RESEARCH IN ACTION

Water quality and quantity has always been a central concern of the environmental movement.

A recent surge in grassroots activism points to a new set of water worries – bottled water extraction and the privatization of public water supplies.

Bottled Water Battles

The board and staff of the Cox Trust noticed a trend of bottled water battles in many New England towns. As a regional foundation with an interest in protecting water, the Trust asked its colleagues at the New England Grassroots Environmental Fund to document the problem. Continue Reading »

GRANTEES IN THE NEWS

Source: The Hindu

Used lead batteries are not being collected in sufficient quantity to protect public health and the environment from lead hazards according to a recent report “Lead Battery Recycling in India” based on company records obtained by Occupational Knowledge International.

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GRANTEES IN THE NEWS

Source:  Lives, a partner publication of Scientific American

Pacific Environment and Resources Center and its partner in China, Green Anhui, were featured in an article about extreme water pollution in some of Asia’s most iconic rivers. The organizations were engaged in a two-year struggle against entrenched interests and lax enforcement of regulations to shut down three chemical plants that were dumping a toxic soup into the Huai River Basin causing an alarming increase in cancer deaths.

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