What’s in Our Water Is in Our Brains: A Minnesota Perspective for Brain Awareness Week
We know the products we interact with, even the air we breathe and water we drink, can impact our health. This Brain Awareness Week, it’s worth taking a look at different contaminants that threaten our brain health—and what we can do about it.
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You know what doesn't stimulate the economy: Mercury and Lead Pollution
Power Plant Emissions By Cord Briggs, National Programs Intern Since taking control of the House, Republican leadership has been hard at work dismantling our clean water and air protections. To date they have passed a whopping 160 anti-environmental bills, and that number is only continuing to sky
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Let's Not Frack Up Our Air
By Myron Arnowitt, Pennsylvania State Director "Flaring" a fracked well The EPA’s strong proposal to restrict air emissions from oil and gas extraction operations is a good start. EPA regulations of these large pollution sources are urgently needed in cities like Pittsburgh and in many other
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If We're Going to Rein-in Something, Make it Fracking!
Photo by Mark Schmerling By Cord Briggs, National Programs Intern Do you breathe air? Then I have some good news for you! On July 28 th the EPA released a suite of new regulations that, for the first time, will control airborne emissions from oil and gas wells, and specifically those drilled using
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Let's Jump Off this Runaway TRAIN
Let's Stop this TRAIN Wreck By Dan Endreson, Minnesota Program Coordinator This summer was rough for the environment. The 112 th U.S. House of Representatives has been one the most anti-environment Congress’ in history by passing legislation that will severely impact water and air quality for
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These Floods are Man-Made!
Where's the funding for Flood Control Projects? By Colleen Meehan, Philadelphia Program Organizer Last week was Hurricane Irene, this week it’s Tropical Storm Lee. What does that mean for Pennsylvania and other Mid-Atlantic states? It means we have massive flooding. Pennsylvania is a state of rivers
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A Win for Our Waterways and our Health!
This is why we MUST BAN the FOAM! By Miriam Gordon, California Director We’ve been fighting to ban foam packaging in California for years. Out report, Taking out the Trash studied the effects of packaging foam on our environment and found what you would expect. Styrofoam food containers and coffee
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We All Live Downstream - Clean Water Action Podcast
Welcome to We All Live Downstream: a Clean Water Action Podcast available on Spotify, iTunes, Google Play or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.
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