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New Report Exposes Cleaning Industry's Filthy Truth
When cleaning product manufacturers assure you that product safety is their highest priority, do you ever wonder if their definition of “safe” might differ from yours?
Read MoreTrick or Tweak? What Congress Is Really Doing to New Rules on Coal Ash
The House Energy and Commerce Committee has approved a 50-page bill that will gut the nation's first-ever federal standard for coal ash disposal.
Read MoreStrong Arctic Leadership Can Make a Difference at the Top of the World
Secretary Kerry is the new chairman of the Arctic Council, which presents an opportunity for the United States to lead the world in advancing environmental safeguards across the Arctic.
Read MoreOne of California’s Dirtiest Industries Must Clean up Its Act
State agency estimates that California’s freight industrial complex is responsible for 2,000 premature deaths from fine particulate pollution each year.
Read MoreStrong U.S. Leadership Can Deliver on Black Carbon Reductions in the Arctic
When the U.S. assumes the chair of the Arctic Council this Friday, it will have an extraordinary opportunity to lead on reducing emissions of black carbon and methane.
Read MoreThe Ripple Effect of Overfishing Our Oceans
There is a crisis occurring in the Bay Area: Since 2013, there has been a dramatic increase in sea lion strandings due to starvation.
Read MoreOn Franzen's Theory and Uniting Our Climate Things
Abigail Dillen responds to author Jonathan Frazen's recent article in the New Yorker that has sparked a necessary conversation for people that care about climate change.
Read MoreCoalition Seeks Ban on Flame Retardants
Health, firefighter, consumer and science groups are calling on the Consumer Product Safety Commission to ban certain consumer products if they contain any organohalogen flame retardants—a class of chemicals that counts dioxins and the pesticide DDT among its ranks.
Read MoreFirst 100 Days of Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s Senate
The Senate has been led by Mitch McConnell (R-KY) for 100 days, and it's hard to ignore the evidence that corporate interests are trumping public health and welfare when it comes to addressing climate change.
Read MoreWhales Blow Hole in Sonar Plan
A judge tells the Navy that it doesn’t need access to every square inch of the ocean to conduct training exercises. There is a better way to protect both our country and our wildlife.
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