This straightforward article in Fox News lays out in startling clarity the dangerous chemicals that children are exposed to on the playing fields of America. Read More...

The Wall Street Journal and Greenpeace seem to be writing in alternate universes. In one, the judge threatens to come down hard on Greenpeace; in the other the judge questions the oil company plaintiff why they haven't released their oil spill response plan. (The company says it is "secret.") Read More...

In urban areas, a good rain leaves the streets cleaner, with dust, oil and small debris swept away. But that’s only an appearance, because what’s swept off the pavements is now not just water, it’s “runoff.” All the chemicals deposited on those surfaces between rains – fuel, oil and tire dust from cars and... Read More...

A recent article by oil industry consultant Michael J. Lynch in the New York Times concluded that the Administration’s meager eight-billion dollars of subsidies for renewable energy initiatives included “all sorts of unproven, unrealistic and inefficient energy technologies like wind farms and electric cars.” Peak oil is a myth, Lynch says. He and his... Read More...

There are now FIVE gigantic gyres of plastic trash rotating slowly and poisonously in our oceans, growing daily, possibly for centuries to come. This is a major call for intense recycling, as well as changing to biodegradable materials -- of which plastics could be one. Read More...

With food prices rampant and with agribusiness, with its land-destroying farming methods adding to the problem, the idea that urban farming might in the long-term provide an alternative seems unlikely. But if economies of scale can be achieved, the sky (or the rooftop) may be the limit. Read More...

China's Three Gorges Dam has lived up to many of its negative expectations, and then some. Its reservoir is a dumping ground, its geologic effects may be dire and its effect on water tables and water flow may be deleterious. Read More...

There’s a lot of agreement that the world has to move more quickly toward renewable energy sources, but there’s an equal amount of controversy about each one – solar (too expensive), wind (too intrusive), geothermal (too expensive), biofuels (damaging food production) and ocean energy (not ready for prime time). But hydropower – the energy... Read More...

Against all the "it can't be done" people, the UN has provided an authoritative timeline for the world to get its act together climate-wise by 2050. Read More...

No BPA? Great! But look what else is being put into the things we and our children drink from and touch! The way our toxic chemicals law is written, it's an arsenal of poisons that the chemical industry is free to inflict on us unless a cash-strapped EPA finds otherwise. Read More...