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Lake Erie’s Failed Algae Strategy Hurts Poor Communities the Most

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Their collective trauma dates back to August 2, 2014, when she and half a million other Toledoans woke to alarming news: the water coming out of their taps was toxic. Their drinking water contained microcystin, a toxin known to cause diarrhea, vomiting, and liver damage at small concentrations. And political power with it.

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James Michener’s Chesapeake Bay Was A+

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University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science recently released the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Report Card. Government officials were uninterested; as a result, the. In 2010, following years of missed deadlines, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) jumped into the morass by exercising its power under the Clean Water Act.

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Elk River Spill Aftermath: Do We Need New Regulations and From Whom?

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On January 9, 2014, a chemical tank at Freedom Industries in Charleston, West Virginia, leaked into the Elk River. The spill left 300,000 people over nine counties without drinking, cooking, or bathing water for ten days. Joe Manchin (D-WV) is also critical of more federal regulation, even if the federal government has a minimal role.

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JBS fires indigenous worker in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, for reporting precarious company buses, says union

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Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. The US is technically the world’s largest beef producer, but meatpacking companies from Brazil, the second largest country-of-origin, are consolidating the industry. Major Shareholders Click here for the latest list.

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NY attorney general sues world's largest beef producer over methane emissions, climate commitments

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Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. The US is technically the world’s largest beef producer, but meatpacking companies from Brazil, the second largest country-of-origin, are consolidating the industry. Major Shareholders Click here for the latest list.

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Powerful Industry’s Torrent of Manure Overwhelms State Regulators

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And it gives every citizen the authority to bring suit against polluters and government agencies that are doing just that in violation of the public trust. “If In 2014, many of those EGLE staff members provided the technical details underlying Republican Gov. Compromise Sought, More Pollution is Result.

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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Colorado Federal Court Remanded Local Governments’ Climate Case to State Court. The court said the defendants’ argument that the plaintiffs’ state law claims were governed by federal common law appeared to be a matter of ordinary preemption, which would not provide a basis for federal jurisdiction. Rhode Island v. Chevron Corp. ,

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