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https://grist.org/justice/epa-consent-decrees-are-supposed-to-hold-polluters-accountable-will-coronavirus-get-them-off-the-hook

stop cleaning up the toxic emissions into the Mississippi River and into the air; and clean up  the lead in neighboring homes.

enforcement and inspections down 70%.

https://grist.org/justice/will-state-level-environmental-enforcement-survive-the-pandemic

more fracking permits and more pollution of neighboring communities

https://grist.org/energy/coronavirus-has-states-hitting-pause-except-when-it-comes-to-oil-and-gas-drilling

fracking flowback air pollution in Broomfield, CO, continues next to senior community where Covid-19 harms the ability to  breath.

https://grist.org/justice/coronavirus-retirees-sheltering-in-place-colorado-fracking

 

interview with Antonia Juhasz on KGNU on 5-5-28 or 5- 27  or 26 on Suncor refinery in Denver  polluting Sandy Creek and accused of causing nosebleeds and cancer  in the neighboring lower income community.

 

Please click and comment to the EPA ant the Amy Corps of Engineers. Here is an alert from the Waterkeepers. 

The last chance to comment on a Trump administration proposal that would gut the Clean Water Act is April 15. The proposal, which has no basis in science, would be disastrous for our waterways, removing safeguards from historically protected rivers, streams, lakes, wetlands, and other waters.

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Just as a child with the flu can infect a whole classroom, pollution in these waterways could taint all the waters they connect with, imperiling drinking water sources and endangered species from coast to coast.

Just a few examples:

Sixty percent of creeks and streams in California could lose Clean Water Act protection.
The Central Closed Basin, a 14,605-square-mile sub-watershed of the Rio Grande, stretching from Albuquerque into Mexico, could lose protection.
Irrigation ditches that run for 250 miles along just one creek in the Rogue River watershed could lose protection.
Montana’s Big Hole River, home to the last native sustaining population of Arctic Grayling in the lower 48 United States, could lose protection.
Our complete work on this proposal is here.

“It’s vital to the health of our larger rivers that these smaller rivers are protected,” says Wade Fellin, program director of Upper Missouri Waterkeeper.

All our waters deserve protection. Speak up now to preserve the Clean Water Act’s protections for waterways around the country. We are close to 5,000 comments from our supporters. Please share this with a friend and help us get there!

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Texas and the EPA refused NASA  air sampling after the  flooding of Houston's oil refineries and chemical plants. 

 

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These airgun soundbursts can be heard 2,500 miles away and go off every 10 seconds for months. They are planned on the Atlantic coast from Delaware down to Florida. Please support Greenpeace, Oceana, NRDC, and Sea Shepherd as they oppose this. https://www.ecowatch.com/seismic-tesing-oil-drilling-2402920868.html

Oil co. Anadarko lobbies against bills requiring information being available to the public while saying that they care for threatened homeowners. They spent $ 7 million lobbying for secrecy and to stop regulations. They hired the former senator, former Secy of the Interior, and former and current corporate atty. Salazar to grease the wheels of government. .:http://www.9news.com/news/local/next/the-political-influence-of-anadarko-colorados-largest-energy-company/441989412

http://www.ibtimes.com/political-capital/ken-salazar-working-anadarko-after-promising-honor-federal-ethics-law-2542320

Leaders in the anti-fracking movement are speaking, after the 4-27-17 pipeline explosion that killed 2 people.

pin	Front Range Community College Longmont Campus 2121 Miller Dr. Classroom Bldg. Door C-4 Community Rm.

https://www.facebook.com/events/105895039964263/ – Dr. Anthony Ingraffea - Professor of Engineering at Cornell University and globally recognized expert on the mechanics of shale gas and oil development. Speaking on the technical dangers of fracking. 10:30 AM – Dr. Lisa McKenzie - Assistant Research Professor, Colorado School of Public Health, University of CO – Speaking on the latest studies related to health implications of fracking on public health. 11:45 AM – Lunch – The City of Longmont Staff Members to answer citizens’ questions concerning fracking in Longmont. 12:45 PM – Josh Joshwick - Former LaPlata County Commissioner - Community Organizer for the Earthworks Oil and Gas Accountability Project (OGAP) – Speaking on pipeline infrastructure and the dangers that it poses for communities. 2:00 PM – Dan Leftwich-- Renowned Attorney – Speaking on the legal status of fracking in Colorado and considerations moving forward.