are concerned about their water quality if fracking in that country is allowed.

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EPA National Water Program publishes 2012 Highlights of Progress: Responses to Climate Change

Posted Fri, 2013/04/05 - 3:28pm by RCAP

EPA has released a 2012 Highlights of Progress report, which provides a summary of the major climate change-related accomplishments of EPA's national and regional water programs in 2012. This is the fourth climate change progress report for the National Water Program and the first progress report organized around the five long-term programmatic vision areas described in the National Water Program 2012 Strategy: Response to Climate Change, which are:

EPA releases National Water Program 2012 Strategy: Response to Climate Change

Posted Fri, 2012/12/21 - 10:01am by RCAP

EPA has released the "National Water Program 2012 Strategy: Response to Climate Change," which describes how EPA's water-related programs plan to address the impacts of climate change and provides long-term visions, goals and strategic actions for the management of sustainable water resources for future generations. The strategy, which builds upon EPA's first climate change and water strategy released in 2008, focuses on five key areas: