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Finally Moving Foward on Coal Ash?
By Michael Kelly, Communications Director A 2011 Coal Ash Spill on Lake Michigan Coal ash is nasty. It’s toxic. It contains mercury and arsenic and lead (just to name a few). It’s polluting our water and has destroyed communities. We produce a lot of it – 140 million tons a year. Yet, there are no federal standards, and the patchwork of weak or non-existent state regulations don’t protect our communities. When it comes to coal ash, (as Earthjustice says) the Earth really does need a good lawyer and our allies at Earthjustice had great news on this week On Tuesday a Federal Judge gave the
The Power Grab That Isn't
By Michael Kelly, Communications Director EPA - protecting our water The following statements are dead wrong
1. “This could be the EPA’s most dramatic power grab ever…” – Steve Doocy, Fox News 2. “The EPA is redefining the meaning of the word water so as to give it, the EPA the ability to regulate ever body of water in the US, whether it is a little stream or whether it is a free standing pond.” – Andrew Napolitano, Fox News
Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. These two Fox pundits are referring to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) forthcoming proposal to protect the drinking water for nearlyThink Before You Pink. Clean Water Action on Breast Cancer Awareness
By Madeleine Doggett, Massachusetts Intern One in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in the U.S. in her lifetime—that is 250,000 women each year. Every year 40,000 women die from breast cancer in the U.S. Breast cancer is an epidemic and the disease needs to be stopped before it starts. October is national breast cancer awareness month, which means pink ribbons as far as the eye can see, but how much are these pink ribbons really helping the cause? Since the national pink ribbon campaign began, have breast cancer rates decreased at all? The first breast cancer ribbon was peach
It's time - End the Shutdown and Pay our Debts
By Michael Kelly, Communications Director Fifteen days and counting. Unless Republicans in the House are determined to break the record for longest shutdown in history (21 days in 1994) then it's time to get something done. Because, beyond the impacts of having the "cops" off the the beat - the agencies that are supposed to protect our health, environment, food, and communities - people are out of work. The most vulnerable Americans aren't able to access vital programs like WIC and Head Start. Companies, and their employees, who rely on federal contracts are losing money. Scientists who are
Colorado Rivers Illustrate Realities of Extreme Weather Activated by Climate Change
By Gary Wockner, Colorado Program Director This was originally published at EcoWatch The river raced. I was standing near the bridge on College Avenue over the Cache la Poudre River in Fort Collins, CO. Due to the torrential rainstorms, the river had peaked about six hours earlier in the middle of the night, but it was still flowing about 100 times bigger than it usually does in September. A huge tree raged along in the floodwaters, smacked up against the bridge with a cracking sound, and then disappeared under the bridge. Spectators oohed and aahed–a couple dozen of us were watching, mostly