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Will deadly pollution from power plants continue to wreak havoc on our rivers? Help us decide.
By Phil Dimotsis – DC Field Manager & National Program Intern Make the stacks grow! - Submit your comments today! Since May we’ve been hard at work in neighborhoods across the nation to “flood” the EPA with handwritten comments from citizens like you and your neighbors. We’ve been telling EPA how essential it is that they act to revoke power plants’ free pass to use our drinking water sources and recreational water bodies as their own private dumping grounds! Take action with us today to let EPA know that we can no longer afford to let power plants permissibly pollute our water. So far we’ve
Toxic Water Pollution: If you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention.
by Brittany Weinstein, Energy Program Intern
I recently attended the annual SEIU (Service Employees International Union) Health Fair on Belle Isle in Detroit, Michigan, where I spoke with Motor City residents about the nearby River Rouge Plant that is polluting water right in their own backyards. Most people had no idea how much pollution from the plant goes into the Detroit River every day ( 356 million gallons to be exact). Many local residents fish for survival, unaware of the high mercury levels that have been discovered in the river’s fresh water fish. More than 100 Health FairMassachusetts Manufacturers Reduce Use of Carcinogens
By Madeline Doggett, Massachusetts Intern This post originally appeared on the Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families Blog For many of us, cancer feels like it surrounds us – so many friends, family members, co-workers, and neighbors seem to be carrying this health burden in neighborhoods throughout our state, and throughout the nation. In Massachusetts, one hundred people on average are diagnosed with cancer every day. Since the mid 1980s cancer rates have risen 14% among men and 19% among women. The good news: due to a landmark law passed here in 1989, we’re making real progress in stemming this
New Report: Coal-Fired Brayton Point is Operating at Our Expense
Emissions from coal-fired Brayton Point Power Station in 2012 caused between 15 to 39 premature deaths and a host of additional health impacts from heart attacks to emergency room visits according to a new analysis released by Coal Free Massachusetts. Although the aging plant, located in Somerset, MA, has been operating less than in years past and has undergone a significant retrofit, health damage associated with Brayton Point’s emissions continues to cast a heavy shadow on local communities as well as the region as a whole.
“Brayton Point’s continued operation presents a grave threat to our
Leaking Coal Ash - Right into Our Water!
By Jennifer Peters, National Water Campaigns Coordinator Last month dozens of reporters gathered on the shores of Mountain Island Lake in North Carolina. They were there to hear national and regional environmental leaders discuss the worst toxic water pollution problem – the wastewater discharges from coal-fired power plants, which contain a witches’ brew of dangerous elements, such as lead, mercury, selenium and arsenic. Mountain Island Lake is the drinking water reservoir for nearly 800,000 residents in and near Charlotte. The reservoir was also used as a water pollution dumping ground for
