On AlterNet: clean water

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "clean water"

Legislators Are Going to Unbelievable Lengths to Gouge Clean Water Laws and Cozy Up to Big Coal

Jeff Biggers, AlterNet. February 25, 2011.

'As an air-breather and a water-drinker, I take offense to the notion that coal company profits are more important than my children's lives.'

Republicans Launch Sneak Attack on Clean Water in Budget

Tiffany Danitz Pache, DC Bureau. February 18, 2011.

The GOP's CR budget bill includes language that would deny funding to the EPA to implement guidelines needed to enforce the Clean Water Act.

Big Coal Is Starting to Crack: Meet the Folks With the Chisel

Robert S. Eshelman, The Nation. April 27, 2010.

A reinvigorated, multifaceted movement has chalked up an impressive -- albeit frequently overlooked -- series of victories against Big Coal. Here's what they're doing.

Colbert Report Takes Down Big Coal: Save the Endangered Hillbilly (VIDEO)

Jeff Biggers, AlterNet. January 19, 2010.

Stephen Colbert hosted scientist Margaret Palmer in a brilliant takedown of the Obama administration's recent decision to green light more mountaintop removal permits.

US Coal Plants Dump Thousands of Gallons of Waste Into Drinking Water Supplies a Day

Brian Merchant, TreeHugger. October 13, 2009.

Millions of people get their drinking water from rivers and lakes polluted by the coal industry.

How EPA Can Use the Clean Water Act to Help End Mountaintop Removal Mining

Jeff Biggers, The Nation. September 16, 2009.

An important announcement from EPA about mountaintop mining may mean there's hope for Appalachia's waterways.

Why Can't the U.S. Guarantee the Most Basic of Human Rights -- the Right to Clean Water?

Peter Asmus, AlterNet. July 30, 2009.

California is leading the way with new legislation to guarantee clean water for all, but the federal government is far behind.

The Health of Our Society Is Mirrored in the Health of Our Rivers

Peter Gleick, Pacific Institute. June 30, 2009.

As long as we see rivers as something to be consumed or treated as a dump, we will never be a healthy society.

Will New York's Toxic Problem Ruin Texas' Water?

Adam Federman, Earth Island Journal. June 1, 2009.

Texas will receive 81 train cars full of PCB-contaminated sediment from the Hudson River every four to five days for six months.

On Earth Day, Forget About the Planet -- We're the Ones Who Are Screwed

Joseph Romm, Climate Progress. April 22, 2009.

Affection for our planet is misdirected and unrequited. We need to focus on saving ourselves. It's time to dump Earth Day.

Why the EPA May Be About to Take Big Steps to Clean Up Our Water

Yee Huang, Center for Progressive Reform. April 1, 2009.

EPA may help the protection of water by reviving a much-discussed but ill-fated rule to regulate water pollution from non-point sources.

Clean Water Protection Act: The Best Bet for Ending Devastating Mining Practices

Jeff Biggers, AlterNet. March 23, 2009.

The first shot has been fired in the legislative battle to end the devastating practice of mountaintop removal mining in central Appalachia.

New York's Drinking Water Threatened by Drilling Plans

Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica. February 27, 2009.

The state has done little to study the impacts drilling might have on water supplies and is unprepared to treat the waste water it produces.

How a Clean Water Advocate and Senator Became a Chemical Industry Lobbyist

David Corn, Mother Jones. February 23, 2009.

In the fight over perchlorate in drinking water, Richard Bryan has oddly enough been on both sides.

Industry and EPA Collaborated to Hide the Truth about How Natural Gas Drilling Is Threatening Drinking Water

Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica. November 20, 2008.

One of the greatest threats to our water and our health may come from a process involved in natural gas drilling. But EPA is keeping mum.

Can a Novel Change the World?

Karen Dionne, Huffington Post. November 3, 2008.

Here's one that looks at the global water crisis and what we can do about it.

Even Joe the Plumber Can't Fix Senator McCain's Dirty Water Record

Christy Leavitt, AlterNet. October 28, 2008.

McCain's actual record on what comes out of our kitchen faucets would leave a bad taste in the mouth of most Americans.

Palin's Trajectory to National Prominence Powered by her Anti-Environmentalism

Carl Pope, Huffington Post. October 24, 2008.

Her campaign was born because of her defiance of the Clean Water Act.

Obama vs. McCain: Progressive Voter Guide to Water Issues

AlterNetOctober 17, 2008.

See how Obama and McCain compare on eight water issues from privatization to pollution.

EPA Woud Like You to Drink Rocket Fuel

Carl Pope, Huffington Post. September 25, 2008.

Even though the pollutant perchlorate has been found to cause health risks, EPA doesn't mind that its in your drinking water.

Federal Shortfall for Clean Water Puts New York in Need of $50 Billion

Environment News ServiceSeptember 23, 2008.

Federal support for water infrastructure has plummeted roughly 70 percent over the last two decades, and now places like New York are in trouble.

A New Boom in Natural Gas Threatens Drinking Water

Mark Clayton, Christian Science Monitor. September 18, 2008.

Water and chemicals injected at high pressure can extract more gas and may threaten drinking water in places like New York and Texas.

A Telling Palin Scandal: Her Environmental Record

Leonard Doyle, Independent UK. September 10, 2008.

Sarah Palin has an environmental policy so toxic it would make George W. Bush blush.

Alaska Chooses Largest Gold Mine Over Clean Water

Kari Lydersen, AlterNet. August 29, 2008.

Alaska is one step closer to approving Pebble Mine, which threatens the world's largest salmon fishery and native communities.

How the World Is Realizing that Water Is "Blue Gold"

Mark Clayton, Christian Science Monitor. May 29, 2008.

Increasingly it is being asked: Which countries are water rich, which are water poor, and who should manage water resources?