by Sharon Guynup
: “Roughly one-third of our lakes, wetlands and estuaries are polluted,” writes journalist Sharon Guynup, and “315 contaminants have been found in U.S. drinking water, including lead, chromium, pesticides and rocket fuel.” Despite this, the GOP has launched an unprecedented attack on the Clean Water Act and other U.S. water protections, threatening ecosystems and endangering public health.
From record killer tornadoes in Missouri, to record floods on the Mississippi, to record drought in Texas, weather weirdness is rife. But Congress still sees fit to vote oil companies their full subsidies, and Obama wants to mine more coal, doubling climate change emissions.
by Lowell Bliss
Lowell Bliss sweeps aside debates over causality and policy. Instead, he sees the human face of natural disasters devastating our globe and urges that we all respond with decisive action and compassion.
by Glenn Scherer
The New York Times had revealed that as long ago as 1972 the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (precursor to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission) knew of fatal design defects in the General Electric nuclear reactors now gone critical in Japan, but instead of banning the design, they stamped it as “safe” for nearly four decades.
by Josh Schlossberg
With every form of energy jumping on the “clean and green” federal subsidy bandwagon, Josh Schlossberg contends that biomass power incineration – the burning of forests to make electricity – should be ruled out. It pollutes the air, threatens public health, and worsens climate change, despite industry claims otherwise.
