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The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality has received a $3 million federal planning grant to develop a statewide greenhouse gas inventory and develop plans for reducing emissions. The funding comes from the Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act.
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The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality has issued an order not to use water from the McAlester Public Works Authority or several Pittsburgh County Rural Water Districts that buy their water from the city.
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The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing a a new Superfund site at Oklahoma’s Fansteel Metals, Inc.
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The Bethany-Warr Acres Bluff Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant was found to be leaking untreated sewage into Bluff Creek over ten days ago. Over the weekend, temporary pipes carrying the wastewater to a nearby facility for treatment also sprang a leak.
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President Biden signed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law just over a year ago, allocating over $50 billion to improve drinking water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure across the country.
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The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality has taken legal action to stop a wastewater treatment plant from leaking sewage into an Edmond creek.
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When flood waters rise in the Northeast Oklahoma community of Miami, they bring toxic waste with them. Find out what people in the community are doing to raise awareness of harmful mining waste.
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Oklahoma teachers and youth leaders can now apply for environmental education grants from the state’s Department of Environmental Quality.
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The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality has issued an emergency order against Garrison Shann for installing unlicensed and hazardous septic systems in northern Oklahoma.
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A multinational company that manages public water systems in Oklahoma has a pattern of water quality violations. And no one outside the company knows how many of Oklahoma’s 1,600-plus water systems they’re managing.