Toxic chromium in New Jersey town plagues residents
While I was growing up as a teenager in Garfield, residents more directly affected by the chromium contamination were suffering.
My New Jersey hometown - contaminated?
Garfield, like the other neighborhoods along the Passaic River that border it, was a working class factory town during the 20th century.
In Western U.S., raging wildfires will get worse
A large wildfire - sparked by lightning on June 4, and growing out of control - is burning across the Colorado mountains.
Muted rebellion against Blue Dogs at W.Va. Dem convention
U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, W.Va. Secretary of State Natalie Tenant and Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin refused to budge from their association with Republican austerity politics.
EPA considers banning frog-poisoning herbicide
Atrazine has been banned in the European Union since 2004, but in the U.S., approximately 80 million pounds of it are used during a year.
Fukushima fallout - U.S. regulatory agency loses top safety advocate
As attorneys who represent neighbors of proposed nuclear power plants in NRC licensing cases, we have watched the response to Fukushima with concern.
Plastic bags to be banned in LA
In what seems to be part of a steadily increasing effort to find, Los Angeles will become the largest city to ban plastic bags at grocery stores.
Activists abuzz over Bayer’s bee killing
Some 90+ activists gathered in San Pablo Park in West Berkeley, California, near where one of the Bayer facilities was located, to protest the company's insect-killing.
Chicago activists protest Heartland Institute conference
Over a dozen environmental activists gathered to protest the Heartland Institute, which put up ads comparing environmentalists to the Unabomber.
Attention humans: Today is Endangered Species Day
Species that were once on the brink of extinction are showing significant progress towards recovery. And that means the human species has a better chance too.
