InvestigationEnvironment, Health, Politics How Does Your Water Glow? A politically connected waste management company operates a radioactive waste dump in Texas that sits atop one of North America’s largest aquifers — a recipe for environmental disaster. Laray PolkIn These TimesJuly 1, 2010
InvestigationEnvironment, World Toxic Sand: Another Enemy in Afghanistan? US forces in Afghanistan may be facing another enemy: toxic sand. A new Navy study has found returning soldiers have memory loss and difficulty concentrating, which can’t be attributed to brain injuries. Sheila KaplanPolitics DailyJune 25, 2010
NewsEnvironment, Health Frisco on the Verge of Signing Law to Post Cell Phone Radiation San Francisco will be the first city in the nation to pass a law requiring that retailers post the “specific absorption rate” or SAR of each cell phone they are selling, the LA Times… Jayati VoraJune 18, 2010
NewsBusiness, Environment Despite BP’s History, Obama Administration Let it Get Away With Murder Tim Dickinson has a meaty investigative piece in Rolling Stone about the regulatory failure at the MMS under President Obama. Despite knowing that the agency was riddled with corruption… Jayati VoraJune 15, 2010
InvestigationEnvironment, Health, World Sweet and Lowdown Would you like some deforestation with your organic sugar? Federal organic standards have no problem with that. Heather RogersMother JonesJune 10, 2010
NewsBusiness, Environment In the Shadow of BP, Small Spills Abound As we highlighted last week, the federal government and news organizations have responded to the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico with a flurry of hearings, reports, and investigations… Nicholas KusnetzMay 14, 2010
NewsBusiness, Environment Investigative Pieces Probe Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill An array of investigative pieces have appeared on both the ProPublica website and in The Wall Street Journal about the recent deadly oil spill off the Gulf of Mexico. Jayati VoraMay 3, 2010
InvestigationEnvironment, Politics EPA Staffers Were Forced to Ignore Science EPA staffers have been forced to ignore relevant science, have lacked key monitoring data on human health and environmental impacts and more, according to the findings of a scientific advisory board. Sheila KaplanPolitics DailyApril 28, 2010
InvestigationBusiness, Environment Green Gone Wrong Are today’s much-touted “green” products — carbon offsets, organic food, biofuels, and eco-friendly cars and homes — really saving the environment? Heather RogersScribnerApril 20, 2010
InvestigationEnvironment, Politics Sapping the Superfund’s Strength As Washington dithers, sites long slated for clean up continue to threaten human health, coating homes and yards with poisonous dust and saturating the air near schools. Sheila Kaplan & Marilyn Berlin SnellThe NationApril 15, 2010