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Detroit Bulk Storage Aggregate Spill Shows Need for Polluter Pay Law
DETROIT- Last week, while Michiganders were enjoying the Thanksgiving holiday, aggregate from a known contaminated site currently being used by Detroit Bulk Storage collapsed into the Detroit River. The site has been contaminated for decades with a variety of dangerous and radioactive chemicals including uranium, PCBs, and PFAS compounds. The collapsed riverbank threatens downriver water intake pipes for the city of Detroit.
This has been a known contaminated site for decades, while the corporations responsible for the contamination have evaded responsibility as a result of weak clean-up
Doubling Your Impact for Clean Water
Part 2 or 3 (read Part 1 here)
UPDATE: Patagonia exhausted the match. Thank you to all who doubled their donation for clean water!
Outdoor gear manufacturer Patagonia has laid down an exciting challenge for Clean Water supporters. Between now and the end of the year, the company is making up to $10 million available to match donations made to environmental nonprofits Patagonia has supported in the past. Clean Water Fund is on that list.
How much of Patagonia’s $10 million will end up going to help #ProtectCleanWater ? The answer could be up to you. Donate now using this link on Patagonia’s
Why Clean Water on Giving Tuesday?
Top Ten Reasons Clean Water Fund should be on YOUR list
#10 Future Generations – Decisions and actions taken in the next 6-10 months could determine our Clean Water Future for decades to come. Now is the time to get involved by making your tax-deductible gift to Clean Water Fund today.
#09 This Cause is Critically Important yet Critically Under-Funded – Environmental causes in general and clean water issues in particular receive among the tiniest fraction of philanthropic support in the US compared to other kinds of nonprofits. Your gift to Clean Water Fund will help make sure those are
Profiles in Prevention -- Thousand Hills Lifetime Grazed Cattle Company
Today, we treat our lawns much the same way as we treat our fields – with chemicals and fertilizers to prevent weeds and grow a lush yard. It wasn’t always this way. Matt Maier grew up on a farm that was primarily grass-based, pesticide free and mostly no-till. His first experience with conventional practices for treating the land was a job with a lawn care company. Once, on a particularly hot day, after treating 12 yards, Matt began to feel disoriented. He was unable to remember where he was or how to get to his next destination. After this experience he started asking questions about the
Fighting climate change with food waste in Baltimore
More food reaches landfills and incinerators than any other single material in municipal solid waste. Food waste contributes 20% of all materials in landfills; in restaurants, it is estimated that a half-pound of food waste is created for every meal served. One recent study indicates that “the U.S. restaurant sector generates 11 million tons of food waste annually (7 million tons from full-service restaurants and 4 million tons from limited-service restaurants), the full cost of which is more than $25 billion” – most of which enters landfills. In a 2014 study, Food Waste Reduction Alliance