Tag: water
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National Parks Lead the Way in Eliminating Plastic Water Bottles
By Erin Diaz From Hawaii to Arizona, national parks are leading the way to protect our two most precious natural resources: our environment and our public water. With the grassroots support of tens of thousands of people across the country—from students to Corporate Accountability International members and people concerned about the environmental impact of bottled-water…
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Study Finds Greenland Glaciers Losing 10 Billion Tons of Ice Per Year
The glaciers of northeast Greenland, long thought to be the most stable part of the massive Greenland ice sheet, are melting at an accelerating pace, losing roughly 10 billion tons of ice annually for the past decade, say researchers from the U.S. and Denmark. [caption id="attachment_326643" align="alignnone" width="400"] This map shows major ice drainages in Greenland, along…
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Breaking: Duke Energy Caught Dumping Wastewater from Coal Ash Lagoon Into Local Watershed
Waterkeeper Alliance released aerial surveillance photos taken from a fixed-wing aircraft last week showing Duke Energy workers pumping wastewater from two of Duke Energy’s toxic coal ash lagoons into a canal that drains into the Cape Fear River. [blackoutgallery id=”326556″] The revelation comes less than two months after the Dan River disaster, where at least 30,000 tons…
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Robert Redford and Will Ferrell Team Up to Save the Colorado River Delta
Actors Robert Redford and Will Ferrell, along with professional surfer Kelly Slater, are part of a new project to support Raise the River, an initiative to breathe life back into the Colorado River Delta. Through humorous banter, Redford and Ferrell in a number of short video spots highlight the urgency to recreate lost habitat for fish,…
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Duke Energy Announces Coal Ash Spill Cleanup Will Take 2+ Years; Emails Show Collusion Between Regulators and NC Utility
Duke Energy, North Carolina’s largest electric and gas supplier, announced Friday it would take the company more than two years to clean up February’s massive coal ash spill that coated 70 miles of the Dan River with 60,000 tons of toxic sludge. [caption id="attachment_326282" align="alignnone" width="500"] Environmental regulators in North Carolina consulted Duke Energy last year…