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Environmental Groups Call on U.S. EPA to Investigate Potential Harms of Lead Telecom Cables
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Environmental Defense Fund, Below the Blue, and Clean Water Action submitted a letter to EPA Administrator Michael Regan today, calling on the agency to investigate the uncontrolled release of lead by more than 2,000 lead-sheathed telecom cables into water or surface soil across the nation. More than 300 of these cables are posing a threat to community drinking water sources.
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Environmental Regulators Order Baltimore City to Expand Sewage Assistance Program - Rain or Shine
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The Environmental Protection Agency and the Maryland Department of the Environment have ordered Baltimore City to expand a program that helps homeowners who have suffered a sewage backup due to problems in the city's aging sewer pipes, fulfilling a longtime demand of community organizations
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Decision Harms Great Lakes and Benefits Enbridge
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The decision from the Army Corps reaffirms our call to President Biden to revoke the presidential permit for Line 5 – we’re just one oil spill away from disaster.
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Devils in the unknown details in proposed “forever chemicals” settlement between New Jersey and Solvay
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New Jersey’s lead environmental groups fighting to hold the state’s chemical industry accountable for their decades long, negligent, pervasive poisoning of people and environment urged caution in interpreting the complex settlement announced this morning by the Murphy Administration.
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Statement on the Supreme Court's Decision to Set Aside Affirmative Action in College Admissions
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We are deeply disappointed by the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down Affirmative Action programs in college admissions – programs designed to acknowledge and rectify the historical and ongoing systemic barriers faced by marginalized groups. And while Affirmative Action did not completely solve the problem, it did give students of color hope, providing an additional roadmap for them to secure a successful future anchored by a college education.
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