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Six Michigan employees were charged Friday with misconduct in office for their alleged roles in the lead contamination of Flint’s water supply, which has exposed thousands of children to the toxin and left most city residents drinking bottled water for more than two years. Click Link: Six more Michigan employees charged with misconduct in Flint water crisis

Terra Infirma’s storyline is based on integrating Smith’ and Green’s field work and experiences. The film blends science, technology, current events, historical cases, and environmental crime into a global science-fiction thriller for family audiences.

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Friday marked the one-year anniversary of the Gold King Mine spill that dumped 3 million gallons of toxic sludge into the Animus River in Colorado. The waste, consisting of caustic elements such as lead, barium, chromium and manganese, then fed into the San Juan River, affecting farmlands on the Navajo Nation in Arizona. Link: One Year After Gold King Mine Spill, River Beds Still Recovering | KJZZ
An oil plume is travelling down the river after a pipeline break in the area, reported by Husky Energy on Thursday. Containment booms have been set up in several locations downstream of the spill, but one reportedly breached on Saturday. Link: Oil-drenched birds treated near site of Husky pipeline leak in Saskatchewan

On September 7, 2016, amid great concern about the future of water quality and quantity, Marquette Law School will host a conference titled “Public Policy and American Drinking Water.” The conference will take an interdisciplinary approach to exploring the legal, scientific, engineering, and Banner logo – Earth in a dropenvironmental water issues that fill today’s news and touch all of our lives. Link: Drinking water
Officials in Saskatchewan are preparing a city of more than 35,000 people to treat storm pond water as a backup as oil from a pipeline leak makes it way along a major river in the province. Link: Saskatchewan city gets backup water supply ready as oil spill nears
Authorities have recovered at least 40 per cent of the 1,572 barrels of oil that leaked into a major western Canadian river, but the spill is still moving downstream and threatening the drinking water of riverside communities, officials said on Sunday. Link: Husky Energy oil spill threatens drinking water in Saskatchewan
Water defense meets with the EPA in Flint Michigan. Link: Water Defense Meets with EPA – Flint, Michigan.
Canadian oil transport giant Enbridge has reached a $177-million settlement with the U.S. Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency over 2010 oil spills in Marshall and Romeoville, Ill. Link: Enbridge hit with a $177M bill for Michigan, Illinois oil spills
Officials in Saskatchewan are preparing a city of more than 35,000 people to treat storm pond water as a backup as oil from a pipeline leak makes it way along a major river in the province. Link: Saskatchewan city gets backup water supply ready as oil spill approaches
Massachusetts is at greater risk than all but five other states from ground water that’s potentially corrosive enough to cause toxic metals in household pipes to leach into drinking water, according to a new report by the US Geological Survey. Link:As much as 90 percent of ground water in Mass. may be corrosive