By Sami Mericle Given that Michigan, the “Great Lakes State,” is practically surrounded by water, the state sure has trouble managing its water. Five state officials were recently charged with involuntary manslaughter for their roles in a public health crisis that has left the city of Flint without drinkable tap water for years following widespread […]
By Henry Henderson 33,000,000,000. That’s the number of gallons of contaminated Chicago River water that have flowed into Lake Michigan—source of drinking water and quality of life for millions of Americans—in the last decade. The river normally flows away from the lake, so what gives? Blame climate change. And infrastructure not designed or built to […]
Deep in the soils of permafrost lurks unknown and archaic bacteria that could potentially spawn viruses and disease that the human race has never been exposed to, at least, not in the recent history of penicillin. But with climate change rapidly heating up the poles, the permafrost is melting away, and we may have to […]
By Deirdre Fulton The city of Flint, where the pipes have still not been fixed and the water crisis is ongoing, is threatening to place tax liens on people’s homes for non-payment of water bills, according to a local news source. NBC affiliate 25News reported Tuesday that more than 8,000 people have received notice from […]
Like any arbitrary benchmark, the 100-day point of a new president’s term normally tells us only so much about what’s to come. In the case of President Trump‘s all-out assault on our environment and health, however, we’ve already seen more than enough. In his first three months on the job, Trump has acted again and […]
The World Health Organization urges cleaner sanitation practices after new data reveals that at least two billion people do not have access to clean water. The drinking water that is causing nearly 500,000 deaths a year is contaminated with feces, causing cholera, dysentery, intestinal worms, schistosomiasis and trachoma, typhoid and polio. The most serious threats […]
Conservation group American Rivers released its annual “Most Endangered Rivers” list on Tuesday, highlighting how 2017 is a “critical year for rivers and clean water.” In the announcement of this year’s top 10, the non-profit noted how the Trump administration’s proposed budget cuts pose a threat to rivers and communities nationwide. [facebook https://facebook.com/EcoWatch/videos/1511713982174867/ expand=1] “President […]
By Nika Knight Prestigious Pulitzer Prizes on Monday were awarded to investigations that tackled President Donald Trump, Big Ag and international offshore tax havens, rewarding reporters that took on today’s powers-that-be. The Pulitzer Prizes this year came “in the face of a combative stance from President Trump, who has called the news media ‘the enemy […]
The mayor of Brenham signed Monday the city council’s unanimous resolution opposing the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) plans to auction lands beneath and around Lake Somerville for oil and gas development. The resolution cited concerns that loss or contamination of the lake’s water supply would be “catastrophic” for its residents. Lake Somerville is the […]
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