by John Cronin | Jan 16, 2014 | Government, Law & Policy, Pollution, Water
In our previous EarthDesk post we examined the connection between the Charleston, WV spill into the Elk River, the failed Federal Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), and our home river, the Hudson. On January 13, Representive Paul Tonko, the Hudson River...
by John Cronin | Jan 14, 2014 | Corporate Responsibility, Law & Policy, Pollution, Water
For five days, 300,000 people of Charleston, West Virginia and the surrounding area lost their regular source of drinking water due to a spill of 4-methylcyclohexane methanol by Freedom Industries into the Elk River. Investigations into the cause are underway. Alarmed...