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This Week in Oklahoma Politics discusses State Superintendent Ryan Walters going before lawmakers calling for merit-based pay for teachers, Attorney General Gentner Drummond taking up the case of Oklahoma's sweetheart deal with Swadley's Bar-B-Q to run restaurants at state parks and more.
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After nearly two decades, a federal judge ruled in the state’s favor, finding Tyson Foods and ten other poultry producers guilty of polluting the Illinois River and Lake Tenkiller in Eastern Oklahoma.
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The Biden administration finalized regulations that protect small streams, wetlands and other waterways, repealing a Trump-era rule that environmentalists said left waterways vulnerable to pollution.
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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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Standing in the water as it winds between a disc golf course and a nursing home, Rebecca Jim and her companions are soaking up the natural beauty of autumn in Miami, Okla.
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A survey from Waterkeeper Alliance found chemicals known as PFAS were found in surface waters across the United States, with particularly high concentrations found in some rivers in the Midwest.
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The U.S. Department of the Interior awarded Oklahoma an initial $25 million to help address legacy pollution caused by orphaned oil and gas wells left abandoned across the state.
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An underground pipeline has leaked at least 42,000 gallons of crude oil into a creek in Payne County since it ruptured on July 8.
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A series of virtual roundtable discussions are underway regarding the Waters of the United States definition. But the input might not change much about what comes next.
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Back in 1969, a polluted river in Ohio caught fire. The environmental disaster led Congress to enact the Clean Water Act in 1972.