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Clean Water Act at 50: environmental gains, challenges unmet
Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 2 years agoLifelong Cleveland resident Steve Gove recalls when the Cuyahoga River symbolized shame — fetid,...
Drought snarls Mississippi River transit in blow to farmers
Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 2 years agoAbout 60% of the Midwest and northern Great Plain states are in a drought. Nearly the entire stretch...
Racism seen as root of water crisis in Mississippi capital
Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 2 years agoCarey Wooten spent nearly seven weeks hunting for safe drinking water for herself, her two children...
'Change has come': Mississippi unveils Emmett Till statue
Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 2 years agoHundreds of people applauded — and some wiped away tears — as a Mississippi community unveiled a...
Lone Mississippi abortion clinic seeks legal path to reopen
Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 2 years agoAttorneys for Mississippi's only abortion clinic filed papers Thursday asking the state Supreme...
U.S. barge backlog swells on parched Mississippi River
Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News· 2 years agoCommercial barge traffic on southern stretches of the Mississippi River was at a standstill on Tuesday as low water levels halted shipments of grain, fertilizer and other commodities on the ...
How to donate water and help residents affected by the crisis in Jackson, Miss.
Yahoo News· 2 years agoMore than 150,000 residents in Mississippi’s largest city don't have access to safe drinking water...
'We’ve been fighting for years': Jacksonians say they are fed up as water crisis continues
Yahoo News· 2 years agoFor more than 20 years, C.J. Rhodes has called Jackson, Miss., his home, and he says his fellow...
Finding safe haven in the climate change future: The Southeast
Yahoo News· 2 years agoAs the negative consequences of rising global temperatures become more apparent in communities...
What's next after the FDA expanded abortion pill access to retail pharmacies
Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoOn Tuesday, the Food and Drug Administration took major steps towards increasing access to abortion...