environmental health
August 14, 2012 -
Local officials in Assumption Parish, La. are upset that they weren't warned by state and corporate officials that a salt mine where a massive sinkhole recently appeared was used for the disposal of radioactive waste from oil and gas drilling.
August 8, 2012 -
The unprecedented use of chemical dispersants following BP's Gulf disaster led to complaints of health problems among cleanup workers and local residents. A coalition of groups is now suing the EPA in hopes of spurring regulatory action.
August 2, 2012 -
This week Congress passed a bill to help Marines and their family members sickened by pollution at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina -- one of the worst cases of drinking water contamination in U.S. history. But the fight for justice is not over yet.
July 30, 2012 -
Twenty people were arrested over the weekend while blocking the largest mountaintop removal operation in West Virginia. Meanwhile, scientific evidence of the human and environmental health damages caused by such mining continues to mount. Will U.S. lawmakers approve legislation imposing a moratorium?
July 16, 2012 -
A federally-funded study involving university scientists and Gulf Coast communities impacted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is looking at toxic components of crude oil in Gulf seafood in the BP disaster's wake.
July 5, 2012 -
Fracking proponents traveled to Pennsylvania last year to visit natural gas drilling sites. Their tour guide was Chesapeake Energy -- a company that's now under federal investigation for questionable business practices and price fixing.
July 3, 2012 -
After months of debate, the decision to legalize fracking in North Carolina came down to a botched vote and a $60 million tax break.
