PEOPLE POWER OVER CORPORATE PO...

May 10, 2016 by

PEOPLE POWER OVER CORPORATE POWER = CANCELED PIPELINE PROJECTS

[Translate]   Marc Yaggi |WATERKEEPER ALLIANCE A long-standing fight for the public’s right to their land and waterways came to an...

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Should You Be Worried About PF...

May 9, 2016 by

Should You Be Worried About PFOA in Drinking Water? Here’s What We Know

[Translate] Perfluorooctanoic acid, a chemical linked to cancer and thyroid disease, has been detected in drinking water across...

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NATIVE COMMUNITIES STAND UP TO...

May 8, 2016 by

NATIVE COMMUNITIES STAND UP TO PROPOSED OIL PIPELINE: ‘THIS IS KEYSTONE 3’

[Translate] by Katie Valentine CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Nati Harnik Pipes for the proposed Dakota Access oil pipeline, that...

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WORLD BANK: THE WAY CLIMATE CH...

May 4, 2016 by

WORLD BANK: THE WAY CLIMATE CHANGE IS REALLY GOING TO HURT US IS THROUGH WATER

[Translate] Energy and Environment By Chris Mooney The dried-up riverbank of the Ganges is seen from a bridge in Allahabad, India, on...

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AS CLIMATE DISRUPTION ADVANCES...

May 2, 2016 by

AS CLIMATE DISRUPTION ADVANCES, U.N. WARNS: “THE FUTURE IS HAPPENING NOW”

[Translate] By Dahr Jamail,TRUTHOUT.org Each month as I write these dispatches, I shake my head in disbelief at the rapidity at which...

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THE SOUTHWEST’S ONLY FRE...

May 1, 2016 by

THE SOUTHWEST’S ONLY FREE-FLOWING RIVER COULD BE SUCKED DRY BY HOME BUILDERS AND REPUBLICANS

[Translate] By Mother Mags   San Pedro River, holding on … For the most part Arizona hasn’t experienced severe drought...

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Nestlé Is Trying to Break Us: ...

Apr 30, 2016 by

Nestlé Is Trying to Break Us: A Pennsylvania Town Fights Predatory Water Extraction

[Translate] Activism Big corporations privatizing clean water to make a profit are stealing a human right. By Alexis Bonogofsky /...

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DROUGHTS ARE GIVING TREES R...

Apr 29, 2016 by

DROUGHTS ARE GIVING TREES “HEART ATTACKS”

[Translate]   By Tim Radford / Climate News Network  VIA TRUTHDIG     Around 12 million trees have perished in California in the...

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SO YOU’VE RUINED A TOWN ...

Apr 27, 2016 by

SO YOU’VE RUINED A TOWN AND POISONED ITS CHILDREN — WHAT NEXT? BILL THEM FOR YOUR LEGAL COSTS

[Translate] Devil’s Tower By Mark Sumner  VIA DAILY KOS     Darnell Earley was appointed as emergency manager of Flint,...

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PREVENTING THE NEXT FLINT WITH...

Apr 26, 2016 by

PREVENTING THE NEXT FLINT WITH TECHNOLOGY YOU CAN MAKE AT HOME

[Translate] How do we know the water flowing from our taps is safe and free from contaminants? For the most part, we trust that...

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A Member of Congress Just Issu...

Apr 25, 2016 by

A Member of Congress Just Issued a Warning to the World Bank: ‘Stop Privatizing Water’

[Translate] Water Rep. Gwen Moore’s actions could mean the beginning of the end of the World Bank’s harmful water-for-profit...

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OPEN SOURCE PHYTOREMEDIATION P...

Apr 18, 2016 by

OPEN SOURCE PHYTOREMEDIATION PROJECT TACKLES THE TIBER RIVER’S POLLUTION CRISIS

[Translate] by Lucy Wang  INHABITAT Despite its historic significance, Rome’s Tiber River has become extremely polluted. In a bid to...

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AS FRACKING CHEMICALS REACH A ...

Apr 15, 2016 by

AS FRACKING CHEMICALS REACH A CREEK COMPANIES FIGHT AGAINST A FRACKING WASTE BAN

[Translate] CREDIT: Bill Dickinson/Flickr View of the New River bridge in Fayette County, West Virginia. A tributary of the New River...

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WHY WORLD LEADERS ARE TERRIFIE...

Apr 15, 2016 by

WHY WORLD LEADERS ARE TERRIFIED OF WATER SHORTAGES

[Translate] From Yemen to Syria to Arizona, droughts are a growing threat. —By Nathan Halverson MOTHER JONES WVillagers ride donkeys...

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HOW A PAPER PLANT IN ARKANSAS ...

Apr 13, 2016 by

HOW A PAPER PLANT IN ARKANSAS IS ALLEGEDLY POISONING THE PEOPLE OF CROSSETT

[Translate] Tech & Science By Emily Crane Linn NEWSWEEK The Georgia-Pacific’s aeration pond in Crossett, Arkansas. The...

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Infographic: How Ocean Polluti...

Apr 12, 2016 by

Infographic: How Ocean Pollution Impacts Marine Life—and All of Us

[Translate] Environment Much of the plastic we produce ends up in the ocean, where it kills fish, sea turtles and marine mammals. By...

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U.S. WATER SYSTEMS REPEATEDLY ...

Apr 10, 2016 by

U.S. WATER SYSTEMS REPEATEDLY EXCEED FEDERAL STANDARD FOR LEAD

[Translate]   By RYAN J. FOLEY and MEGHAN HOYER   A.P. In this Wednesday, March 9, 2016 photo, city officials display an example...

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MIT TACKLES THE FUTURE OF INTR...

Apr 4, 2016 by

MIT TACKLES THE FUTURE OF INTRASTRUCTURAL INNOVATION

[Translate] Point of View Dana Snyder  METROPOLIS MAGAZINE Rebuild by Design, bird’s-eye view of the New Meadowlands project,...

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CLIMATE CHANGE IS SUCKING THE ...

Apr 4, 2016 by

CLIMATE CHANGE IS SUCKING THE COLORADO RIVER DRY

[Translate] Shutterstock By John Upton GRIST Cross-posted from ClimateCentral Even as the number of Americans relying on the Colorado...

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BURNING ISSUES: WHY HONDURAS M...

Mar 25, 2016 by

[Translate]   Burning Issues Video  CAMPAIGN FOR AMERICA’S FUTURE Berta Cáceres was an indigenous and environmental...

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VIDEO: ‘DAYS OF REVOLT&#...

Mar 23, 2016 by

VIDEO: ‘DAYS OF REVOLT’: CHRIS HEDGES, NATIVE AMERICAN ACTIVISTS DENOUNCE URANIUM POISONING

[Translate] TRUTHDIG teleSUR The United States has waged a long war against Native Americans. That war continues with abandoned...

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Chemical Companies Decide What...

Mar 23, 2016 by

Chemical Companies Decide What’s Toxic, Not the EPA or FDA

[Translate] A bill on drinking water standards was being vetted—and possibly even written, at least in part—by chemical industry...

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IF YOU CATCH AND USE RAINWATER...

Mar 22, 2016 by

IF YOU CATCH AND USE RAINWATER IN COLORADO, YOU ARE A CRIMINAL

[Translate] by Nicole Gentile – Guest Contributor  CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: shutterstock   In a state where recreational...

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DRUGS IN THE DRINKING WATER? D...

Mar 21, 2016 by

DRUGS IN THE DRINKING WATER? DON’T ASK AND OFFICIALS WON’T TELL

[Translate]   By Martha Rosenberg, Organic Consumers Association (Photo: Water Testing via Shutterstock) The lead crisis in Flint,...

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LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE IN THE ...

Mar 21, 2016 by

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE IN THE NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (MARCH 1 – 15)

[Translate] THE DIRT   by J.R. Taylor Buffalo Bayou Park, Houston / Jon Shapley, The Houston Chronicle Saving Water Is So Hot Right...

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ALL EYES ON FLINT, BUT DRINKIN...

Mar 17, 2016 by

ALL EYES ON FLINT, BUT DRINKING WATER CRISIS STRETCHES NATIONWIDE

[Translate] 6 By Deirdre Fulton / Common Dreams   VIA TRUTHDIG     The Flint Water Plant tower in Michigan. (ehrlif /...

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Carbon Dioxide Levels Reach Hi...

Mar 5, 2016 by

Carbon Dioxide Levels Reach Highest Point in 15 Million Years

[Translate] Sea levels (and temperatures) are also the highest they’ve been in years. By Dahr Jamail / Truthout   Chemical...

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Supreme Court Refuses To Take ...

Mar 1, 2016 by

Supreme Court Refuses To Take Up Case Challenging The Cleanup Of The Chesapeake Bay

[Translate] by Katie Valentine CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Alex Dominguez Debris floats in the Chesapeake Bay north of the Bay...

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CALIFORNIA MOVES FORWARD WITH ...

Feb 26, 2016 by

CALIFORNIA MOVES FORWARD WITH DRILLING IN PROTECTED AQUIFIERS

[Translate] by Samantha Page CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File California has both water and oil underground. Which...

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SCIENTISTS CALCULATE OUR DEBT ...

Feb 24, 2016 by

SCIENTISTS CALCULATE OUR DEBT TO EARTH

[Translate]   By Tim Radford / Climate News Network   VIA TRUTHDIG     Wheat crops in Kansas depend on aquifer water. (James...

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