clean water
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New Yorkers might soon have a constitutional right to clean air and water
On Tuesday, the state legislature passed a package of green bills, including a proposed constitutional change guaranteeing the right to clean air and water.
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The U.S. could have avoided Puerto Rico’s water crisis
There are international standards for disaster relief. The government isn't meeting them.
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In Detroit, people know what it’s like to live without running water
In the next five years, more than one-third of Americans may not be able to afford their water.
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Before the EPA, our cities looked like this
The agency protects much more than rural ponds and spotted owls.
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Civil rights group throws support to controversial desalination project
It would come at a high cost to vulnerable communities.
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Advancing environmental justice: A cheat sheet for candidates
It means supporting workers and curbing more than just carbon emissions.
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Pennsylvanians are complaining their water is fracked up. Now what?
For those with contaminated wells, state regulators aren’t acting fast enough.
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Clean water should be a basic human right. Why are we charging so much for it?
The cost of clean water and wastewater services has risen 41 percent over the last five years.
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Beautiful video asks: Why don’t we have more protection for our environmental rights?
Canada's squandering its reputation as a nice, progressive place to live by letting the oil industry mine oil sands.