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Protecting Water at the Source

Donald Carr | Posted 06.12.2012 | Green
Read More: Farm Bill, Water Pollution, Water, Big Ag, Conservation, Farm Subsidies, Ethanol, Pollution, Run-Off, Clean Water, Green News
Donald Carr

Water is running off poorly managed fields that have been treated with chemical fertilizers and manure is loaded with nitrogen and phosphorus, two potent pollutants that set off a cascade of harmful consequences.

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Caught in the Act: Malibu's Dirty Little Secret Cleaned Up (VIDEO)

Kathy Eldon | Posted 01.29.2012 | Impact
Read More: Protection, Visions, John Sibert, Park, Malibu, Legacy, Pollution, Susan Nissman, Paul Herzog, Surfrider, Friendly, Environmental, Creative Visions Foundation, Legacy Park, Stormwater, Kathy Eldon, Foundation, Surfrider Foundation, Runoff, Creative, Ocean, Gardens, Clear Water Protection, Ocean Friendly Garden, Disinfection, Mayor, Ecological Threat, Run Off, Toxic, Irrigation, Polluted Stormwater, Environmental Project, Impact News
Kathy Eldon

The glamorous city of 13,000 is now leading the way in stopping toxic stormwater and chemical-laden urban runoff from destroying its glamorous coastline.

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Watching the Future Wash Away

Donald Carr | Posted 06.13.2011 | Green
Read More: Farming, Soil, Toxic, Run Off, Corn, Agriculture, Dead Zone, Conservation, Erosion, Chemicals, Corn Belt, Commodity Crop, Farm, Water, Agribusiness, Soybeans, Farm Subsidies, Usda, Farm Bill, Crp, Eqip, Green News
Donald Carr

Bad federal policy and intensifying storms are washing away the rich dark soils in the Midwest that made this country an agricultural powerhouse and that remain the essential foundation of a healthy and sustainable food system in the future.

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Morfin: a Progressive Tug

Cali Slaughter | Posted 06.07.2011 | Politics
Read More: Lead, Progressive, Pilsen, Fisk Coal Plant, Chicago, Clean Power Ordinance, Temoc Morfin, Danny Solis, Campaign, Run-Off, Perez Elementary School, 25th Ward, Politics News
Cali Slaughter

Beyond the hard results, countless factors enter into the electoral process to create lasting change in the way politics are conducted.

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Risky Runoff: From Fish-Roe to Ritalin (My Reaction to "Poisoned Waters," a Recent PBS Frontline Story)

Michael DeJong | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Margaret Meade, Thinking Mindfully, Cleaning Supplies, Rachel Carson, We?Re All Polluters, Industrial Waste, Acting Safely, Baking Soda, Flora and Fauna, Run-Off, Respecting All Manner of Life, Fresh Lemon, Chlorine Bleach, PBS Frontline, Ground Water, Lawn Care Products, Cosmetics-Industry, Agricultural Pollution, Health, Home Waste Treatment Systems, Micro-Particulates, Silent Spring, Poisoned Waters, Rivers, Water, Green News
Michael DeJong

The particulates from our own medicated bodily fluids are so fine that there are no water processing plants in the world that can trap them.

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