Health and Public Safety

Environment

Class-action suit filed after Katrina hospital deaths settled for $25 million

By ProPublica

July 22, 2011 -

Environment

Texas oil giant behind spill off China's coast

By Sue Sturgis

July 15, 2011 - An oil spill covering over 1,600 square miles has occurred off the northeast coast of China, with the contamination coming from a joint operation of Texas-based oil giant ConocoPhillips and China National Offshore Oil Corp.

INSTITUTE INDEX: Appalachia's deepening human rights crisis

By Sue Sturgis

July 14, 2011 -

Economy

Workplace deaths raise questions about OSHA experiment in self-regulation

By The Lens

July 13, 2011 -

Environment

Landmark TVA pollution settlement will help the South breathe easier

By Sue Sturgis

July 12, 2011 - A federal judge has approved a final agreement in a lawsuit that several states and environmental advocacy groups brought over air pollution from the Tennessee Valley Authority's coal-fired power plants.