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Bike to Work Week in Berkeley: Bikestation offers oasis

Bike to work week in Berkeley is the future unfolding. The Mayor of Berkeley reportedly sold his car and has joined the ranks of those who want to...
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Most Toxic Places to Live

“Keep your eyes open… you never know where you’ll find suprises.”You feel as though the air you are breathing is healthy...
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Benicia's oil refinery begins two-month overhaul with flair -- and flares

Seeing flames shooting out of the Valero Energy Corp.'s Benicia refinery this week?Don't panic -- there's no cause for alarm, officials...
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Mental health problems of kids associated with air pollution

Air pollution has emerged as a cause of behavior problems and anxiety and depression in children. Michael Smith has reported for MedPage Today ...
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Breast cancer affects millions of women and men across the planet

A disturbing link between pollution in our atmosphere and increasing breast cancer rates has been discovered through scientific studies. The risk...
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'Call' Obama out for a dirty air betrayal

Last Friday, President Obama betrayed millions of Americans when he stopped stronger clean air health protections from seeing the light of day.This...
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Republicans push killer chemicals, waste money fighting "drug wars"

  • US Drug Wars
  • February 25, 2011
Most Americans are probably unaware of the fact that the US war on drugs has consumed 1 trillion dollars of the nation's wealth. It is a...
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Senate environment committee chair tells House GOP: Hands off environmental laws

The leader of the U.S. Senate committee that oversees environmental policy warned Thursday that she will block any effort by Republicans in the...
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Ethanol in gasoline bad for engines and emissions

The Obama Administration has directed the EPA at the behest of corn growing states to allow 15 percent ethanol in gasoline. The EPA staff is...
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Light pollution even more detrimental than scientist previously thought

Herald Stark from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(Noaa) reported this week from American Geophysical Union meeting in San...
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