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Foxconn Gets a Pollution Pass for Its Wisconsin Factory

With friends like this who needs enemies? Foxconn Gets a Pollution Pass for Its Wisconsin Factory Factory Trump and Walker OK Plant Pumping Clean Lake Michigan Water and Then Dumping Polluted Water Back By Sarah Okeson Get paid to pollute! That’s the unspoken new policy of the Trump administration and its ally in Wisconsin, Gov. …

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76 Environmental Rules on the Way Out Under Trump

“The Trump administration has, in many instances, pared back these regulations in favor of more expansive energy extraction policies — often as a direct response to petitions from oil, gas and coal companies. Mr. Trump has argued that supporting the fossil fuel industry strengthens the economy.“ 76 Environmental Rules on the Way Out Under Trump …

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Common Dreams reports: Ending Rules to Curb ‘Silent, Tasteless Killer,’ Pruitt Makes It Easier for Polluters to Poison Nation’s Water

Ending Rules to Curb ‘Silent, Tasteless Killer,’ Pruitt Makes It Easier for Polluters to Poison Nation’s Water Polluters wanted the Obama-era regulations weakened. Obsequious Pruitt just obliged. By Andrea Germanos, staff writer   Environmental groups lashed out Friday against the Environmental Protection Agency’s industry-friendly proposal to roll back safeguards for the disposal of coal ash—a …

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Fire, Herbicides, Cyanotoxins, and Mercury in Clear Lake

WINE & WATER WATCH Meeting – Middletown, CA 5-21-2016 Sarah Ryan, Environmental Director for the Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians, speaks on the research and impact of fire, pesticides, herbicides (glyphosates), cyanotoxins, etc., within the watersheds of Clear Lake in Lake County, California. An extraordinary Lake County environmentalist, Ms. Ryan shares her knowledge on …

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Glyphosate Found in 10 of 10 Wines Tested

UPDATED 5/3/2016: Ten wines from the prime growing regions of Napa, Sonoma and Mendocino counties were just tested at Microbe Inotech Labs in St. Louis, Mo. All ten samples were found to contain glyphosate, the active ingredient in an herbicide sold as Roundup®, a chemical classified a “probable carcinogen” by the World Health Organization. This …

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