Tag: water
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New Report Details How Climate Change is Harming Freshwater Fish
America’s coldwater fish habitat could decline by 50 percent within the lifetime of a child born today thanks to climate change, according to a new report released today …
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Industry-Caused Sinkhole Expands, Swallowing Trees Whole and Threatening Louisianians
Last August, a toxic sinkhole was discovered in the swampland of Bayou Corne, LA, 40 miles south of Baton Rouge. More than a year later the sinkhole continues to expand, and has now been measured at 24 acres across …
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Great Ohio River Relay Highlights Importance of Water Resources
The Relay is designed to attract national attention to the environmental issue of fracking and, in particular, to the proposed barging of toxic and radioactive fracking wastewater on the Ohio River and other waterways in the U.S.
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The Next Chapter in Colorado’s Water Supply Crisis
“This water developer plan openly and publicly defies Governor Hickenlooper’s directive to ‘start every discussion about water with conservation’ and would basically ignite the next water war in the Southwest U.S.”
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California City Bans Plastic Bags and Styrofoam Containers
The El Cerrito city council voted tonight to ban single-use plastic shopping bags and Styrofoam. The plastic bag ordinance applies to all stores except restaurants and certain charities …