Tag: water
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A Deadly Mix: Whales and Sonar
DAVID SUZUKI — Sonar is a problem worldwide, affecting large areas of marine habitat. Naval exercises using sonar have been linked to whale and marine mammal stranding in …
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Gold Mine Planned for Southwest Alaska Threatens Environment and Local Communities
ALASKANS FOR RESPONSIBLE MINING — The Kuskokwim region is at a crossroads. A massive gold mine is planned at Crooked Creek, a tributary of the Kuskokwim. With an estimated 27 year production run churning out more than one million ounces of gold per year, the Donlin Gold mine would require …
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100 Million+ Americans Exposed to Toxic Drinking Water
ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP — A new Environmental Working Group analysis of 2011 water quality tests by 201 large U.S. municipal water systems that serve more than 100 million people in 43 states has determined that all are polluted with unwanted toxic …
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Will American Taxpayers Continue to Foot the Bill for BP’s Gulf Oil Disaster?
OIL CHANGE INTERNATIONAL — This essentially means that the American tax payer would be paying the largest payout from the spill. They are paying twice over: first for a devastated Gulf and now out of their pocket. Kind of makes you feel …
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Zero Water Consumption Plans: U-M Students to Retrofit Historic Net-Zero Energy Home
Matt Grocoff is a proven zero energy master. The “Net Zero Energy” consultant is also the creator of GreenovationTV. Now the Ann Arbor, MI homeowner and a team of engineering students from the University of Michigan are continuing a quest towards ZERO. These individuals have plans to retrofit Grocoff’s century-old Victorian house so it can capture…