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Congress Wants More Disclosure on Hazardous Waste Burning Proposal

EarthJustice New rule would allow over 100,000 tons of hazardous waste to be burned without proper safeguards November 26, 2007 Washington, D.C. — A plan by the Environmental Protection Agency would reclassify over 100,000 tons of hazardous waste, allowing many companies to use this waste as fuel rather than handle it as dangerous hazardous waste. [...]

Greek River Runs Red With Pollution

Friends of The Earth This is not Kool-Aid. It’s a river that provides drinking water to tens of thousands of people in Greece who are dying of cancer, and whose government has left them to fend for themselves. Write our ambassador to Greece urging that the US to ratchet up pressure on the Greek government [...]