Tag: water

  • Waterkeepers Urge Governor to Declare State of Emergency on Pig Deaths from PED

    On Thursday, Waterkeeper Alliance and North Carolina Riverkeepers called on the North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture, Steve Troxler, to protect public and environmental health against the swine industry’s handling of the porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) virus outbreak in the state. Warning: The slideshow contains graphic images that may be unsuitable for some viewers.  [blackoutgallery id=”323679″] Commissioner Troxler…

  • Documentary Spotlight: Slingshot

    One of my favorite events of the year is almost here—the Cleveland International Film Festival (CIFF) from March 19 to March 30 at Tower City Cinemas. There are eight eco-films this year, in CIFF’s It’s Easy Being Green sidebar sponsored by Great Lakes Brewing Company, bringing awareness and support to the environmental movement working to save our planet. I’ll feature one…

  • California Farmers Demand Fracking Moratorium

    California farmers, grappling with a record drought that’s parching their fields and livelihoods, call on Gov. Brown (D-CA) to place a moratorium on the water-intensive extreme oil and gas extraction process known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. Yesterday afternoon, Shafter almond farmer Tom Frantz, California State Grange President Bob McFarland and Monterey County vintner Paula…

  • In Wake of Elk River Chemical Spill West Virginians Turn to Rainwater Harvesting

    By Molly Rusk Some residents of the Kanawha Valley in West Virginia lost access to clean drinking water on Jan. 9, when a coal-processing facility spilled roughly 10,000 gallons of crude MCHM—a chemical used to treat coal—into the Elk River and surrounding land. The spill affected the water supply for more than 300,000 people. The…

  • The California Drought: Who Gets Water and Who’s Hung Out to Dry?

    The historic drought in California has dredged up old feuds over who can lay claim to water in a thirsty state. As the powerful lobby for the agricultural industry—which currently consumes 80 percent of California’s water supply—cries for more water to be pumped to their farms in the arid regions of the Central Valley, just…