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Deep budget cuts in Macomb County compromise water safety
Michigan Messenger —
Authority: 664
Macomb County environmental health program specialist Robert MacDonald shows off the countys soon-to-be scaled back hazardous waste program. (Photos by David Alire Garcia/Michigan Messenger) MOUNT CLEMENS — Macomb County faces an all-too-familiar Michigan problem these days: plunging property tax collections ...11 hours ago -
The coming natural gas boom is not all its fracced up to be
DailyFinance —
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Filed under: Energy Please pardon my poor punning, and let me explain: "Fraccing" (rhymes with "cracking") is the oil and natural gas industrys an informal contraction for the technology called hydraulic fracturing , in which water (and in some cases, a chemical mixture) is pumped deep underground to fracture ...1 week ago -
Extraction Mining and Watersheds (Is It Inherently Wrong?)
SwittersB & Fly Fishing —
Authority: 138
Extraction Mining “El film es un viaje alrededor de algunas de las explotaciones a cielo abierto con cianuro que las corporaciones han instalado en el noroeste argentino –San Juan, La Rioja, Catamarca, Tucumán Salta – y la reacción de las poblaciones aledañas frente a la contaminación. Se trata de una obra ...3 weeks ago -
Exxon Groundwater Contamination Lawsuit Results in $105M Verdict
AboutLawsuits.com —
Authority: 554
A federal jury in New York returned a $104.7 million verdict on Monday against Exxon Mobile in a groundwater contamination lawsuit brought by New York City over the use of the gasoline additive methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE). The verdict follows an 11-week trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern ...3 weeks ago -
City wins Jamaica water contamination suit vs. Exxon
Queens Crap —
Authority: 591
From NY1 : Exxon Mobil was found liable Monday for polluting the citys ground water. A jury awarded the city $105 million in its suit against the oil company. The city sued Exxon Mobil for the cost of removing a gasoline additive from drinking wells in Jamaica, Queens. It argued the company ignored warnings not ...3 weeks ago -
Big River: The Ecological Consequences of Industrial Agriculture
TakePart Social Action Network —
Authority: 612
Big River , the new documentary from filmmakers Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis, explores the ecological consequences of industrial agriculture, and serves as a companion to their eye-opening film King Corn . I’ve really enjoyed Ian and Curt’s films so far, as they offer both entertaining and thoughtful ...4 weeks ago -
McCullom Lake Illinois Brain Cancer Lawsuits Filed on Behalf of 30 People
AboutLawsuits.com —
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Out of a community of only about 1,000 people, 30 people have filed brain cancer lawsuits against a former chemical company, which allegedly spent decades dumping cancer-causing chemicals into the local groundwater. The 30 current or former residents of McCullom Lake, Illinois have been diagnosed with various ...4 weeks ago
