
How Copper Mines Pollute
Toxic chemicals associated with copper mines can pollute the environment, causing serious harm to plants, animals and people.
If we want a greener, healthier world we need to protect our rivers, lakes and streams.
Clean water is vital to ecosystems, to our health, and our quality of life. But too many of our rivers, lakes and streams are vulnerable to pollution. This pollution, along with outdated infrastructure – like lead pipes in our schools – puts our health at risk. We need to work together to protect our waters.
Toxic chemicals associated with copper mines can pollute the environment, causing serious harm to plants, animals and people.
Five highlights of how our advocacy and action in 2024 put our country and our world on a greener, healthier, more sustainable path.
The Biden administration has taken the most significant step toward protecting our drinking water from lead since the start of the Flint, Michigan, water crisis a decade ago.
New rules will slash toxic pollution, improve health
Biden initiative would protect many wetlands and rivers from pollution