An emerald-green lawn is a beautiful lawn. At least many Americans think so. Yet this kind of lawn, relying on heavy pesticide use to kill weeds, may have poison beneath its shiny surface. Pesticide exposure may increase the chances of cancer, cardiac disease, reproductive system problems, afflictions of the nervous system such as Parkinson’s disease […]
In late 2014, the election of Larry Hogan as governor of Maryland, a Republican in a bright-blue state, came as something of a shock. One of Hogan’s first actions, in January of 2015 just after he was sworn in, was to halt a clean air regulation that limited the pollutants NOx, which leads to smog […]
“One of the most critical environmental issues of our time is banning fracking everywhere because it destroys our water, our communities and our planet.” —Bonnie Raitt “These days images of our planet are so common that we often overlook how precious and beautiful it is. I wrote this song as a reminder of the importance of […]
Five years into the Deepwater Horizon disaster, leading scientists tell NRDC science scribe Perrin Ireland what happened to BP’s oil and what they know about its impact on the Gulf… Learn more:http://www.onearth.org/gulf
EarthTalk’s Ethan Goffman caught up with James Pew, staff attorney for Earthjustice, to find out more about the upcoming Supreme Court case regarding power plant emissions of toxic substances… If you’d rather read it than watch it, the full transcript of our discussion with James Pew is below… EarthTalk: The EPA is working on rules to limit […]
There is mounting evidence that higher levels of air pollution could be causing you to stress out more than normal. In a study conducted by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health and the Boston University School of Medicine published in January, for example, scientists concluded that as air pollution increased, perceived stress levels […]
Check out Part Two of a new documentary from VICE News on the toxic effects of Coal Ash in the US. In Part Two, VICE News travels to Pennsylvania, home to “Little Blue Run,” the largest coal ash pond in the country, which continues to leak dangerous pollutants out into the community. Despite efforts to shut down […]
