"US Carbon Pollution From Power Plants Hits 27-Year Low"
"Heat-trapping pollution from U.S. power plants hit a 27-year low in April, the Department of Energy announced Wednesday."
Source: AP, 08/10/2015
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"EPA's Colorado Mine Disaster Plume Flows West Toward Grand Canyon"
"Three days after EPA workers triggered a huge blowout at a festering mine in southwestern Colorado, a mustard-colored plume — still fed by 548 gallons leaking per minute — stretched more than 100 miles, spreading contaminants including cadmium, arsenic, copper, lead and zinc."
Source: , 08/10/2015
Between the Lines: Making ‘Rain’ for the Caring Middle
For this latest installment of “Between the Lines,” a question-and-answer feature with authors, SEJournal book editor Tom Henry interviewed longtime SEJ member Cynthia Barnett about her third book, “RAIN: A Natural and Cultural History,” which came out in April. It’s a unique, ambitious book that goes beyond climate science and water in general to show how rain itself has been perceived around the world by numerous cultures throughout history. Barnett sees rain as “a unifying force in a fractured world.” She also is the author of two other highly acclaimed books,“Mirage: Florida and the Vanishing Water of the Eastern U.S.” and “Blue Revolution: Unmaking America’s Water Crisis.
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Uniontown, Alabama Landfill Battle a Modern Civil Rights Struggle
"Alabama's biggest waste dump inflicts misery on residents of Uniontown, whose complaints to the EPA have gone unheeded".
Source: NBC News, 08/07/2015
"Freight Trucks at New Jersey Port Must Curb Idling"
"The air in Newark, New Jersey’s largest city, is expected to clear up now that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized agreements with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and port terminal operators that will cut air pollution caused by idling diesel trucks at the port."
Source: ENS, 08/07/2015
EPA Spills Millions Of Gallons Of Waste, Turning River Orange
"DENVER — A million-gallon mine waste spill that sent a plume of orange-ish muck down a river in southwest Colorado on Thursday was caused by a federal mine cleanup crew."
Source: AP, 08/07/2015
"One Year On, Toxic Sonora River Spill Prompts Lawsuits"
"In August 2014, chemicals from a Grupo México mine contaminated a main waterway. A Mexicoleaks Alliance investigation reveals that the spill control equipment at the Buenavista Copper Mine was not in compliance with regulations that federal authorities had failed to enforce since 2011. Now residents of seven Sonora municipalities are filing suit."
Source: El Daily Post, 08/06/2015
Big-Ag-Fueled Algae Bloom Won't Leave Toledo's Water Supply Alone
As August warms waters seasonally in many parts of the U.S., harmful algal blooms are causing health hazards. A prime example is Toledo, where high levels of an algal toxin made city drinking water unusable last year. Algal blooms in the warm, shallow Lake Erie are worsened by agricultural runoff. With climate warming, new algal blooms are showing up in new places, like the Pacific Ocean.
Source: Mother Jones, 08/06/2015
"Spokane Sues Monsanto For PCB Contamination"
"The city of Spokane has filed a lawsuit against the international agrochemical giant Monsanto, alleging that the company sold chemicals for decades that it knew were a danger to human and environmental health."
Source: Spokane Spokesman-Review, 08/04/2015
"California Water Officials Seek Penalties in Santa Barbara Oil Spill"
"California water quality regulators have asked state Attorney General Kamala Harris to consider enforcement action against the owner of an oil pipeline that ruptured near Santa Barbara in May, spilling petroleum onto beaches and the Pacific Ocean."
Source: Reuters, 08/04/2015
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