Water

Grand Canyon at Risk as Arizona Officials Ask Trump to End Uranium Mining Ban

By Joanna Walters / The Guardian

The letters come amid fears that the Trump administration will favor the powerful mining lobby, increasing the risk of uranium contaminating water flowing into the Grand Canyon.
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Why Race and Inequality Are at the Heart of America's Water Problems

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Josh Fox's New Film Is Case Study in What Resistance Is All About

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Water

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    Clark Mindock / The Independent UK

    Displayed Publishing Date: Thu, 05/04/2017 - 09:25

  • 6 Flint Residents Arrested at Water Crisis Town Hall

    Alexandra Rosenmann / AlterNet

    Displayed Publishing Date: Mon, 04/24/2017 - 08:56

  • Why Water Privatization Is a Bad Idea for People and the Planet

    Adam Hudson / AlterNet

    Displayed Publishing Date: Tue, 04/18/2017 - 23:30

  • The Flint Water Crisis Is a Result of Systemic Racism and History of Segregation

    Yessenia Funes / ColorLines  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Sun, 04/16/2017 - 12:00

  • How the Lower Colorado Shows What's Really at Stake for America's Rivers as Trump Rolls Back Protections

    Bob Irvin / AlterNet  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Tue, 04/11/2017 - 23:30

  • Naval Exercises Add Trillions of Pieces of Plastic Debris to Oceans

    Dahr Jamail / Truthout  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Thu, 04/06/2017 - 12:00

  • We've Been Here Before: The Eerie Parallels Between World War I and Present-Day America

    Alexandra Rosenmann / AlterNet  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Thu, 03/30/2017 - 14:06

  • Why Is Water Sacred to Native Americans?

    Rosalyn R. LaPier / The Conversation

    Displayed Publishing Date: Wed, 03/22/2017 - 12:00

  • How Citizen Lawsuits Can Help Enforce Environmental Laws Under the Anti-Environment Trump Era

    Pete Harrison / AlterNet

    Displayed Publishing Date: Tue, 03/14/2017 - 12:00

  • Coastal Cities Could Flood Three Times a Week by 2045

    John Upton / Climate Central

    Displayed Publishing Date: Thu, 02/23/2017 - 12:00

  • How Congress Could Allow More Toxic Pesticides Into America's Waterways

    Beyond Pesticides  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Wed, 02/22/2017 - 12:00

  • Dakota Access Pipeline Fight Opens New Chapter of Indian-Federal Conflict

    Gabrielle Gurley / The American Prospect  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Sun, 02/12/2017 - 09:25

  • Josh Fox: Trump May Have Approved the Dakota Access Pipeline, but the Fight Is Far From Over

    Josh Fox / AlterNet  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Thu, 02/09/2017 - 23:45

  • Major Blow to Standing Rock Sioux: Final Phase of Dakota Access Pipeline to Be Approved

    Sam Levin, Julia Carrie Wong / The Guardian  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Tue, 02/07/2017 - 17:00

  • Here's Why Trump's EPA Pick Scott Pruitt Would Be Terrible for the Environment

    Keith Gaby / Environmental Defense Fund

    Displayed Publishing Date: Mon, 02/06/2017 - 12:00

  • Republicans Wipe Out Stream Protection Rule, Giving Gift to Big Coal While Threatening Public and Environmental Health

    Adam Sarvana / AlterNet

    Displayed Publishing Date: Thu, 02/02/2017 - 23:30

  • How Trump Could Make a Deadly Flesh-Eating Bacteria Spread, Again (Video)

    Reynard Loki / AlterNet

    Displayed Publishing Date: Sat, 01/28/2017 - 23:45

  • How Trump's Mexican Border Wall Will Threaten Native Tribes—and Could Even Make Species Extinct

    Adam Sarvana / AlterNet  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Thu, 01/26/2017 - 18:00

  • Here's How to Find Out If Your Tap Water Is Okay to Drink

    Lorraine Chow / AlterNet  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Tue, 01/24/2017 - 23:30

  • How Trump's Appetite for Privatization Could Threaten Your Drinking Water

    George Potanovic / AlterNet  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Sat, 01/21/2017 - 23:45

  • If Your Money Is in One of These Banks, You're Helping to Fund the Dakota Access Pipeline

    Reynard Loki / AlterNet  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Wed, 01/18/2017 - 23:30

  • Beyond Standing Rock: As Pipelines Proliferate Across the U.S., So Do Protests

    Jen Fifield / Stateline

    Displayed Publishing Date: Sun, 01/15/2017 - 12:00

  • 5 Steps Society Must Take to Avoid the Worst Impacts of Climate Change

    Dr. David Suzuki / AlterNet

    Displayed Publishing Date: Thu, 01/12/2017 - 23:30

  • Lockdown at Trans-Pecos Pipeline Site in West Texas Consecrates New Indigenous-Led Resistance Camp (Video)

    Candice Bernd / Truthout

    Displayed Publishing Date: Wed, 01/11/2017 - 12:30

  • 4 Critical Energy Issues to Watch in 2017

    Bobby Magill / Climate Central  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Mon, 01/09/2017 - 12:00

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