Tag: clean water
First-of-its-kind study measures fracking’s impact on nearby surface water quality
“Our work provides the first large-sample evidence showing that hydraulic fracturing is related to the quality of nearby surface waters for several U.S. shales.”
How clean water is linked with environmental and human health
When the world works together, a brighter and greener future is possible.
Watch: Viral animated video shows how just a fraction of Bill...
“You’d have to save more than a $100,000 per year for a MILLION years to get there. So where's that wealth tax?”
2 million Americans lack clean water access, especially Native Americans
“It’s hard to imagine that in America today, people are living without basics like safe and reliable water service.”
Another Flint? Newark, NJ, faces public health crisis over lead contamination...
Thousands of residents in Newark, New Jersey, remain unable to drink their tap water in an enduring public health nightmare. Lead contamination...
Trump’s EPA to roll back Obama-era clean water regulations
Today the Trump administration is expected to repeal an Obama-era clean water regulation that had limited the amount of pollution and chemicals...
‘Astonishing’ Texas legal Win tops decades of clean-water heroism
Precedents Set: Big $$ Penalty Fueled by Key Citizen Evidence
Sometimes, unstoppable anti-pollution champions must get their feet...
Flint water crisis ongoing: ‘We are still suffering’
"Four years later, my son, for example, we still can't safely use our water, he can't take a bath without telling me it burns."
World to Flint kids: We still see you
“I wanted every kid in Flint to be reminded that the world sees them, supports them and loves them.”
Fear and fury in Michigan town where Air Force contaminated water
"I always wanted to come back here, but it's like the town has been damaged by this."
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Derek Chauvin pleads not guilty to beating black teen
Chauvin is currently serving 22½ years in state prison for killing George Floyd. He pleaded not guilty.
America: Monumental problems, no solutions, caught up in a state of regression
“All empires end. That is an indisputable fact.” And, “All empires end from within.”
Until comeuppance smacks Trumpist scofflaws, brace for more lying, cheating & demagoguery
Why enter elections when starting insurrections are so much easier? Why “patronize” elections that are “corrupt” (thus unwinnable) from beginning to end?
The $3.5 trillion bill corporate America is terrified of
It’s time to get this landmark bill passed and build a fairer America.
Favorite son? Eduardo Bolsonaro and the growing internationalism of the far right
One of the progressive left’s strengths has always been a willingness to offer support and learn from others around the globe, it's a mistake to cede internationalism to a xenophobic, ‘western culture’ obsessed right.