Tag: water
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Historic Wildfires Scorch Colorado While Fracking Industry Continues to Drain Water Supply
Residents are watching their backyards burn while the oil and gas industry is using up Colorado’s most precious resource—water. The fire affects not just Colorado residents, who face water restrictions that accompany drought …
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Toxic Coal Ash Pollution and Do Nothing Governments Prompts Citizen Action
For decades all across America, coal-fired power plants have dumped tons of toxic pollutants into public rivers, lakes, streams and coastal waters. On a toxicity-weighted scale, discharges …
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Pipeline Failures Plague Oil Companies, Erode Public Trust
Pipeline safety is growing more difficult to prove, as oil companies struggle with failing infrastructure and persistent pollution issues from spills that should have been cleaned up long ago. News of pipeline failures are …
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Los Angeles Enacts Plastic Bag Ban, Strengthens Statewide Movement
The Los Angeles City Council voted 11-1 today to finalize a citywide ban on single-use plastic bags. L.A. had begun drafting an ordinance last year, and has since completed an exhaustive study demonstrating the benefits of a citywide ban …
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Game-Changing Fracking Wastewater Report Leaves Little Wiggle Room For Industry Deceptions
Alberta-based environmental consultant Jessica Ernst just released the first comprehensive catalog and summary compendium of facts related to the contamination of North America’s ground water sources resulting from the oil and gas industry’s controversial practice of fracking …