water pollution

On this edition of Conversations, Ariane Szu-Tu talks with host Dan Skinner about “Kids vs. Plastic: Ditch the Straw and Find the Pollution Solution to Bottles, Bags, and other Single-Use Plastics.”

The unfolding water crisis in Flint, Michigan, may hold lessons for governments in other states, like Kansas. Guest Commentator Burdett Loomis says states that scale back on essential government services to save money often wind up paying a much higher cost.

A new EPA rule about water pollution has been put on hold. A federal judge has prevented new regulations from taking effect while a lawsuit against the EPA, filed by 13 farm states, moves its way through the court system.

Water shortages are threatening crops and livestock operations throughout the region.