Thousands of Central Valley water wells risk failure
Even though California enacted sweeping legislation nearly a decade ago to curb excessive agricultural pumping of groundwater, new research predicts that thousands of drinking water wells could run dry in the Central Valley by the time the law’s restrictions take full effect in 2040. The study, published this month in the journal Scientific Reports, casts […]
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Would a Texas law take away workers’ water breaks? A closer look at Ho…
As unrelenting heat set in across Texas this summer, opponents of a sweeping new law targeting local regulations took to the airwaves and internet with an alarming message: outdoor workers would be banned from taking water breaks. Workers would die, experts and advocates said, with high temperatures topping 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius) and […]
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Water main break on Philadelphia’s Bainbridge Street leaves businesses waiting for help
Even after six months, the flood’s presence lingers in broken pavement and caution tape at the corner of Sixth and Bainbridge, hangs in the closed storefront windows of dreams deferred, and seeps in the minds of Adam Volk and Chivonn Anderson. With an industry rattled by the pandemic and a Brooklyn location closed by COVID-19 […]
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