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For you, it's a tax on a hotel stay. For Florida, it's money to clean up a large lagoon.

By Renata Sago
September 27, 2018
Stephen Sharkey, who works for the Marine Resources Council, says the Indian River Lagoon had, at one point, the most biodiverse ecosystem in North America.
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The state rakes in a pretty penny on overnight hotel stays, and how that money should be spent has been a contentious issue lately.

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What its like to ship all the goods slapped with tariffs

By Kai Ryssdal and Bennett Purser
August 08, 2018
A loaded barge is seen near the Mississippi River port of Memphis, Tennessee, on Aug. 15, 2012.
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At the intersection of trade and tariffs ... the Mississippi River has seen it all.

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51: Remember when a Columbia River boat pilot made us smart about shoes?

By Kai Ryssdal and Molly Wood
February 06, 2018
Courtesy: Deborah Dempsey

A look back at our interview with Deborah Dempsey, retired Columbia River Bar pilot

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Midwestern farmers are tied to a Gulf dead zone

By Annie Baxter
October 09, 2017
Soybeans are harvested near Worthington, Minnesota.
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Minnesota is trying to limit runoff carried by the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico.

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Water managers look to new ways to save

By Carrie Jung
October 03, 2017
The Gila River Indian Community could have chosen to bank their water in underground storage systems through recharge facilities like this one on their reservation. 
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Phoenix made a deal with the nearby Gila River Indian Community to share the tribe's water supply.

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24: Always tie your shoes

By Molly Wood and Kai Ryssdal
July 18, 2017
Men fish from boats on the choppy Columbia River June 15, 2006 in The Dalles, Oregon.
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And other lessons from Columbia River Bar pilot Deborah Dempsey.

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A listen-along glossary for our conversation with Capt. Deborah Dempsey

By Jennie Josephson
July 17, 2017
Mt. Hood rises in the background as the town of The Dalles is seen on the Columbia River June 15, 2006 in Oregon.
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Don't worry, there's no quiz.

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The battle over industrial water pollution in Alabama

By Gigi Douban
April 26, 2016
A view of the Tennessee River, which a lawsuit contends has been contaminated with chemicals from a nearby 3M plant for decades. 
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If new EPA regulations set stricter standards for some chemicals, water agencies could face costly clean-up measures

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Will China dam its last free-flowing river?

By Rob Schmitz
February 02, 2016
China's last free-flowing river, the Nu, runs along its border with Burma. For years, government officials have planned to build a series of 13 dams along the river to generate electricity. Environmental groups in China and Southeast Asia have protested the plans.
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The Nu River, along China's border with Burma, is at the center of a controversy.

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