by Ellie Cabell | October 19, 2018 | Drinking Water, Social Media
Since 2015, The US Water Alliance spends an October day raising public awareness of the importance of clean, safe water in our daily lives. It is difficult to imagine, in modern America, not having an ample supply of clean, safe, inexpensive water always at the ready....
by Ellie Cabell | September 5, 2018 | Drinking Water
Kudos to California for recognizing that ALL people should have access to clean drinking water! According to the New York Times: State lawmakers are expected to vote this month to establish reliable funding sources to help ensure, for the first time, that all state...
by Ellie Cabell | August 26, 2018 | Social Media, Uncategorized
Trophic rewilding is the reintroduction of species that have become extinct in specific areas, and it may be one way to mitigate the effects of climate change. Ecologist Dr. Liesbeth Bakker of the Nederlands Instituut voor Ecologie has stated that loss of species...
by Ellie Cabell | August 23, 2018 | Drinking Water, Social Media
According to a 2009 article in the New York Times, “Twenty-one power plants in 10 states, including Alabama, Kentucky, North Carolina and Ohio, have dumped arsenic into rivers or other waters at concentrations as much as 18 times the federal drinking water standard.”...
by Ellie Cabell | August 15, 2018 | Social Media, Wastewater
If you haven’t heard of it, the Berkeley Pit is located in Butte, MT. It has been a “superfund site,” since 1982, which means that it has been contaminated by hazardous waste and is considered a risk to both the environment and human health. Berkeley Pit is the...
