Sentences with phrase «contaminated water crisis»

By Jesse McKinley ALBANY — For the second time in two weeks, New York State Department of Health officials sought to blame the Environmental Protection Agency for a contaminated water crisis in upstate New York, saying on Wednesday that they were confused and hamstrung by changing federal standards on perfluorooctanoic acid, a toxic chemical known as PFOA.

Meanwhile, Nixon, an actress, activist and Cuomo's Democratic primary opponent, paid a visit to Hoosick Falls, where she ripped into the governor's handling of the local contaminated water crisis.

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In Puerto Rico and the USVI, the outages have led to ongoing health and environmental crises as idled sanitation systems have forced some to drink from contaminated wells and other water sources.

Creed filmmaker Ryan Coogler, Selma director Ava DuVerney, comedian Hannibal Buress, musicians Stevie Wonder and Janelle Monáe and several others hosted an event in Flint to raise money for the community that has been effected by a horrific crisis, in which thousands of residents — including large numbers of children — have been exposed to contaminated city water.

The hearings are drawing interest in the Capital Region amid a water contamination crisis in the village of Hoosick Falls, where the municipal drinking water was found to be contaminated with PFOA, a chemical used in manufacturing plants nearby.

Two dozen angry Hoosick Falls residents rallied at the state Capitol Wednesday, demanding answers on the Cuomo administration's bungling of their contaminated - water crisis.

Clinton called the Flint water crisis «immoral,» and demanded that Congress approve $ 200 million in emergency aid to address the community's battle with lead - contaminated water.

It would feed the 650 MW CPV Valley Energy Center that would contaminate the soil, air, and water of New York's world famous Black Dirt Region and cradle to grave would emit 20 Million Tons of CO2e annually, resulting in public health and climate change crises of a cataclysmic magnitude.

Senator Kathy Marchione, whose district includes the village of Hoosick Falls, is the latest to open an inquiry into the handling of the water crisis, amid allegations that the Cuomo Administration knew the water was contaminated with the chemical PFOA, but delayed telling residents for over a year.

The water in Hoosick Falls was contaminated with PFOA and the Cuomo administration has been criticized for its handling of the crisis.

MAGAZINE > In the September issue of Elle, photographer LaToya Ruby Frazier publishes images documenting the Flint water crisis, and the effects of the contaminated water on the community.

Both situations, paradoxically, cause water and food crises, as water sources either dry up or become contaminated and crops die.

«Defendants caused a public health crisis by exposing (Flint residents) to contaminated water» and «exacerbated the crisis by concealing and misrepresenting its scope, failing to take effective remedial action to eliminate it, and then lying about it to cover up their misconduct,» it continued.