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.

by Glenn Scherer
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.