by Ellie Cabell | Oct 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
A nurdle is a small piece of plastic, about the size of a lentil, which is the building block from which plastic products are made. Masses of nurdles escape into the environment before they become part of a plastic product, causing nurdles to be a large portion of...
by Ellie Cabell | Sep 16, 2020 | Environment, Industrial Pollution
“This disastrous rule will allow coal power plants to continue dumping toxic wastewater–filled with dangerous pollutants like lead, mercury, and arsenic–into the same waterways that our families drink from and play in,” said League of Conservation Voters...
by Ellie Cabell | Aug 18, 2020 | Uncategorized
Pesticides like RoundUp are made with glyphosate and are the most commonly sold throughout the world because of their wide uses, including on crops and in public areas in which weed mitigation is important. Glyphosate works by preventing the shikimic acid...
by Ellie Cabell | Aug 11, 2020 | Climate Change, Drinking Water, Environment, Industrial Pollution, Industrial Wastewater, IX Power Clean Water, IX Water, Uncategorized, Water
The temperature along Colorado’s Western Slope is rising twice as fast as the average around the world. 20 years of drought and warming temperatures have decreased Colorado River water flow 20% in the last 50 years. Because of climate change, including regional...
by Ellie Cabell | Aug 5, 2020 | Uncategorized
Squam Lake, found in the Lakes Region of New Hampshire, was formed by glacial activity. 20,000 years ago. During that time the Laurentide Ice Sheet covered most of North America. According to Encyclopedia Britannica, it covered more than five million square...
