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“Superman Is Not Coming”: Erin Brockovich on the Future of Water
“It's hundreds of Flints,” says Erin Brockovich: US water supplies have become repositories for industrial waste.
Clean Water Is a Basic Human Right, and We Can and Should Make It Affordable to Everyone
As we invest in our public water systems — and we must — we need to distribute costs equitably.
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EPA Considers Gutting Regulations on Lead Contamination
East Chicago residents have been waiting weeks for Pruitt to respond to their emergency petition for federal aid.
#WageLove: Water Activists Build a Global Movement
Civil rights lawyer Alice Jennings is pushing the courts to see clean water in Detroit and Flint as a human rights issue.
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Louisiana’s Bayou Bridge Pipeline Is One Permit Closer to Reality as Groups Plan Continued Resistance
“We are not protesters, we are water protectors.”
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Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Sues Towns for Trying to Protect Their Environment
In 2016, chemicals detected in the state's drinking water prompted a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing.
This Invention Lets Rural Hondurans Clean Their Water — and Own the Treatment Plants
What's at stake in a world where science is marginalized? Programs like AguaClara, which offer sustainable, low-cost solutions to communities in need.
“There’s No Way We’re Gonna Drink That”: Fighting for Clean Water in Flint
Flint residents suffer lead and bacteria in their water, but the flawed law behind the problem remains on the books.
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While One Louisiana Town’s Lead-Tainted Water System Is Replaced, Dozens of Others Deteriorate
“No one in America should have to live that way.”
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East Chicago’s Pleas for Clean Drinking Water Go Unanswered as Trump Moves to Weaken EPA
The White House's budget cuts would seriously weaken protections for low-income people of color.