Hydraulic fracturing requires massive amounts of water. Disposing of the toxic wastewater, as well as accidental spills, can contaminate drinking water and harm human health.

The two things that are absolutely necessary to ensure public health — clean drinking water and proper sewage systems — simply are not available in the east bank area of New Orleans at this time.

Wherever we can find water we can produce oxygen, fuel and drinking water.

The toxic cocktail of pesticides in our drinking water can't be addressed by the chemical by chemical regulatory approach of government. Citizens can take action at the local level to reduce or eliminate pesticides in their own back yard, in their local parks and schools.

It only takes a cup of gasoline to destroy a million gallons of drinking water.

The new standard calls for employers to provide cool drinking water, and enough of it for each worker to have one quart per employee per hour worked. That's a lot of water to have all at once, so fortunately the standard allows employers to replenish supplies throughout the day.