The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the state of Wisconsin are collaborating on a $243-million Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program to protect the state's water quality and wildlife habitat.
One representative who is a member of the Homeland Security Task Force recently proposed a $7 billion spending package to fight bioterrorism, including $800 million aimed at protecting water and food.
In an effort to preserve safe drinking water supplies for the region, a two-year moratorium on new oil and gas drilling in the Great Lakes has been upheld.
The U.S. Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories has created a real-time gas and water quality monitoring system that may help in the effort to protect the nation's water supply.
After encountering Democratic opposition, former Ohio official Donald Schregardus has decided to withdraw his name from consideration for one of the government's top environmental jobs.
The EPA has started working on a new environmental standard for the construction industry that could dictate erosion and sediment controls that contractors must include in storm water prevention programs for all job sites of more than 1 acre.
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