Tag: water
Flint’s crisis reveals national failure on school ‘leadership’
Flint, Michigan, became a national poster child for incompetence and corruption when a small group of autocratic officials put in charge by...
Water stress could affect half the world’s population in just 5...
World Water Week kicked off this week in the shadow of a frightening reality that nearly one-fourth of the world's population is living...
At least 2% of U.S. public water systems are like Flint’s...
More than five years after Flint’s water crisis first hit the news, the city has successfully lowered the lead levels in its...
Washington state AG sues EPA for repealing state’s water quality standards,...
“Trump’s EPA cannot change important water quality protections at the whim of industry interests. It’s not only disruptive to Washington’s environmental efforts over the past two years, it’s a clear violation of the Clean Water Act.
The story of water
Water is a human right and shouldn't be controlled by corporations whose primary motivation is profit.
‘The polluter should pay:’ Pennsylvania bill aims to ease PFAS-related drinking...
Proposed legislation would use funds from development on contaminated sites to help offset costs of cleaning tainted drinking water.
New search warrants in Flint water crisis probe raise serious and...
"The people of Flint deserve answers. Hopefully this investigation will yield them. And there needs to be accountability for those involved in creating this crisis, including former Governor Snyder."
Flint: 5 years later, and our water is more threatened than...
High levels of lead leached from the old pipes, poisoning a generation of Flint's children, and bacteria responsible for an outbreak of Legionnaires' Disease killed more than a dozen residents.
Judge determines Flint residents can sue US government for water crisis
“The EPA was well aware that the Flint River was highly corrosive and posed a significant danger of lead leaching” into residents’ homes.
Nestlé, stop single use:’ Activists confront company executives at Annual General...
"It's time for Nestlé to really take some responsibility for the magnitude of its contribution to the problem."
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Apathy in the American Medical Association
It is well past time that they break their silence.
Native American tribes came together to secure their rights to Colorado River water. Four...
If passed into law, the Northeastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement Act would resolve the largest outstanding claim on the Colorado River while providing about $5 billion in federal funding to build infrastructure to transport the water across the reservations.
A mulish fool, a farce-spoiled pool and more swill from staggering misrule
No matter the mayhem, great or small,/ Dredge up “vandals did it” protocol.
Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta
Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.
UN inquiry says Israel deliberately targeted Palestinian children in Gaza
A new UN Commission report details more than 20,000 children killed, tens of thousands injured, attacks on hospitals and schools, and evidence that Palestinian children were treated not as collateral damage, but as targets.