Category: Environment
The American Chemistry Council’s Trojan Horse
by Lou Dubose | Jun 1, 2015 | Environment, PoliticsCongress hasn’t passed a major environmental bill since 1996, when Bill Clinton signed amendments to the Clean Water Act. Now it seems that the “Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act,” is moving through the Senate and might actually make it to Barack Obama’s desk. The bill is a fix for […]
Play Grounds
by Madeline Cottingham | May 1, 2015 | EnvironmentP lay Grounds depicts Montrose, Pennsylvania, a rural community on the front lines of the natural gas revolution, and the local residents who have been transformed by the industry. In Montrose, numerous household water supplies have been contaminated, traditional farmers are concerned for the safety of their products, and families have begun to invest […]
Watching the Nuclear Watchdog
by Janette Sherman | Feb 1, 2015 | EnvironmentDespite scientific findings linking low-level radiation exposure and cancer that go back as far as Madam Marie Curie in the 1930s, the nuclear power industry in the U.S. has evaded rigorous examination of the risks its plants pose to their neighbors and downwinders. Senator Ted Kennedy demanded a study of cancer risks 27 years […]
Second Canadian Company Completing Tar-Sands Pipeline into the U.S.
by Lou Dubose | Dec 1, 2014 | EnvironmentFor six years, TransCanada has negotiated federal and state laws, and contended with the opposition of environmental organizations and landowners, to build the Keystone XL: a 36-inch-diameter, 1,700-mile pipeline that, if completed, would transport 830,000 barrels per day (bpd) of Canadian tar-sands oil from Alberta, Canada, to the Gulf Coast. The U.S. State Department […]
Breaking Coal’s Death Grip
by Clara Bingham | Nov 1, 2014 | EnvironmentWhen 400,000 protesters descended on New York City for the People’s Climate March in September, organizers placed groups in a sort of environmental degradation hierarchy as the crowd snaked up Central Park West. In the front of the 30-block-long starting line were citizens who hailed from “impacted communities,” people whose lives and homes were […]