Tag: Health

Billionaire Tom Steyer Launches Campaign to Rally Obama Supporters Against Keystone XL Pipeline

To demonstrate the dangers of the Keystone pipeline to American communities along its proposed route, Steyer commissioned the first-ever chemical analysis of tar sands oil collected from the March 2013 spill in Mayflower, AR. An independent laboratory …

June 21, 2013
Sustainable Innovations: Cranfield Experts Help Develop Solar Cooker

The development of sustainable tools that utilize renewable energy is critical as we advance into the 21st century. We still need to meet the challenges of providing clean energy. Read the following story from Cranfield University about a solar stove developed by COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad. A solar cooker able to harness the sun’s…

June 20, 2013
Republicans Attack Fed Scientist for Linking Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals to Health Effects

In the same way as physicians endeavor to understand and monitor the effect of medicines on endocrine pathways, we ought to achieve the same understanding and control of the effects on environmental chemicals …

June 20, 2013
Toxic Coal Ash Pollution and Do Nothing Governments Prompts Citizen Action

For decades all across America, coal-fired power plants have dumped tons of toxic pollutants into public rivers, lakes, streams and coastal waters. On a toxicity-weighted scale, discharges …

June 19, 2013
U.S. Coal Exports Set Monthly Record

Coal exports from the U.S. in March 2013 totaled 13.6 million short tons, nearly 0.9 million short tons above the previous monthly export peak in June 2012. The U.S. Energy Information Agency is projecting a third straight year …

June 19, 2013