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Protecting New York City's Water Supply from Gas Companies

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 11.12.2009 | New York

Read More: Water Quality, Fracking Fluid, Fracking, Contamination, Water, Environment, Natural Gas Drilling, Water Supply, New York, New York News
Alison Rose Levy

New Yorkers were out in force last Tuesday to protect the purity of their legendary water. A public event focused on drilling in a vast Upstate reservoir of natural gas that developers are seeking to exploit.

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What's Cleaner: Used Toilet Water or the Chesapeake Bay?

Judd Legum | Posted 10.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Elijah Cummings, Cardin, Epa, Howard Ernst, Water Quality, Chesapeake Bay, Green News
Judd Legum

Below is a brief excerpt from a conversation with Prof. Howard Ernst I recorded. He reveals how he answered a question you wish didn't need asking -- What's cleaner: used toilet water or the Chesapeake Bay?

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EPA Vows Better Enforcement Of Clean Water Act

nytimes.com | CHARLES DUHIGG | Posted 10.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Water Quality, Law Enforcement, Pollution, Water Pollution, Clean Water Act, Epa, Green News

The Environmental Protection Agency said on Thursday that it would overhaul enforcement of the Clean Water Act, as lawmakers sharply criticized the ag...

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Drinking Water: The Next Campaign Issue?

ProPublica | Abrahm Lustgarten | Posted 10.08.2009 | New York

Read More: Water Quality, Energy, William Thompson, Mayor Bloomberg, New York City Mayor Race, Gas Drilling, New York, Watershed, Drinking Water, New York News

A preliminary report from a consultant hired by New York City warns that "nearly every activity" associated with natural gas drilling could potentiall...

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Taking a Haircut for Our Grandchildren

Jennifer Schwab | Posted 10.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Water Quality, Ecosystem, Environment, Environmental Performance Index, Air Quality, Green Living, Green News
Jennifer Schwab

Rich or poor, from the most advanced to the most primal, all citizens of the world and their governments must make lifestyle changes to clean up the planet.

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Water Still Matters

Ralph D'Andrea | Posted 11.17.2009 | Denver

Read More: Oil and Gas, Hydrofracturing, Junction Daily Blog, Safe Drinking Water, Poll, Survey, Water Quality, Colorado Politics, Clean Water Act, Josh Penry, Denver News
Ralph D'Andrea

The oil and gas industry is exempt from complying with the Safe Drinking Water Act -- and they're lying about a new poll that proves Coloradans want regulation.

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Best Urban Beaches

Nancy Stoner | Posted 09.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Beachreport, Waterprogram, Stormwater, Beaches, Water Quality, Environment, Los Angeles, Vacation, Zuma Beach, Green News
Nancy Stoner

All too often city beaches offer something other than fun: an elevated risk of contracting rashes and diarrhea because failing urban pipes dump untreated sewage right into our beaches.

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How Clean Is Your Favorite Beach? Find Out Now

Huffington Post | Katherine Goldstein | Posted 08.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Water Quality, Video, Beach Water Quality, Beach Pollution, Beaches, Nrdc, Vacation Beaches, Green News

The Natural Resources Defense Council just released an in-depth report on the water quality at popular vacation beaches across the nation. The water...

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Lake In 'The Sopranos' Is Polluted

AP | Posted 08.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Water Quality, Environment, Pollution, The Sopranos, Green News

PUTNAM VALLEY, N.Y. (AP) -- A civic group is urging some waste management in a suburban New York lake where episodes of "The Sopranos'' were made. ...

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Shale Oil's Bailout: Did Dangerous Drilling Get Federal Funds?

Treehugger.com | Posted 01.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Water Quality, Bailout, Shale Oil Bailout, Water, Oil, Water Crisis, Shale Oil, Green News

Unbelievably, according to the LA Times, the oil shale extraction industry was included in the Federal $700-billion bailout package. Would than includ...

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