Category: Issue Background

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2024 elections: What’s water got to do with it

We look at the water narratives that could shape the 2024 elections and what’s at stake for the future of national water policy.

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A digital poster with a blue background that reads: Virtual Media Briefing, Living in Harm’s Way: The Case for Investment and Technical Help in Community Disaster Resilience Zones. It includes headshots of five people: Rebecca Jim, L.E.A.D. Agency, Arif Ullah, South Bronx Unite, Hilton Kelley, Community In-Power and Development Association, Inc., Carletta Davis, We Matter Community Association, and Julie Nucci, Residents of the Village of Owego

Briefing: Building Resilience in Disaster Hotspots

A recap of the March 20 media briefing the Water Hub hosted in partnership with Anthropocene Alliance highlighting some of the neighborhoods at highest risk for climate disasters, and the community-led work underway to prepare.

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A digital poster with a blue background that reads: Virtual Media Briefing, Community-led Infrastructure in the Great Lakes, Grassroots groups tap federal clean water and climate resilience funds. It includes headshots of four people: Yvonka Hall from Northeast Ohio Black Health Coalition, Joe Fitzgerald from Milwaukee Water Commons, Tanner Yess from Groundwork Ohio River Valley, and David Ross from Junction Coalition.

Briefing: Community-led infrastructure in the Great Lakes

A recap of the Water Hub’s February 22 media briefing on community-led clean water and climate projects in the Great Lakes region that are getting a boost from federal infrastructure funding.

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What is resilience really? 2024 water narrative predictions

Dive into a new year of narrative predictions with the Water Hub where we look at the stories behind climate resilience.

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Briefing: Clean Water And Climate Preparedness in the Great Lakes

Two years after the Bipartisan Law allocated billions for clean water and climate readiness, we asked Great Lakes leaders to share an update on where federal funds are being spent in the region, and what’s needed to help disinvested communities take advantage of this one-in-a-lifetime opportunity to tackle long-standing problems like lead pipes and legacy pollution.

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Issue Brief: Are Inflation Reduction Act drought dollars funding resilience?

In this issue briefing, we look back at one year of the Inflation Reduction Act and how local leaders hope to shape investments in Western water.

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Flood justice for frontline communities

With billions in federal dollars available to help communities prepare for rising seas and stronger storms, we asked national and community leaders to share their work building flood resilience in frontline communities.

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Groundwater: The unsung hero

It’s Groundwater Awareness Week! In this blog, we dive into the invisible water source beneath our feet.

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Forecasting the year’s hottest water stories

We put on our looking glasses to predict some of the hottest themes we expect (and hope) to see covered in water media this year.

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Multi-solving with nature in the Colorado River Basin

Recap of our recent media briefing on Colorado River solutions that work with nature and provide multiple benefits to the watershed and communities.

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Issue briefing: Toxic algae

In this issue briefing on the impacts and health concerns of toxic algae, we also dig into the climate connection and available solutions.

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Making Groundwater Research Visible

As another Groundwater Awareness Week goes by and World Water Day arrives, we’ve compiled facts and resources about a lesser known hero to humanity: groundwater.

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What will be this year’s biggest water stories?

Infrastructure implementation, climate, and industrial ag: we’re looking ahead at the key themes we expect to see in 2022 water media.

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Wildfires and water in the West

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