Tag: water
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New Report Finds Fracking Poses Health Risks to Pregnant Women and Children
The report, Toxic and Dirty Secrets: The Truth about Fracking and Your Family’s Health, shows how chemicals related to the oil and gas industry when conducting fracking operations can pollute the air and water in communities around fracking sites and …
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Residential Water Well Fails in Michigan after Fracking Begins Nearby
As Encana’s fracking operation continues in Rapid River Township, local residents are losing water pressure with water coming out of the tap that looks like milk.
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Massive Wetlands Destruction Project Still Pending
The Obama Administration is facing mounting pressure to release an environmental analysis that could recommend building the controversial New Madrid Levee, a component of the …
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Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Continues to Destroy Appalachia
While headlines in major news outlets claim “Coal is Dead,” residents of Appalachia rightfully have their doubts. With little recourse available, they are still being asked to accept the systematic destruction …
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Coral Reef Ecosystems Devastated by Climate Change
Corals are peculiarly sensitive to sea temperatures—they tend to bleach if seas get hotter—and many corals live and flourish near the limits of their tolerance. Coral reefs are also home to an estimated 25 percent of all marine species, so the loss of a reef has a serious effect on marine biodiversity, as well as…