Environment and Health
A Fracking Boondoggle
A few years ago, Tammy Manning and her family moved to Franklin Forks, Pennsylvania, 10 miles from the New York state border. Unbeknownst to her, energy companies had started ramping up natural gas drilling operations near her home. When WPX Energy opened up two...
Fracking Lucrative Train of Thought
Water Refugees
Like most Americans, I always took the clean water running out of my tap for granted. That changed in January, when West Virginia American Water (WVAW) sent out an all points alert to stop drinking, cooking, washing, or doing anything else with the H₂O flowing into my...
The Next Steps for the EPA’s Clean Power Plan
On the heels of the Environmental Protection Agency unveiling its proposed carbon pollution standard for existing power plants, clean-energy supporters from coast to coast are digging into the details. As we work to understand how the plan will help us tackle climate...
A Climate of Extra Credit
Naturally, the World Cup is drawing attention to Brazil, the host nation and the tournament's leading contender. But shortly before the soccer tournament began, two studies highlighted by National Geographic also called attention to South America's biggest country....
Curbing Carbon Pollution at the Source
A Field Day for Fracking
U.S. and EU negotiators recently began a new round of negotiations on the Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement. Because the talks are happening behind closed doors, the public is left largely in the dark about the nature of the discussions over a deal also known as the...
Giving Our Kids a Fighting Chance
As dire warnings from climate scientists continue to escalate and extreme weather events become increasingly common, the Obama administration's new proposal to cut carbon pollution from existing power plants couldn't be more important or timely. The Environmental...
A Gust of Nuclear-Powered Hot Air
Have you heard how nuclear power is a low-carbon solution that could ratchet down climate change? Even former Environmental Protection Agency chief Carol Browner is touting the industry for its supposed reliability, low-cost, and diminutive carbon footprint. For...
Samsung’s Broken Apology App
Sometimes, corporate chieftains actually step forward to apologize for the abuse they inflict on workers, consumers, communities, and the environment. The word "sometimes" makes such apologies seem more common than they are. "Once in a blue moon" is more like it....
