Posts Tagged ‘sludge’

Eco-Effective Decisions: Stick to the Claims in Your Ad Campaign. Who’s Not? British Petroleum & the EPA

image courtesy of the ChicagoistA Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement under the Clean Water Act was written in 1972 to set a cap on the amount of crud that could be dumped into Lake Michigan annually. The law set a limit on how much pollution companies could legally dump into the lake. The law also prevented any company that was dumping under the limit from increasing their dumped pollution.

Well,

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Small Town Made Famous by Erin Brockovich Is Under Fire Again

Hinkley residents protest new sludge facility (source: HelpHinkley.org)Hinkley residents protest new sludge facility (source: HelpHinkley.org)The small California Desert community of Hinkley, made famous by true story portrayed in the movie Erin Brockovich, is under the gun again. However this time, it's not a hidden threat like hexavalent chromium-6, secretly poisoning their water supply and sickening the town. This time the threat is out in the open,

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