Congress fiddles while Zika looms
May 26, 2016 While the U.S. Congress votes hundreds of billions of dollars for military expansion, it is squeezing health [...]
Climate & Environment
Fort McMurray fire: An ecological and financial disaster for workers
By G. Dunkel May 23, 2016 The fire that began on May 1 southwest of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, has consumed over a [...]
Gulf Coast faces spread of Zika
By Lyn Neeley May 5, 2016 With no national funding or coordinated prevention plan to stop it, the Zika virus is starting to [...]
What can be done about rising sea levels
By Deirdre Griswold April 12, 2016 It has been more than a third of a century since climate scientists in both the United [...]
Oklahoma earthquakes spike opposition to oil and gas industry
By Chris Fry April 11, 2016 The state of Oklahoma had five earthquakes on April 3. There had been 29 earthquakes in the [...]
Newark children exposed to lead
By Lyn Neeley April 8, 2016 Nearly half the schools in Newark, N.J., were temporarily shut down on March 9 when elevated [...]
Alabama community fights environmental racism
By Minnie Bruce Pratt April 6, 2016 Perry County, Ala. — From Alabama to Michigan comes this solidarity message: Black [...]
Cuba, Puerto Rico and Zika
April 3, 2016 The Caribbean countries of Puerto Rico and Cuba, both located near the Zika hot zone, have similar peoples and [...]
Who caused Flint water scandal?
By Martha Grevatt March 27, 2016 Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder must have a lot of bruises on his legs or behind. “I kick [...]
Zika spreads north as new evidence links virus to neurological disorders
By Lyn Neeley March 25, 2016 As the Zika-carrying mosquito, Aedes aegypti, hits Puerto Rico, new evidence reinforces the [...]
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