Tag: water rights
A growing movement to reclaim water rights for Indigenous people
Native tribes are reliant on their local water sources, which have been continuously exploited and contaminated by the U.S. government and non-Native people. Indigenous groups are finding new ways to demand justice.
Millions of Americans face water shutoffs during pandemic
“It’s a package of related factors – institutional racism, environmental injustice, and poverty – which means communities most vulnerable to Covid-19 are the same communities most vulnerable to water shutoffs.”
Trump EPA sets tap water limit for rocket fuel chemical 3X...
"Instead of taking action to lower the levels of this rocket fuel chemical in drinking water, the administration’s plan will endanger the health of future generations of kids.”
Citizens begin reclaiming coal country after decades of corporate land grabs
But figuring out who owns abandoned mines in Appalachia is harder than you’d think.
“Our water, our right”: 10 global struggles for public water
We bring you 10 inspiring stories of communities and cities working to reclaim public control over water and wastewater services from major private water multinationals.
From Flint To Standing Rock To Upstate NY, Organizing To Save...
We cannot sacrifice the planet for profits.
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Study finds black-colored plastic kitchen utensils, takeout containers may contain cancerous chemicals due to...
Researchers discovered everyday black plastic cooking utensils contain harmful flame retardants through current recycling processes.
What the Air Force doesn’t want us to notice on election night
While everyone’s attention will be on who our next president will be, the U.S. Air Force will test-launch an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile with a dummy hydrogen bomb on the tip from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
Trump condemns Iowa poll showing Harris in the lead, calls for criminalization of ‘suppression’...
Describing the well-regarded poll as “suppression,” Trump claimed it was skewed against him and called for it to be made “illegal,” raising concerns about his ongoing attacks on press freedom and the electoral system.
10 ways to be prepared and grounded if Trump wins
It’s important we squarely face the possibility of a Trump victory and what we’d have to do about it.
A pregnant teenager died after trying to get care in three visits to Texas...
That is what many pregnant women are now facing in states with strict abortion bans, doctors and lawyers have told ProPublica.