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Keystone XL - Just Say No
By Aaron Haskins, Michigan Energy Program Intern For years, we have been heard a lot about the Keystone Pipeline. Oil companies like TransCanada continually reassure us that the pipeline will have minimal impact on the environment while creating thousands of jobs for both Americans and Canadians. Those who oppose the pipeline say that it will contaminate drinking water, endanger the environmentally sensitive farmland it passes through, and raise oil prices throughout the Midwestern United States. The proposition for an extension to the pipeline called “Keystone XL” has been hotly debated by
Clean house at Alcosan
By Tom Hoffman and Emily Alvarado This post was originally published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Included in the short list of issues that Mayor Bill Peduto raised with President Barack Obama back in November at a meeting of incoming mayors was a request for the Environmental Protection Agency to let Pittsburgh pursue greener solutions to our sewer system “big fix.” Every time it rains, our pipes overflow and we dump raw sewage into the rivers. Fixing our sewer system is both long overdue and federally mandated. Mayor Peduto gets it: It’s good for communities, workers and the environment if
"Polluter Pays" Paying Off in Rhode Island - Part 2
By Jamie Rhodes, Rhode Island State Director (Follow Jamie on Twitter - @jrhodes97) Read part one here After Southern Union was found guilty of illegally storing mercury in Pawtucket, Judge William E. Smith, in an unprecedented move, in his opinion stated "I am inviting the parties, and the greater environmental community, to suggest community service obligations that I could impose upon Southern Union which would have the broadest possible impact." Clean Water has been a leader in the Rhode Island community for developing campaigns designed to reduce the use of mercury in products and meters
"Polluter Pays" Paying Off in Rhode Island - Part 1
By Jamie Rhodes, Rhode Island State Director (Follow Jamie on Twitter - @jrhodes97) Clean Water had an unusual opportunity in 2013. As part of a criminal penalty assessed against Southern Union, the natural gas storage and transportation company, we received $100,000 to develop and implement programs to properly manage mercury. This begs the obvious question, what does a natural gas company have to do with mercury? That question is the beginning of story that has just entered a new chapter. For those that were not subscribing to the Providence Journal back in 2004, let's set the stage
How Many Toxic Spills Will it Take Before We Put Drinking Water First?
Coal Ash on the Dan River - Courtesy of Waterkeeper Alliance By Jennifer Peters, National Water Campaigns Coordinator (Follow Jennifer on Twitter - @EarthAvenger) If you read the Associated Press, listen to NPR or watch Rachel Maddow on MSNBC, most likely you know about the Duke Energy coal ash spill that happened earlier this month in Eden, NC. What you might not know is that Duke Energy is the nation’s largest electricity provider, operating over a dozen coal-burning power plants in six states. Duke owns an additional dozen coal plants that are retired, including the Dan River Power Station
