Posted by Amy Mall in Curbing Pollution , Health and the Environment
Several of my colleagues have been blogging about coal ash -- waste from coal-fired power plants that is contaminated with toxic metals. More than two-thirds of this waste is dumped into landfills, storage ponds or old mines or otherwise stored...continued→
Posted by Amy Mall in Health and the Environment
If you haven't heard of ProPublica, it describes itself this way: "ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest." The Editor-in-Chief is former Managing Editor of The Wall Street Journal, and the Managing Editor...continued→
Posted by Amy Mall in Curbing Pollution
As a non-partisan organization, NRDC does not endorse candidates, but now that Barack Obama has been declared the winner of the presidential election, we can begin to look at the environmental implications of the voters' decisions. Last week, Senator Obama...continued→
Posted by Amy Mall in Health and the Environment
According to the World Health Organization, a Health Impact Assessment is: "a practical approach used to judge the potential health effects of a policy, programme or project on a population, particularly on vulnerable or disadvantaged groups. Recommendations are produced for...continued→
Posted by Amy Mall in Health and the Environment
I regularly get calls from people around the country, from the east coast to the west coast and many places in between, concerned about the health risks of the oil and gas activities that are coming to their communities as part of the national drilling...continued→
