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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
Dealing with Waste in the Ocean State
As the 2014 legislative session approaches, one key question bubbling in the Ocean State is what we will do to reduce waste in the most innovative ways. We’re pushing for a multi-tiered plan featuring the best ideas from local experts and cities and states across the country, which are making real progress toward zero waste. Because of your support, Clean Water Action continues to make a critical contribution in Rhode Island to building a sound, long term solid waste management strategy that incorporates Producer responsibility, expansion of composting and the diversion of organic waste
The President Drops in on the California Drought
By Jennifer Clary, California Associate (Follow Jennifer on Twitter - @JenClary_Water) California’s drought is hitting the national stage. Two weeks ago, house Republicans passed a highly controversial bill (HR 3964) that would lift environmental protections so that water could be moved from one parched area of the state to another [ Here’s the environmental community’s take on the bill]. That bill is unlikely to move in the Senate, and was replaced in the headlines last week by a Senate bill authored by the Senators from California and Oregon. Last Friday the big guns came out, with a visit
Protecting Drinking Water and Fracking - It's All Connected
By Lynn Thorp, National Campaigns Director (Follow Lynn on Twitter - @LTCWA) Update - February 18, 2014: Click here to tell EPA to Put Drinking Water First and Protect Communities from Coal Ash! Hydraulic fracturing operations I’m pretty sure many people don’t make the connection between this week’s finalization of permitting guidelines for hydraulic fracturing activities using diesel and two big stories we’re following – the chemical spill in West Virginia and the coal ash spill in North Carolina. That’s understandable because we don’t approach protecting drinking water sources in a holistic
A Little Bit of Drinking Water Contamination – Is That Okay?
By Lynn Thorp, National Campaign Director (Follow Lynn on Twitter - @LTCWA) Update - February 18, 2014: Click here to tell EPA to Put Drinking Water First and Protect Communities from Coal Ash! Coal Ash on the Dan River - courtesy of Waterkeeper Alliance Actually, it’s a complicated question. But one thing is certain. Coal plants and other facilities should not be contaminating our rivers, lakes, streams and drinking water sources with arsenic or any other toxic metals and chemicals. That is why it has been puzzling to see the reaction to the coal ash spill into the Dan River from a recent
