Tag: pollution

Texas is the No. 1 state in the U.S. for discharging of toxic pollutants into streams, rivers and lakes. 

"If you want to address human health, you have to address climate health first," said Charles Swanton, who led the research team.

Putting Indigenous insight and policy at the forefront is essential to keeping local viewpoints from being silenced by corporate forces and combating the issue of waste colonialism.

This sustainable PFAS clean-up system could scale for commercial use, leading to a better way to remove these chemical pollutants from the environment.

“Today we make history; tomorrow we focus on ensuring our SB 54 goals to reduce plastic pollution are met.”

"The EPA is doing the bare minimum it can and that's putting people's health at risk," said the policy director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility.

“We urge you to be the climate and public health champion that port and coastal communities need by committing to immediately reduce and completely eliminate maritime emissions this decade."

The bill would "clean up the shipping industry, protect the health of port communities, address environmental injustice, and provide solutions to the climate crisis."

While 80 percent of wastewater in the world is not treated, even in developed countries treatment facilities are often unable to filter out dangerous bugs.

A new report from the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) finds the country has fallen far short of the Clean Water Act's goal.