Tag: water pollution
EPA announces new plan to regulate wastewater pollution with updated guidelines...
"Importantly and for the first time, EPA is committing to limit PFAS in wastewater discharges.”
EPA enforcement in distress — and more trouble is brewing
The White House has now quietly and ominously asked polluters to help identify new opportunities for deregulation.
Toxic chemicals found in rainwater and drinking water throughout the US
"When your water is polluted with toxic PFAS, it's not much comfort to know who is polluting it."
The fracking industry’s water nightmare
Water itself now poses a risk to the already failing financial model of the American fracking industry, and that is something the industry won’t be able to ignore.
Tons of plastic trash enter the Great Lakes every year –...
According to recent estimates, over 8 million tons of plastic enter the oceans every year.
Tell Tyson Foods to clean up its pollution
Sign the petition to tell Tyson Foods to clean up their pollution and stop polluting our waterways.
China invests $100B in water clean-up projects
For the people's sake, let’s hope China is able to meet their 2017 goals, and perhaps inspire other countries to follow suit.
After Lead Contamination in House Office Building’s Water, Lawmakers Demand EPA...
61 representatives are demanding the EPA improves its lead regulations after learning that the drinking water in one of the Congressional office buildings had been shut off due to lead contamination.
Meat Is Murdering American Rivers
Government data shows that food processing plants are the biggest toxic polluters of waterways in the U.S.
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Naomi Klein: The US is in the midst of a ‘shock-and-awe judicial coup’
"The rolling judicial coup coming from this court is by no means over," warned the author of "The Shock Doctrine."
Divided we fail: A way forward for a divided progressive left?
Those that attempt to divide the progressive left into opposing camps at war with each other are almost as big a threat to the movement as the far right.
56% of Muslim Americans support women’s right to choose, and more Muslim-majority nations offer...
The American conviction that all Muslims are fundamentalists has led to a misunderstanding of Muslim societies.
Does Flint, Michigan, have clean water yet? The answer is complicated.
Even if the city has clean water, many people still struggle to accept that they’re being told the truth this time.
4 myths about raising the minimum wage
We’re the richest country in the world, home to the richest people on the planet. We can, and we must, treat our workers with the dignity and respect they deserve.