Environment – Page 273 – People's World

EPA to probe weed-killer’s links to cancer, birth defects

October 13, 2009 By Susan Webb

In another break with Bush administration policies, the Environmental Protection Agency says it will investigate the health effects of one of the nation's most widely used weed-killers, atrazine.

New bridge symbolizes river’s rebirth

October 2, 2009 By Tim Wheeler

An important envirnomental project is completed in Washington state.

A wind farm in Pa. fuels green-collar union jobs

September 15, 2009 By Teresa Albano

EBENSBURG, Pa. -- As the G-20 Summit prepares to open in Pittsburgh Sept. 24 to deal with global capitalism's severe economic crisis, labor journalists from the International Labor Communicators Association visited some 15 area work sites...

EPA will declare CO2 a dangerous pollutant

September 2, 2009 By Susan Webb

The Environmental Protection Agency is set to declare carbon dioxide a dangerous pollutant, EPA head Lisa Jackson announced on Monday. That action would trigger federal regulation of industrial CO2 sources like coal-fired power plants, cars, refineries...

Reports show drinking water contaminated by herbicide

August 27, 2009 By Susan Webb

U.S. drinking water is widely contaminated by atrazine, a weed-killer that disrupts hormones in animals and is considered dangerous for pregnant women, according to a new report released by the Natural Resources Defense Council.