| Apr 18, 2011 | Environment / HealthJust days after a 9.0 earthquake and tsunami unleashed a nuclear disaster in Fukushima, President Barack Obama signed a nuclear power cooperation agreement with Chilean President Sebastián Piñera. Like Japan, Chile is seismically active. It suffered the sixth-most...
| Feb 28, 2011 | Environment / HealthAs a new mother, it breaks my heart when I hear stories from parents who are struggling with their kids’ health problems. I know parents who live in fear of their child’s next asthma attack. Some can’t even let their kids play outside when local air...
| Jan 3, 2011 | Environment / HealthHave you ever found yourself in the midst of a disaster–like taking a bend in the road too fast on a rainy night–where every second seems impossibly stretched? The situation unfolds in slow motion. You know exactly how it turns out, even before your car...
| | Environment / HealthCoal and oil May make a mess; But I still love them, I confess. There is doubtless some solace in learning that China is now the world’s top energy glutton. That takes a bit of the pressure off us. America’s slip to second place, however, isn’t due...
| Dec 13, 2010 | Environment / HealthEnvironmentalists are ready to defend our country’s coastlines and wild places from a new Congress with the same old energy policy: Drill, baby, drill. Despite the lessons of the BP oil disaster, the Republicans who will soon control a House of Representatives...