by Ellie Cabell | November 30, 2020 | Location, O & G Produced Wastewater, Social Media, Water
New Mexico is now requiring oil and gas operators to report a bit of information regarding water use. Companies will have to report how much water is used to complete a well. Between two and eight million gallons of water is used to frack a well. The New Mexico Bureau...
by Ellie Cabell | October 2, 2020 | Cancer, Industrial Pollution, Social Media
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 | September 16, 2020 | Environment, Industrial Pollution, Industrial Wastewater, Social Media, Wastewater
“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 | August 18, 2020 | Drinking Water, Health
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 | August 11, 2020 | Climate Change, Drinking Water, Environment, History, Industrial Pollution, Industrial Wastewater, IX Water, Location, Social Media, 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...
