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Celebrations as Baltimore Set to Become First Major American City to Outlaw Water Privatization

Mayor Catherine Pugh

'Repugnant and Dangerous': Ignoring Role of Climate Crisis, Trump Offers Buffoonery on California Wildfires

Julia Conley, staff writer

"We have plenty of water to fight these wildfires...It is our changing climate that is leading to more severe and destructive wildfires."

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Earliest "Earth Overshoot Day" Ever Expected for 2018 as Consumption of Natural Resources Accelerates

Julia Conley, staff writer

The overuse of natural resources "should be of concern to all, but especially...

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As Trump Guts EPA From Within, Watchdog Reports Blasts Agency for Failures Related to Flint Water Crisis

Julia Conley, staff writer

"Clean water is a basic human right, and all levels of government failed the...

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'Privatization Is Not the Answer': Grave Warnings as Wall Street Vultures Circle Puerto Rico's Water System

Green sea turtle

Affirming Belief That Waters Are for Drilling and Pillaging, Trump Erases Ocean Protection Policy

Forget His Fancy Lotion and Chick-Fil-A, Pruitt's Gutting of EPA Rule Threatens Drinking Water of 117 Million Americans

plastic pollution

As Planet Chokes on Plastic Waste, UN Report Offers Roadmap to Tackle Global Crisis

'Clear Human Fingerprints' Found by NASA Study of Increasingly Dire Global Water Shortages

Trump, Pruitt

Fearing 'Public Relations Nightmare,' Pruitt's EPA Blocked Release of a Major Water Contamination Study

4 Years Since Flint Crisis Began, Ellison Bill Says 'Clean Water a Right for All'

LeeAnne Walters

Citizen Scientist Who Helped Expose Flint Water Crisis Honored With Goldman Prize

To Avoid Water Shortage for 5 Billion by 2050, UN Report Urges Nature-Based Solutions

Indigenous Leaders and Allies Stage Sit-In to Protest Kinder Morgan Pipeline

A 2012 photo by advocacy group Appalachian Voices shows "a horrific mess more than three years after" the coal ash disaster at the Kingston Fossil Plant in Tenn. took place. (Photo: Appalachian Voices/flickr/cc)

Ending Rules to Curb 'Silent, Tasteless Killer,' Pruitt Makes It Easier for Polluters to Poison Nation's Water

Research Exposes $16 Billion Bottled Water Industry's Predatory Marketing Practices

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Amnesty International

A year on from Hurricane Maria, New Evidence Shows How Puerto Ricans Were Denied Essential Water

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Flint Safe Water Case Back in Court

Food & Water Watch

First Big U.S. City Poised To Ban Water Privatization Permanently

Environment America

Businesses Join Effort to Defend the Clean Water Rule in Court

Center for Biological Diversity

Massive Utah Oil Shale Project Threatens Public Health, Water Supply

Food & Water Watch

FERC Commissioner Heads to Private Water Lobby

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