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Largest Source of Toxic Chemical Pollution in Water

WebJune 26, 2017. Every year, over 2 billion pounds of pollutants are dumped into our waterways by power plants – the largest source of toxic water pollution in our country. …

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Act50 Clean Water Act Purpose & Benefits Waterkeeper

WebPRIORITY #1. Waters of the United States - Starting in 2015, the U.S. EPA began redefining which waters can be protected from pollution and destruction under the Act. These …

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Asthma, flies, and the stench; what hog operations do to …

WebSeptember 8, 2020. Neighbors of industrial swine operations have repeatedly — and successfully — made the case that the stench, flies, and day-and-night rumbling of …

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Lawsuit Launched Over EPA’s Oversight Failure on …

WebConservation, public health, and environmental justice organizations notified the Environmental Protection Agency today of their intent to sue the agency for failing to …

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Support the Environmental Justice Legacy Pollution …

WebJuly 6, 2021. The Environmental Justice Legacy Pollution Cleanup Act is proposed legislation from Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Representative A. Donald McEachin …

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What To Do When State Regulation Stinks

WebNorth Carolina's Waterkeepers are using the civil rights act to clean up minority communities. Take a drive through eastern North Carolina, and you’ll see beautiful …

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Response to PED Virus Inadequate

WebNorth Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture to Take Action on Carcass Disposal from Deadly PED Hog Virus Commissioner Troxler’s Response to Inquiry on …

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Environmental Issues & Water Pollution in North Carolina

WebThe water pollution threat in North Carolina from hog waste cesspools is especially dire. Hurricane Florence in 2018 damaged at least six hog waste cesspools …

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Waterkeeper Alliance and Partners Call for Investigation …

WebApril 6, 2016. On April 1 the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), under the leadership of Governor Pat McCrory, submitted a report to the North Carolina …

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Providing Clean Water in China’s Cancer Villages

WebCollege students build a village water purification system. The result: More than 80,000 villagers get clean water — and the cancer rate in those villages has …

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Stop Army Corps Barriers on the Hudson River Dive Into Democracy

WebThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is considering plans that would erect massive in-water barriers that would damage the Hudson River Estuary! Your voice is …

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Court Expands Public’s Right to Know about Power Plant Water …

WebWASHINGTON, D.C. – Environmental groups are filing a complaint against the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to compel the agency to …

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Waterkeeper Alliance Responds to EPA’s Latest Plan for Regulating …

WebJanuary 24, 2023. Waterkeeper Alliance is responding to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) release of its latest plan for controlling PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl …

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26 Groups Urge Biden Administration to Take Bold Action to …

WebAlabama Rivers Alliance, Alliance for the Great Lakes, American Rivers, American Sustainable Business Council, Black Women’s Health Imperative, Children’s …

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Coalition Goes to Court to Protect Communities from

WebEPA’s actions unlawfully deny communities and emergency responders crucial information on pollution from CAFOs WASHINGTON (April 15, 2015) – …

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Toxic Legacy: Monsanto and PCB Contamination

WebMonsanto was, in essence, the sole manufacturer of PCBs in the United States from 1930 until 1977. PCBs are an extremely toxic, persistent chemical that can …

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CLEAN WATER • THE WATER PLANET’S FIRST RESPONDERS • …

Web4 Waterkeeper Magazine Volume 12, Issue 2 CONTENTS NEWS & uPDATES FEATuRES Volume 12, Issue 2 6: Terry Backer: a WaTerkeeper’s WaTerkeeper 12: a cry for The …

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Amazon Waterway: New risks for the river guardians under the …

WebCOVID-19 and other risks. Within the scope of the Amazon Waterway Project there are 424 native communities that rely, now more than ever, on the river to survive, …

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Report shows plastic pollution a threat to Texas Gulf Coast

WebBy Diane Wilson, San Antonio Bay Estuarine Waterkeeper For years, San Antonio Bay Estuarine Waterkeeper has reported that a 2,500-acre petrochemical …

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How Big Poultry in North Carolina Became a Pollution Threat

WebPoultry and eggs are North Carolina’s top agricultural commodity, bringing in $5.4 billion in sales in 2017. No. 2 poultry producer in the U.S., after Georgia. The poultry …

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6th Annual SPLASH Event Series, Presented Nationally by Toyota

WebWe’re thrilled to announce the locations of our 6th Annual SPLASH Event Series, presented nationally by Toyota! SPLASH events will take place on waterways …

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7th Annual SPLASH Event Series, Presented Nationally by Toyota

WebWe’re thrilled to announce the locations of our 7th Annual SPLASH Event Series, presented nationally by Toyota! The 2017 season of SPLASH events will take …

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