pollution
Poultry companies on trial in film and courtroom
November 13, 2009Don McCorkell, a former Oklahoma state representative, has made a compelling film that will make you think twice before you buy your next chicken wing.
Read moreEPA zaps BP on air pollution
October 21, 2009The Environmental Protection Agency has taken on oil giant BP along with corporate-friendly Republican officials in the state of Indiana.
Read moreEPA to probe weed-killer’s links to cancer, birth defects
October 13, 2009In 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.
Read moreEPA will declare CO2 a dangerous pollutant
September 2, 2009The 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...
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