Local Leaders Are Failing to Protect L.A.’s Water
Los Angeles is known for its iconic waterways that include beautiful beaches and swimming holes, and our concrete river. Every day, an estimated 100 million...
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North Carolinians Deserve Stronger Protections from PFAS
The people of North Carolina deserve clean drinking water, and there is plenty that North Carolina can do. The question is whether the state will actually use i...
Three New Bills Take Aim at North Carolina's Dark Waters
Last week, North Carolina took a giant step forward to address a major source of water, air, and soil pollution in the state: per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance...
Trump Finally Uses (Weaponizes) the Clean Water Act
There’s low. And then there’s rock bottom. The Trump Administration’s EPA takeover, with its race to the bottom rollbacks of the environmental and public...
A Lack of Balance: Runoff and Harmful Algal Blooms
Across the nation, harmful algae blooms (HABs) are wreaking havoc; causing illness and death at worst and economic impacts at best. These harmful blooms occur...
The Regional Water Board Must Address L.A.’s Runoff Problem
Los Angeles is known for its iconic waterways that include beautiful beaches and a concrete river. But every day, an estimated 100 million gallons of runoff con...