| May 10, 2010 | Environment / HealthIt turns out crime pays. Big time. BP, the oil company responsible for what may become the largest oil spill of all time in the United States has been breaking the law, again and again. And each time, the company formerly known as British Petroleum has learned its...
| May 6, 2010 | Environment / Health“This disaster is a wakeup call,” Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune said during a visit to the Gulf Coast. “We need to stop the expansion of offshore drilling, immediately.” You can read the rest of his statement online, as well as...
| May 3, 2010 | Environment / HealthSince my daughter was born 17 years ago, I’ve spent Mother’s Day basking in the glow of her birth. I recall the details of my pregnancy, delivery, and labor–sharing them with whoever is willing to listen. The day of her birth continues to shimmer...
| Apr 26, 2010 | Environment / HealthTrying to figure out the tea party movement puts one in the position of the blind man trying to understand the shape of an elephant by touch. He puts his hand on its tail and he thinks it’s like a snake. He feels the leg and it’s a tree. The ear seems like...
| | Environment / HealthThe Clean Water Act protected the nation’s waters for decades, from the Great Lakes and Mississippi River, to small headwater streams and associated wetlands. Yet Congress and the Supreme Court have allowed the act to falter for the past nine years....
| | Environment / Health Anderson Cooper is talking to coal-mining families and politicians in West Virginia again. Ever since that explosion ripped through an underground mine in Montcoal, it seems people all across America are discussing the dangers of mining. If you watched the news...