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Sharon McGowan
@sharon-mcgowan.bsky.social
Social justice advocate, attorney, parent, (good) troublemaker
"The West Virginia Rivers Coalition [(represented by @publicjustice.bsky.social )] asked [Judge] Goodwin in February to require the former DuPont, now Chemours, Washington Works facility to immediately comply with its permit limits after violating it for more than five years."

(Me: 5 YEARS!!)
August 8, 2025 at 7:53 PM
“Those pollutants endanger the environment, aquatic life, and human health,” U.S. District Judge Joseph R. Goodwin wrote in the order. “Today, that unlawful, unpermitted discharge stops.”

{Boom!} /3
August 8, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Excerpt from this great news article:

A federal judge ordered the Chemours Chemical Company on Thursday to immediately stop discharging unlawful levels of cancer-causing chemicals into the Ohio River from the company’s Washington Works plant in West Virginia. /2
August 8, 2025 at 7:51 PM