Andrew J. Whelton / The ConversationAug 14, 2023
An environmental engineer writes about the health hazard fallout of the Maui fires in the air, water, and infrastructure. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
By Michael Moore / Common DreamsJan 8, 2016
Progressive activist, Oscar-winning filmmaker and Flint, Mich., native Michael Moore is calling for the arrest of Gov. Rick Snyder for his role in creating a situation in which the water supply for an entire community has been "effectively poisoned." Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 6, 2015
Canada’s Supreme Court has ruled that Ecuadorean villagers can go after Canadian assets of the U.S.-based oil company Chevron in one of the most bitterly contested environmental cases in history. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigAug 3, 2014
Distribution centers and store shelves were emptied of bottled water after Ohio's fourth-largest city told residents not to drink from its water supply, citing contamination by toxins possibly from algae on Lake Erie. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
By Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublicaSep 24, 2012
Injection wells have proliferated over the past 60 years, in large part because they are the cheapest, most expedient way to manage hundreds of billions of gallons of industrial waste generated in the U.S. each year. Yet the dangers of injection are well known: In accidents dating to the 1960s, toxic materials have bubbled up to the surface or escaped, contaminating aquifers that store supplies of drinking water. Dig deeper ( 18 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 19, 2011
Forget the international panic caused by Japan's damaged and still-dangerous Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Officials of the Tennessee Valley Authority, a federally owned electric utility corporation, have signaled their intent to build six "mini" nuclear reactors on a vacant riverside lot in eastern Tennessee. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 18, 2010
If you need yet another example of how Washington just doesn't quite work, a bill that aims to curb food contamination has stalled despite having broad bipartisan support, plus backing from President Obama and industry and consumer groups, and the fact that the House passed its version of the legislation more than a year ago. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 13, 2009
Woe to Peanut Corporation of America: After running into trouble in Georgia in the recent salmonella outbreak, the peanut product manufacturer has now run afoul of Texas health authorities, who have ordered the company to recall all the products made in its Plainview plant. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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