Two Years After Billion-Gallon Toxic Ash Spill, EPA Still Dawdles

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Today marks the second anniversary of the nation’s largest toxic waste spill, when a billion-gallon wave of arsenic-filled coal ash carried away three houses and destroyed a riverfront community below the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Kingston Fossil Plant in rural Tennessee. Two years and $400 million dollars later, critical problems remain. Despite removal of more…

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California Regulators Weaken Control of Deadly Diesel Pollution

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It’s always been amazing to me just how much money polluters are willing to spend to try to convince lawmakers and the American public that public health and safety regulations will cost them too much money. Seat belts and airbags, now standard features in all cars and trucks, were fought tooth and nail by the…

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New Study Shows Hexavalent Chromium In Drinking Water

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The nonprofit public interest organization Environmental Working Group (EWG) this week released the results of a study that tested the water supplies of 35 American cities. In 31 of the 35 cities tested, the known carcinogen hexavalent chromium was present in the water supply. The result of industrial manufacturing and processes, hexavalent chromium can seep…

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