Thousands of abandoned telephone cables throughout the US are likely leaching toxic lead into American soil and waterways, an extensive new report by The Wall Street Journal has revealed. These leaded ...

Eight miles of lead cable have been removed from Lake Tahoe, following years of advocacy by organizations dedicated to its preservation. Over the course of about three weeks this month, AT&T removed ...

The lawsuits draw on reporting from the Wall Street Journal asserting that lead-sheathed cables that various telecom companies inherited from Bell System are leaching lead into the environment.

Lead does not break down over time and so accumulates in soil, but not much federal testing or scientific research has focused on the potential risks coming from lead-sheathed telephone cables. READ ...

LAKE TAHOE, Calif. / Nev. – AT&T has announced it will resume removal of the controversial lead-clad cables in Lake Tahoe. The company halted cable removal in 2023 upon media reports questioning the ...

Lake Tahoe is one of the most protected bodies of water in the country — and yet, for decades, 8 miles of lead-clad cables have been abandoned underwater, where they remain today. Those lead cables ...

EL DORADO COUNTY, Calif. – Project partners are returning to Baldwin Beach this upcoming fall to tackle the final phase of lead cable removal, pulling out the last 75 feet of the nearly 100 year old ...

AT&T (NYSE:T) has halted its plan to remove lead cables in the Lake Tahoe area and will test lead levels at locations where it has lead sheathed cables, according to a court filing. The moves come in ...

The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (“Alliance”) issued a September 18th news release stating that Pacific Bell Telephone Company, d/b/a ATT&T of California (“Pacific Bell”) has agreed to ...

Is The Wall Street Journal turning into ProPublica? The Wall Street Journal has always been known as a right-leaning editorial page but a down-the-middle news section that proved its mettle by ...

This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Kate Linebaugh: On a freezing march morning in Northern California, two divers ...