Sentences with phrase «polluted company town»
North Richmond, Calif.'s political climate is transforming from polluted company town to vanguard in the quest for environmental equity
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The companies operated manufacturing facilities where the chemical PFOA, which has been linked to cancer and other illnesses and polluted the town's water supply, was used.
Sen. Brad Hoylman, D - Manhattan, the ranking Democrat on the Environmental Conservation Committee, wants Republican leaders to release the information they obtained from three companies responsible for the pollution in Hoosick Falls and the town of Petersburgh, where private wells were also polluted with PFOA, which has been linked to cancer and other ailments.
Oscar winner Julia Roberts as a sassy, low - level law - office worker who becomes obsessed with a case involving a California utility company that's accused of polluting the drinking water in a small town.
If we can't immediately stop oil and gas companies from polluting the atmosphere, can we at least do more to make sure they aren't destroying towns and lives like this in the process?