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Ducks Unlimited Canada’s Sarah Nathan honoured with prestigious conservation award
Water Canada
Sarah Nathan, Manager of Provincial Operations for Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) in British Columbia, has been awarded the prestigious King Charles III Coronation Medal for her exceptional contributions to environmental conservation. The honour was presented by Nathan Cullen, B.C. Minister of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship, recognizing Nathan’s tireless work in protecting and restoring critical wetland habitats across the province. Click here to read the story.
Compare and contrast: Low Mississippi levels threaten exports
The Western Producer
Low water conditions have led to several barges running aground along a key stretch of the lower Mississippi River, the U.S. Coast Guard said last week, just as the busiest U.S. grain export season gets underway. Click here to read the story.
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Work on Calgary water main ahead of schedule, restrictions could be lifted sooner
CTV News
Calgarians and area residents kept their water use in check for a second day in a row, building momentum on some good news that repair work could be finished ahead of schedule. Residents and businesses used 484 million litres of water on Wednesday, up from the 481 million litres used on Tuesday. Click here to read the story.
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Compare and contrast: Brazil’s hydropower faces risk from drying river basins
Reuters
Soil moisture in Brazil’s main river basins used for hydropower generation has fallen to nearly two-decade lows threatening a prolonged impact from a serious drought even after rains return. Click here to read the story.
Compare and contrast: In arid New Mexico, rural towns eye treated oil wastewater as a solution to drought
Reuters
A growing group of New Mexico politicians want the state to develop regulations allowing for the millions of gallons of so-called produced water gushing up daily alongside the Permian basin’s prolific oil and gas to be treated and used and who are encouraging companies to figure out how to make it happen cheaply, safely and at scale. Click here to read the story.
Compare and contrast: Flash flood sweeps away hamlet as Vietnam’s storm toll rises to 155 dead
The Canadian Press
A flash flood swept away an entire hamlet in northern Vietnam, killing 30 people and leaving dozens missing as deaths from a typhoon and its aftermath climbed to 155 on Wednesday. Click here to read the story.
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Nipissing First Nation constructs wetland to enhance environmental resilience
Water Canada
A new wetland project in Nipissing First Nation will help convert nutrient-rich wastewater into safe, non-potable water to support vital plant species, thanks to a $90,000 investment from the federal government’s Natural Infrastructure Fund. Click here to read the story.
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Compare and contrast: What’s really ‘fueling’ harmful algae in Florida’s lake Okeechobee?
Science Daily
Historically, Lake Okeechobee was thought to be impaired only by phosphorus, focusing efforts on reducing agricultural runoff. However, new comprehensive sampling across the Lake Okeechobee Waterway and its connected estuaries shows that toxic algal blooms also are driven by rising nitrogen levels from human waste and urban runoff. Click here to read the story.
Compare and contrast: Italy’s Marmolada glacier could disappear by 2040, experts say
The Guardian
Rising temperatures causing largest glacier in Dolomites to lose 7-10cm of depth a day, according to scientists. Click here to read the story.
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Alberta farmers ahead of schedule on harvest, but remain on knife’s edge of drought
CBC
Farmers across Alberta are ahead of schedule on their harvest this year after seeing warmer than average temperatures over the past month, but that doesn’t mean yields are necessarily higher. Click here to read the story.
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