Trust the chairman of the House Resources Committee, Richard Pombo, to seize upon consumer anxiety and twist it to his own anti-environmental ends. There are countless examples of this, but in the most recent incident he’s capitalizing shamelessly on the growing natural gas shortage.
According to a recently released report by the National Academy of Sciences, implementation of the Bush administration’s proposed "Clear Skies" initiative would actually weaken air quality standards for some large coal-fired utilities across the country, putting millions of Americans at greater risk from air pollution.
According to environmentalists, the Indian Ocean tsunami that killed more than 200,000 people last December also wreaked havoc on the natural environment across all affected areas.
Since the dawn of the automobile age, residents of urban areas worldwide have been choking on exhaust fumes and tempting fate every time they enter a crosswalk. According to J.H. Crawford, author of the book, Carfree Cities, as much as 70 percent of downtown space in most
Many fruits and vegetables sold in the United States today are treated with pesticides, and residues of these potentially harmful chemicals often remain on their surfaces. Rinsing all produce thoroughly before eating is always a good idea, but many pesticides, fungicides and other agricultural
Is there anything we can do to stop the Bush administration from issuing the same fraudulent energy bill year after year? The House of Representatives has twice passed this bouquet to big fossil-fuel companies, in 2003 and 2004, only to have it fail in the Senate.
According to a new report by a trio of environmental groups, expanding urban sprawl is putting a third of America’s endangered species at risk of extinction within the next two decades as a result of habitat loss.
The influential president of a leading electric utilities industry group told Reuters last week that he is skeptical about passage of the much-vaunted energy plan likely to be reintroduced to Congress this year by the White House.
Fiberglass, a common home insulator that grew popular after the dangers of asbestos became more widely known, is itself now associated with a range of health issues. Microscopic slivers of fiberglass can break loose during handling and be inhaled, irritating the lining of the respiratory
Although salt and various salt derivatives melt ice effectively and make both walkways and roads safer, they can be damaging to the environment. After salt is applied, it washes off paved surfaces into storm drains or onto adjacent ground,
