Politics and clean water By RICHARD H. MAYS Special to the Democrat-Gazette Most Americans are spoiled by having clean water available by simply turning the spigot and letting drinkable water flow. Clean water is a necessity of life that we take for granted as part of our developed society, and […]

 http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2015/11/21/mcr-gene-colistin/ A Blog by Maryn McKenna Apocalypse Pig: The Last Antibiotic Begins to Fail  POSTED SAT, 11/21/2015 I mentioned on Monday that this past week was intended by the CDC, WHO and other health authorities to be a global awareness week for antibiotic resistance. Alarming news that came out of China at […]

  http://www.coastalreview.org/2015/11/11738/ Just a `Misunderstanding,’ State Says 11/19/2015 by  Mark Hibbs RALEIGH – Faced with the threat of losing its federal permitting authority, the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality said this week that it is working with federal officials to clarify their “misunderstanding” over the public’s right to challenge state-issued pollution permits. Environmental […]

State’s water plan heads to Legislature BRIAN FANNEYARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE A plan to avoid water shortages in Arkansas will head to state lawmakers for final approval. The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission voted Monday to approve the Arkansas Water Plan, which seeks to measure and address the anticipated gap between the demand […]