EPA proposes new clean water rules for meat and poultry polluters. What does this mean for Texas?
Texas is number one for water pollution, with slaughterhouses major contributor
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 This pollution, along with outdated infrastructure – like lead pipes in our schools – puts our health at risk.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.
Texas is number one for water pollution, with slaughterhouses major contributor
It took our home...and it stole our natureSuzanne Franklin, Permian Basin Resident
If we're not looking to the future, even for our own children or grandchildren, then what do we have left today?Christa Mancias and Frankie Orona, Activists
What we need is enforcement of the existing rulesSarah Stogner , Attorney
There's stuff out there that probably won't clean up in my kids lifetime.Schuyler Wight, Rancher
The regulations in place to regulate oil and gas industry is in favor of the oil and gas and not in favor of the environment or the people.Neta Rhyne, Activist
This Texas mountain range should become our next national monument
Legislators in Missouri and Colorado have just approved bills requiring remediation when lead in schools' drinking water exceeds 5 parts per billion (ppb).
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BOSTON -- Lead contamination of school drinking water is more pervasive than previously thought, according to testing data from across the nation published on Thursday by Environment America Research & Policy Center and U.S. PIRG Education Fund on a new interactive map. The groups urged public officials to take swift action to “get the lead out” of schools’ drinking water.
Vice President Kamala Harris will announce on Monday a clean schools infrastructure program, which features grant funding for public school energy upgrades, money for electric school buses, and investments in rural schools.