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Water Contamination
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New Data Undermine Oil and Gas Industry’s Pipeline Safety Claims
New data raises questions about the industry's optimistic safety claims — in terms of the frequency of pipeline spills and pollution.
Poisoning the Water Equals Cultural Death: Flint, Michigan, as Precursor to New Administration’s Environmental Policies
Watching the Flint water crisis unfold should have triggered a collective warning that more destruction would come.
Resisting the Criminalization of Dissent: A Conversation With Iowa Activist David Goodner
Iowa activists are fighting a law that would make blockading highways a felony offense.
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The US Is Suffering From a Very Real Water Crisis That Few Are Acknowledging
Flint is just a tiny piece in a much larger story.
Three Activist Victories That Flew Under the Radar Over the Holidays
Here's some recent news from the world of social justice that received little attention as the nation paused to observe the winter holidays.
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A Last Resort That Might Work: Small Town Votes in Community Bill of Rights to Ban Fracking
Opposing a pipeline, residents in Waterville, Ohio, passed a new law to protect their right to clean air, water, and soil.
Flint: As Two Unelected Emergency Managers Are Charged Over Water Poisoning, Will Gov. Snyder Be Next?
Michigan's attorney general has filed criminal charges against four officials over the Flint water contamination crisis.
How Donald Trump Is Connected to the Flint Water Crisis
Trump's pick for secretary of education, Betsy DeVos, was instrumental in passing the law that set the stage for the Flint water crisis.
Standing Rock Sioux Elder: “We Have an Obligation to Protect All of America”
“We symbolize the struggle of every community in America about the lack of water, about contaminated water.”
California and EPA Poised to Expand Pollution of Potential Drinking Water Reserves
A little-known program under federal environment law is being used to permit oil and gas companies to inject waste into the state's aquifers.