Report Exposes Companies That Dumped 206 Million Pounds Of Toxic Chemicals Into U.S. Waterways

Research from Environment America shows that 2012 was a bigger year for toxic chemical dumping than most of us could have imagined.

Eco Watch
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Research from Environment America shows that 2012 was a bigger year for toxic chemical dumping than most of us could have imagined. Industrial facilities across the U.S. dumped more than 206 million pounds of toxic chemicals into waterways in 2012, according to the “Wasting Our Waterways” report. The figures about the nation, as a whole, are

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US Fracking Boom Creating Crisis Of Illegal Toxic Dumping

Toxic materials from gas drilling industry creating ‘legacy of radioactivity’.

Jacob Chamberlain
بواسطة Jacob Chamberlain

Industrial waste from fracking sites is leaving a "legacy of radioactivity" across the country as the drilling boom churns out more and more toxic byproducts with little to no oversight of the disposal process, critics warn. According to a new report in Bloomberg Wednesday, the controversial oil and gas drilling process known as hydraulic

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Chevron Blasted For “Rainforest Chernobyl” And Mob-Like Tactics To Silence Critics

“Despite losing a 20-year legal battle and receiving a $9.5 billion judgment against it, Chevron says it will never pay.”

Katie Rucke
بواسطة Katie Rucke

The nonprofit organization Amazon Watch on Monday released a satirical video to draw attention to the threats Chevron has made to environmentalists, journalists, scientists and locals who have asked for the company to be held accountable for its destructive actions, and the company’s attempts to criminalize environmental protests. Specifically,

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