EPA to fund network of centers to help marginalized communities access environmental justice money
“There are communities waiting for (toxic) sites to get cleaned up. They are waiting for infrastructure to be built so their communities don’t flood.”
Not Science Fiction: Biotech Industry Pushing ‘GM 2.0’ Across Europe
Effort to exempt new techniques from existing regulations is nothing more than an attempt to get genetic modification in 'through the back door'
Ditching fossil fuels will have immediate health benefits for millions – world leaders must...
The same fossil fuels producing the greenhouse gases warming the Earth’s atmosphere also form large quantities of air pollutants.
A death in Louisiana’s cancer alley reinforces a small town’s fears of industry impacts
Helping the residents of St. James relocate seems more feasible than assuring them that the air they are breathing is clean.
BPA levels ‘deemed safe’ have more health effects new study finds
"These troubling findings should raise alarms at the Food and Drug Administration and ignite renewed efforts to drastically reduce all Americans' exposure to BPA."
How America’s Embrace of GMOs and Pesticides Could Trigger “Downfall” of EU Farmers
TTIP trade agreement will be boon to Big Ag, study finds.
Free as you can afford to be
GOP leaders want to protect your "freedom" to be poor, powerless, sick, and uninsured.
Living near fracking wells is linked to higher rate of heart attacks, study finds
Fracking and the increased truck traffic created by the industry raise levels of air pollution significantly, and exposure to air pollution raises heart attack risk.
Despite the GOP’s attempts to repeal Obamacare, health care doesn’t have to pit young...
One of the Affordable Care Act’s fatal flaws enables Republican sabotage. But to lay the groundwork for change, progressives will have to resist powerful senior lobbies.
EU approves law to ban greenwashing on product labels
“This law cuts through the smoke of misleading green marketing, putting a leash on shady claims and boosting the credibility of sustainability labels.”