Tag: clean water
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."
Michiganders fight back against water privatization as Nestlé tries to increase...
Residents are building a movement across the state – writing letter, holding town meetings and going door-to-door – to "protect their most important local resource."
While one Louisiana town’s lead-tainted water system is replaced, dozens of...
Federal help available to states for upgrading water systems is a drop in the bucket compared to what is needed across the country.
Thousands of communities have lead levels worse than Flint
Flint is no aberration. In fact, it doesn’t even rank among the most dangerous lead hotspots in America.
Love that dirty water… and dirty wars!!
An EPA assessment in 2013 estimated that infrastructure needs for small water systems would total 64.5 billion dollars over 20 years.
Clean Water, Sanitation and Hygiene For All by 2030
“Millions of people should not have to wait for years to have safe water, proper toilets and better hygiene.”
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Balanced budget amendment would put Social Security, Medicare, and core public services on the...
The proposal would make revenue increases extraordinarily difficult while allowing tax cuts to pass more easily, shifting pressure onto widely used federal programs.
Speeding up the ‘kill chain’: Pentagon bombs thousands of targets in Iran using Palantir...
The system, known as Project Maven, relies on technology by Palantir and also incorporates the AI model Claude built by Anthropic. Israel has used similar AI targeting programs in Iran, as well as in Gaza and Lebanon.
DNC approach to Israel is political malpractice and moral failure
On no issue is that more apparent than the DNC’s insistence on treating Israel as above serious reproach.
Searching for solace in a nuclearized world
The nightmare of Fukushima 15 years later.
Big Oil profits surge as Democrats push windfall tax tied to Iran war
Lawmakers and advocacy groups propose taxing fossil fuel windfalls as war-driven price spikes hit American households and deepen inequality.