Yet another oil industry accident has occurred, showing clearly that there aren’t enough regulations or safety measures in place to prevent these things from occurring.
Obama has now started a push to expand a law from the Nixon era that requires federal agencies to evaluate the environmental impact of projects.
I guess expecting him to know that passenger cars are the biggest creators of CO2 is too much to ask.
The University of Otago has released yet another study blaming television for something, the latest in a decades-long battle to blame television for everything wrong in the world.
This week’s ‘Addicting Info’ news in review, divvied up into your favorite categories, including Those Danged Republicans, Guns, Gays, and The Jabbering Classes.
When a place like Utah finds itself smothering under a blanket of smog can the rest of us be far behind?
The Chinese air quality index has now pushed into new ground, making their skies the most polluted in the world.
Before the Clean Water Act of 1972, our waterways were clogged with flammable, toxic sludge. Today, we take clean water for granted … but maybe not for long.
A court case in Montana reveals the use of dark money groups to launder money in order to bypass finance laws, illegally, to several groups, including to Ron Paul.
In one of the largest protests to date against the intentional pollution of groundwater in order to extract oil, people descend onto DC.
The good clean air that Mr Haggard is seeking with his planned performance in Cheyenne has been destroyed through pollution.
Governor Bev Perdue refuses to cave in to pressure to open up the state to the controversial process.
New Jersey state lawmakers know that their state has had issues with pollution and they don’t want to add the consequences of fracking to the problem
According to the EPA folks who live near the gas fields are complaining of watery eyes, shortness of breath and bloody noses because of ozone levels that have exceeded what people in L.A. and other major cities wheeze through on their worst pollution days.
Hydraulic fracking is the process by which natural gas companies extract gas from shale through the use of chemicals under high pressure. These chemicals contaminate water to the point where people can literally set their water on fire while it is running through the faucet.
I am in favor of the Rosemont Copper open-pit mine because despite the incomplete environmental impact draft study by the U.S. Forest Service, I am sure that we can trust corporations to do what is best for the people in the region.
First, Mitt Romney flip-flopped on universal health care – now, with contenders such as Texas Gov. Rick Perry breathing down his neck, Romney shows he’s capable of flipping on another issue many people see as a core principle.
