Stories by Brad Jacobson

Brad Jacobson is a Brooklyn-based freelance journalist and contributing reporter for AlterNet. His reporting has also appeared in The Atlantic, Salon, OnEarth Magazine, Columbia Journalism Review, Billboard and other publications. Follow him on Twitter @bradpjacobson. Follow him on Twitter @bradpjacobson.  subscribe to Brad Jacobson's feed

Get Ready for Higher Prices and Less Energy Security: Our Natural Gas Reserves Are Being Plundered For Export

Posted on: Apr 23, 2013, Source: AlterNet

A deeply flawed study that ignores the harmful environmental and health impacts of gas drilling is being used to rally for exports.

Is Natural Gas the Next Bubble ? Has Fracking Promised More Than It Can Deliver?

Posted on: Mar 26, 2013, Source: AlterNet

New research shows that putting too much of our eggs into this energy basket could be detrimental to our future economic health.

Conservative Folly: How the Right's War on Renewable Energy Could Doom Red States

Posted on: Feb 11, 2013, Source: AlterNet

Right-wing groups are doing everyone a disservice by bashing renewables, but GOP strongholds may have the most to lose.

Whistleblower: 6 Ways Romney's Healthcare Proposals Enrich Insurance Companies and Sicken Americans

Posted on: Nov 1, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Romney's plan is a prescription for boosting insurance industry profits at the expense of the public's well-being.

We Had a Secret Nuclear Weapons Plant Near a Major American City? Yeah, One of the Most Contaminated Sites in America

Posted on: Jul 12, 2012, Source: AlterNet

A new book reveals the truth about a plutonium factory that hardly anyone knew existed.

The Worst Yet to Come? Why Nuclear Experts Are Calling Fukushima a Ticking Time-Bomb

Posted on: May 4, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Experts say acknowledging the threat would call into question the safety of dozens of identically designed nuclear power plants in the U.S.

Why War Isn't Inevitable: A Science Writer Studies the Secret to Peaceful Societies

Posted on: Mar 18, 2012, Source: AlterNet

As the drumbeats for war with Iran reach bellicose heights, a new book argues that waging war is not an innate part of our nature.

The Truth Behind Why High Calorie Chef Paula Deen Is Pushing Diabetes Drug

Posted on: Jan 26, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Why ask the most famous unhealthy cook in America to promote a diabetes drug before anyone knew she suffered from diabetes?

Why Is the FDA Saying It's OK to Eat Seafood 10,000 Times Over the Safe Limit for Dangerous Carcinogens?

Posted on: Dec 18, 2011, Source: AlterNet

FDA not only downplayed the risk of contamination, but ignored staff members who proposed higher levels of contamination protection.

Corporations Are Patenting Human Genes and Tissues -- Here's Why That's Terrifying

Posted on: Nov 23, 2011, Source: AlterNet

A medical ethicist explains the dark implications of corporate medical patents and the nightmarish scenario of our medical-industrial complex.

Health Crisis Rocks the Gulf in Aftermath of the Spill, But Feds and BP Turn a Blind Eye

Posted on: May 2, 2011, Source: AlterNet

A year later there is widespread complaints of nosebleeds, GI pain, memory loss, persistent coughing, skin lesions and other serious conditions. But where's the help?

Obama Team Is Oddly Quiet About Evidence That Renewable Energy Beats Nuclear in Job Creation

Posted on: Apr 10, 2011, Source: AlterNet

The Obama administration has these important numbers -- it's just not telling us. Here's why.

Oscar-Nominated 'Gasland' Director Calls Latest Attack on His Film 'Outlandish' and Tells Why the Industry Is Getting Desperate

Posted on: Feb 22, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Josh Fox talks about why the gas industry is losing control of the message and how it has underestimated the power of citizens affected by gas drilling.

New Evidence Links BP to Health Crisis in the Gulf

Posted on: Nov 5, 2010, Source: AlterNet

Severe headaches, nausea, respiratory problems, burning eyes and throat, earache and chest pains -- and that's just the beginning.

Is Gulf Seafood Really Safe to Eat? Government Withholding Key Data on Seafood Testing, Scientists Say

Posted on: Oct 7, 2010, Source: Raw Story

Outside scientists, eager to perform independent evaluations of the government's findings, complain the information released contains far too many unknown variables.

How Corporations Are Secretly Moving Millions to Fund Political Ads

Posted on: Feb 5, 2010, Source: Raw Story

Gaping legal holes allow corporations to spend enormous sums on politics without leaving a paper trail.

135,000 Will Die Due to Lack of Insurance Before Health Reform Takes Effect, Study Finds

Posted on: Dec 16, 2009, Source: Raw Story

Death toll estimate exceeds the total number of Americans who died in the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the attacks of 9/11 combined.