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EPA-aligned LCRI compliance tool featured by NCHH alongside CDC, EDF, & APHA to accelerate safe drinking water access and equitable infrastructure planning

WASHINGTON, July 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, Texas parents gathered outside the White House for a solemn memorial and press conference following the catastrophic flooding in Kerr County that...

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Free WHO-aligned Lead Service Line Replacement Cost Calculator advances 8 UN SDGs, empowering U.S. communities with equitable safe drinking water solutions

WALLACE, La., Aug. 06, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WALLACE, La. (Aug. 6, 2024)—The Descendants Project praised today the decision by Greenfield Louisiana, LLC on Tuesday to withdraw plans to build what...

Montpelier, Vermont, Feb. 27, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Montpelier, VT – The Institute for Sustainable Communities (ISC) is excited to announce its selection as a National Grantmaker for the Eastern...

WALLACE, La., Feb. 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Descendants Project announced today the acquisition and preservation of the Louisiana plantation where America’s largest slave revolt was...

TEMPLE CITY, Calif., Sept. 21, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cage-Free Repair announced today that it has released its annual 2023 Cannabis Social Responsibility Report, shedding light on initiatives...

Wallace, La., Aug. 04, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Joy and Jo Banner, founders of the Descendants Project, issued the statement below following a ruling today in their favor by Judge J. Sterling Snowdy...