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The Accidental Activist: One Man's Environmental Crusade
Comments (0) | brownfield sites, Communities for a Better Environment, environmental justice, epa, Huntington Park, I-710 Corridor Project, Los Angeles and Region, pollution in LA, Robert Cabrales, South Gate, Superfund sites, toxic tours
Fed up with the health challenges he had growing up, Robert Cabrales found his calling as an activist for environmental justice.
Read more...EPA Sets New Power Plant Emission Standards
Comments (0) | acid gas, air pollution, arsenic, coal power plant, coal-fired power plants, cyanide, Environmental Protection Agency, epa, mercury, nickel, power plant emissions, selenium
St. Johns River Power Park, Jacksonville, Fla. (photo courtesy of Creative Commons).
Mercury has been shown to harm the nervous systems of children exposed in the womb.
Read more...EPA: Fracking Can Pollute Groundwater
Comments (0) | epa, federal government, fracking, groundwater contamination, hydraulic fracturing, Nation and World, Pavillion, wyoming
Drinking water
Drilling company decries the first government link between hydraulic fracturing and water contamination
Read more...Enviro Groups Reevaluate Obama Support in 2012
Comments (0) | 2012 Presidential Election, August jobs report, Congress, epa, funding, Gallup polls, highway projects, jobs, National, National Politics, oil pipelines, President Obama, sustainability, transportation bill, unemployment
President Barack Obama (Wikimedia Commons)
Green groups may pull votes, threatening Obama's 2012 chances.
Read more...Obama Nixes Smog Reduction Plan
Critics say Obama chooses job creation over the environment.
Read more...Crusade Against Science Ignores Threat Of Global Warming
Comments (5) | climate change, environmentalists, epa, global warming, Man-Made Climate Change, NASA, Opinion, Science
(Doc Searls, Creative Commons)
This is an issue that cannot be motivated by politics.Read more...
Supreme Court Climate Change Case Could Change Playing Field
Comments (0) | budget, climate change, connecticut, Courts, epa, National, Public Nuisance, States, Supreme Court
The case has been in the making since 2004. (Photo by Creative Commons)
Justices though don't seem poised to change the status quo.
Read more...Policy Riders Complicate Government Shutdown Talks
Comments (0) | abortion, Democrats, Environment, Environmental Protection Agency, epa, Harry Reid, john boehner, National, Obama, planned parenthood, policy, policy riders, policy stipulations, Republicans
Abortion and environmental issues are among add-ons as the clock is ticking in Washington.
Read more...Industry-Backed Congressmen Take Aim at EPA
Comments (0) | barrasso, budget, carbon emissions, climate change, Congress, epa, global warming, greenhouse gasses, Inhofe, Nation and World, upton
SPECIAL SERIES: Under The Influence -- Money and Politics.
Read more...Representatives Claim Safe Drinking Water Act Violated
Democrats say diesel injections in 19 states may have violated federal law.
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