Where were you when you first heard about Freedom Industry’s contamination of the Elk River and the 300,000 people who depend on it for daily water? I remember it well: I was driving east on I-94 toward Milwaukee, returning from an afternoon meeting. It caught my attention because my mother’s roots are in Charleston, W.V., and our family has a long, loved history with the Elk. I was even more stunned later… Read More
Category: All, Uncategorized Tags: Charleson WV, Chemical Spill, Clean water, Duke Energy, Elk River, Enbridge, Freedom Industries, Kalamazoo, Rain Barrels, West Virginia
Two days ago, just in time for the American high holy day of Halloween, Marc and I returned from a vacation spent with my mother and her husband, Helen and Bob Payne. They now live in coastal South Carolina, but both are natives of Charleston, West Virginia. Having just reflected on the Clean Water Act’s 40th anniversary, I thought I’d ask them what they remembered of West Virginia’s waters before the Act… Read More
Category: All, Uncategorized Tags: Clean Water Act, Elk River, Kanawha River, Logan County, West Virginia
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