
GOP drags Virginia backwards
Cuccinelli was the first state attorney general to announce that he was suing to overturn the Obama health care reform, has fought scientific study and has even flirted with the "birthers."

Steelworkers president talks up green jobs
"The same people who say you can't have good wages and good pensions say you can't have good jobs and a clean environment," Steelworkers leader Leo Gerard said.

Saving Bragg Nature Center: Another Obama success story
The construction crews were hired thanks to a $3 million grant under President Obama's economic stimulus package - one of hundreds of projects across the nation that are creating millions of jobs.
Global warming at stake in November elections
Not one Republican running for the US Senate in the November elections favors action to curb greenhouse emissions causing global warming.

Jobs and sustainable future threatened by California's Prop. 23
Whichever way California's Proposition 23 goes in the November elections so could go green jobs, government and private investment in clean technology, and a sustainable economy.

Another oil rig explodes
Another offshore oil rig exploded and burned in the Gulf of Mexico Sept. 2, 80 miles south of the Louisiana coast.

Judge rules for L.A. Clean Trucks Program
In a major step forward for better air quality around the nation's ports, U.S. District Judge Christina Snyder ruled Aug. 26 that the Port of Los Angeles is within its rights to implement a Clean Trucks Program.

Guess where BP is dumping its oil-spill waste?
Sixty one percent of the British Petroleum oil-spill waste is being dumped in communities largely made up of people of color.

Corporate agribusiness threatens Ohio’s lakes
Ohio lakes are full of algae blooms, which pose a serious environmental and public health crisis.

Al Gore calls for movement to address climate change
Former Vice-President Al Gore says in order to truly address climate change in the U.S., "We need a movement."

