From Campus to... Landfill? A Behind-the-Scenes Look at UMN’s E-Waste
Before my tour of the UMN ReUse Program Warehouse, I already knew that e-waste poses some problems. But seeing what actually happens to our campus electronics — what gets reused, repaired, recycled, or thrown out — really made it hit home.
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Drinking Water Sacrificed for Oil and Gas Industry Profits - What We Don’t Know CAN Hurt Us
By John Noel, National Oil and Gas Program Coordinator - Follow John on Twitter (@Noel_Johnny) Sacrificing Our Drinking Water for Oil and Gas This week Clean Water Action released a first-ever analysis of the little known Aquifer Exemption program within EPA’s Underground Injection Control program
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Oil and Gas and the Safe Drinking Water Act
By Lynn Thorp, National Programs Director - Follow Lynn on Twitter (@LTCWA) The Infographic - download and share While it is widely recognized that Congress exempted hydraulic fracturing from the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) in the 2005 Energy Policy Act, it is less understood that SDWA still
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Recycling the Bulb in RI
By Dave Gerraughty, Program Coordinator When I began thinking about how to create a voluntary program that would get Rhode Island residents to recycle fluorescent lighting, the biggest challenge was how to make it easy for people to get burned-out bulbs from their basements to a recycling firm
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What Do EPA’s new Coal Ash Disposal Rule and New York State Fracking Ban Have in Common?
By Lynn Thorp, National Campaigns Director - Follow Lynn on Twitter (@LTCWA) Two big things happened in the world of energy policy this week. I don’t think most people connected them. EPA finalized a long overdue framework to regulate our country’s second largest waste stream after household trash –
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Why did Gov. Cuomo Decide to Ban Fracking in New York?
By Myron Arnowitt, Pennsylvania State Director - Follow the Pennsylvania Team on Twitter (@CleanH2OPA) Oil and Gas operations near a home in Armstrong County, PA Why did New York ban fracking? Maybe it was the hundreds of families impacted by the 240 cases of water contamination from gas drilling
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Will EPA Finally #KickCoalAsh?
By Jennifer Peters, National Water Campaigns Coordinator - Follow Jennifer on Twitter (@EarthAvenger) After years of delay, EPA will finalize its coal ash rule on December 19th. Will it be strong enough to protect the hundreds of communities impacted by this toxic waste? Six years after our nation’s
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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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