Daphne Wysham, Institute for Policy Studies. July 28, 2009. The new energy bill would strip EPA of its power and let polluters take the reins with a market-based system.
Evaggelos Vallianatos, AlterNet. May 30, 2009. A former EPA analyst explains how the governmental body set up to protect the environment has been undermined by political pressure and industry.
Jeffrey St. Clair, Joshua Frank, AlterNet. May 29, 2009. The Dems have unleashed a slew of anti-environmental policies that would have enraged any reasonable conservationist during the Bush years.
Chris Hedges, Truthdig. May 26, 2009. A massive natural gas project could pollute fresh water supplies for New York, Philadelphia, Camden and Trenton, and other areas.
Yee Huang, Center for Progressive Reform. April 1, 2009. EPA may help the protection of water by reviving a much-discussed but ill-fated rule to regulate water pollution from non-point sources.
Matt Wasson, AlterNet. March 30, 2009. Studies show that mountaintop removal mining isn't good for the local economy as the coal industry purports. Here's the facts.
Bruce Nilles, Sierra Club. March 17, 2009. This is very big and very historic news. This action by EPA will set the stage for the first-ever national regulation of CO2 in US history.
Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica. January 26, 2009. Jackson was confirmed despite questions about her failure to regulate contaminants in drinking water and other concerns.
Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica. December 16, 2008. Lisa Jackson is getting mixed reviews for her industry ties and the trail of toxic waste left behind in her last job.
Amanda Terkel, Think Progress AlterNet: Election 2008. November 13, 2008. Many reports have mentioned Al Gore as a possible candidate for a new 'Climate Czar' position in the Obama administration.
Steven D., Booman Tribune AlterNet: PEEK. July 17, 2008. The White House buried a report which detailed a rising death toll from heat waves, fires, disease, and smog.
Isaac Fitzgerald, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart AlterNet: Video. June 26, 2008. Bush doesn't like an email from the EPA ... so he just doesn't look at it.
Harry Hanbury, American News Project. May 26, 2008. Polluters dump about 240 million pounds of toxins into our waterways each year, and the effects on our environment could be disastrous.
Sarah Bates, Science Progress. May 19, 2008. Global warming is already affecting water in western states. The EPA has some proposals on what to do, but will they be enough?
Amanda Terkel, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. January 24, 2008. "This is information the people deserve to have. And this is not the way we should run the greatest government in the world," said Boxer.
Josh Dorner, Sierra Club AlterNet: PEEK. January 12, 2008. The Bush administration can't pretend it wasn't warned about the consequences of the latest salvo in its epic battle against the environment.
Michelle Chen, In These Times. November 19, 2007. Industry special interests are burying information on cancer-causing chemicals and, according to watchdog groups, the government is helping them do it.
Mark Schapiro, The Nation. October 26, 2007. Toxic chemicals in toys can interrupt the production of testosterone, the hormone that helps determine everything from gender-based behavior to sex drive to sperm count.
