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Charleston, WV Spill Update: Freedom Industries Files for Banruptcy; Schools...
Most Charleston region residents are back to a more routine life after the January 9 spill of 4-methylcyclohexane methanol (MCHM) into the Elk River by Freedom Industries closed their water supply for...
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Water Shortages in CA Linked to Fracking. Time for Sustainable Energy
Among the many good reasons to not endorse fracking is its depletion of water needed for drinking. Marcellus shale fracking uses 4.5 to 5.6 gallons of fresh water per well — water lost for drinking....
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Pace Clinic Students Parse School Food, By the Letter
CAFO: A Four-Letter Word Found in School Cafeterias By The Food Justice Team Pace Environmental Policy Clinic Note: Students from the Pace Environmental Policy Clinic launched their ePolicy blog with...
View ArticleThe Water Carriers of Central Malawi and the Trócaire Campaign
The video clip above, of villagers in Central Malawi gathering the day’s water, is part of an extraordinary interactive story published recently on the Irish Times site by Trócaire, a Catholic charity...
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The 31st Anniversary of the Clean Water Act’s Failure to Achieve Its First...
The quality of American waterways continues to worsen. According to the most recent data released by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: States have issued 223 new fish advisories, bringing the...
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Ebola Isn’t About Bodily Fluids; It’s About Poverty, Lack of Infrastructure...
The Ebola story has much in common with global environmental catastrophes such as the water crisis, food insecurity, and deforestation — “the terrorism of poverty,” is how Harvard Professor Paul...
View ArticleGestation Crates in New Jersey: Take Gov. Christie at His Word; He Doesn’t Care.
On November 28, Governor Chris Christie vetoed New Jersey Senate bill S998 that would have banned the use of pig gestation crates in New Jersey, calling the proposed law “a solution in search of a...
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Hudson Valley Foie Gras Steals the Name “Hudson” to Sell Animal Cruelty
One of the Hudson Valley’s bragging rights is that the name “Hudson” sells. It attracts tourism. Recreational outfitters tag it to their names. There are books about Hudson Valley cuisine. Businesses...
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Time to Fight Habitats Hostile to the Homeless
What’s wrong with this public bench? It prevents this: The internationally famous, 87-year old Strand Bookstore in New York City’s Greenwich Village calls itself “a community bookstore first and...
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Erie County, NY Enacts Microbead Ban
Legislator Patrick B. Burke: “I knew I had to do something.” MICROBEADS are spherical particles of polyethylene present in thousands of personal care products — toothpastes, shampoos, lotions,...
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Study: Food Insecurity Affects 1 in 7 Americans, Increases Health Costs by...
x Will the U.S. acknowledge that Americans number among the world’s hungry, impoverished and health challenged? LAST YEAR, HUNGER AND FOOD INSECURITY increased America’s health costs by $160 billion,...
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