Landmark ruling in Italy: Cell phones can lead to tumors
It's a question that has hovered since people started using mobile phones more than two decades ago: Can your cell phone make you seriously ill? Specifically, can the radiofrequency energy that's...
View ArticleAmerica’s fracking wars are coming to a head
America’s fracking wars are coming to a head. Increasingly, everyday people are seeing the risks of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, of shale-rock formations to get the oil and natural gas that’s...
View ArticleWhy build a new pipeline when we can’t stop the old ones from blowing up?
The irony is almost too much to bear. This week, Senate Republicans voted to approve a bill to President Obama's desk that would mandate the approval of the Keystone XL pipeline -- the project that...
View ArticleThe Supreme Court’s mercury poisoning
There's been a lot of excitement about the U.S. Supreme Court as it wrapped up its 2014-15 session, and understandably so. On Friday, many people took to the streets in celebration when the High Court...
View ArticleThe GOP practically asks for another Deepwater Horizon
The Deepwater Horizon catastrophe in the Gulf five years ago sure exposed a lot of holes in the current system. By that, I certainly mean holes in our system of environmental regulations, as BP was...
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