This blog is the fourth in a six-part series. Here are the first, second, and third parts. Water is essential to continuing to foster a healthy, safe, and productive community … Read more
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Continuing Sackett v. EPA into 2023 and the Potential Impact on Environmental Justice
This blog is the third in a six-part series. Here are the first and second, and fourth parts. Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency challenges both the authority and the integrity … Read more
Mine-scarred Land and Orange Rivers–a Story of Land Degradation and Reclamation in Pennsylvania
Over 5,000 abandoned underground mines dot the landscape in Pennsylvania. And although these underground channels are near invisible from the surface, there is one identifying factor you can’t miss. Bright … Read more
The Saga Continues: The Sacketts, the Lawsuit, and the Clean Water Act
This blog is the first in a six-part series. Here are the second, third, and fourth parts. In 2004 an Idaho couple, Chantell and Mike Sackett, purchased a plot of … Read more
Chemicals of Emerging Concern in the Great Lakes: The Imperative for Additional Action
The Great Lakes play a critical role in providing drinking water, transportation, recreation, and livelihoods for the millions of people in the Great Lakes basin. Yet, the health of the … Read more
Hey Flint! How Are You?
It’s been 7 years since the city of Flint gained national attention for its water crisis. Since then several cities around the country have identified their own issues with safe, … Read more
Community Science: Training the Next Generation to Protect our Water
It’s been 7 years since the nation first learned about the Flint Water Crisis. In April of 2014 the city of Flint, under emergency management by the state of Michigan, … Read more
Five Lakes, Two Countries…and One Ecosystem
A Healthy Dose of Binational Cooperation If you look at a map of our five Great Lakes, you’ll see a line running through the middle of four of them, marking … Read more
Fighting to Restore Clean Water Protections for Wildlife
Access to clean water is more important now than ever. However, in the middle of a global pandemic, the Trump administration published a regulation that removes bipartisan clean water protections … Read more
Pollution Problem: Protecting American Mink & the Ohio River
Right now, we have a short window of time to protect American mink and the Ohio River from heavy metal toxins and destructive invasive species. The Ohio River Valley Water … Read more
