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Circle of Blue
Where Water Speaks💧
About Circle of Blue
Circle of Blue is where water speaks. In an era of information overload, indifference, and fragmenting audiences, gaining attention for water crises and responses presents a persistent and urgent communications design challenge. Circle of Blue challenges the status quo, delivering a new voice for water, uniquely combining trusted front-line journalism, science, data, systems design, and convening toward solutions. This approach has successfully shifted national policy in China around water and energy, engaged students worldwide, convened World Water Day at the Vatican, which reached millions, and informed U.S. legislation. Circle of Blue is a nonpartisan, independent nonprofit organization. It is a member of the Institute for Nonprofit News and curator of the World Economic Forum Intelligence Maps for Water. 💧
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15 published signals
Legal & Regulatory
Circle of Blue reports that the EPA proposes exempting ships from Clean Water Act permits for pollutant discharges in near-shore and ocean waters.
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Legal & Regulatory
Circle of Blue reports that the EPA and Army Corps propose narrowing which wetlands and streams get federal protection following the Supreme Court's 2023 Sackett decision.
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Legal & Regulatory
Circle of Blue reports that a Google-linked $1 billion data center project seeks Army Corps approval to fill wetlands along the Ohio River.
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Legal & Regulatory
Circle of Blue reports that Reclamation pushes back hard against California's proposed water quality standards for the contested Bay-Delta watershed.
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Legal & Regulatory
Circle of Blue reports that Coronado National Forest approved a manganese/zinc mine in southern Arizona's Patagonia Mountains despite local groundwater concerns.
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Legal & Regulatory
Circle of Blue reports that BLM considers oil and gas leasing beneath a Utah national wildlife refuge.
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Research & Knowledge
Circle of Blue reports that 8.3 million acres of land burned in the Pacific Northwest, Lower Mississippi Valley, Texas, and Oklahoma this fall, with 66% above the 10-year average.
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Research & Knowledge
Circle of Blue published a Global Water News Storymap covering the global water crisis issues including Nepal, Israel, Ethiopia, and the Grand Canyon.
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Research & Knowledge
Circle of Blue reports that the Congressional Research Service outlines cybersecurity proposals for water systems following recent Iran-linked attacks.
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Research & Knowledge
Circle of Blue reports that the Army Corps is proposing to expand the Yolo Bypass flood-control project protecting 900,000+ people around Sacramento.
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Research & Knowledge
Circle of Blue reports that a new dashboard tracks real-time Colorado River basin data including reservoir levels, wildfires, streamflow, and more.
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Research & Knowledge
Circle of Blue reports that a House subcommittee hearing will tackle drinking water funding and a bill requiring data centers to pay for their own water infrastructure upgrades.
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Research & Knowledge
Circle of Blue reports that Lake Erie's harmful algal bloom nears its summer peak, affecting 380 square miles and toxins above recreational safety levels near Monroe, Michigan.
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Legal & Regulatory
Circle of Blue reports that the Department of Energy invoked emergency authority to keep Michigan's J.H. Campbell coal plant running through mid-November following an order issued back in May 2025.
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Research & Knowledge
Circle of Blue published a piece by Keith Schneider analyzing nitrate contamination in corn and its impact on Iowa and the U.S. agricultural supply.
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