Jonathan Chait makes an interesting argument for Obama as "the environmental president," but I think it is the wrong question to ask. Chait's argument is that despite the failure of the 2010 cap and trade bill, the almost certain approval of the Keystone XL pipeline,...
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This is one way environmental racism works. Cleaning up the Gowanus Canal in New York? A good thing. Taking the nasty stuff from one wealthy white area of Brooklyn and.
On April 28, 1971, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration opened its doors. The creation of OSHA proved to be one the greatest victory in American history for workplace health..
Dylan Matthews' list of ways to reduce violence without gun control starts with one that cannot be stated strongly enough. The decline of lead exposure over the past decades is probably the single biggest reason why violent crime has dropped so much since the 1970s:...
Today is Earth Day, also known as the one day a year Americans pretend that they care about the environment. In 1970, Earth Day seemed like the beginning of a.
It's a good thing the Chinese don't eat fish because this would be a problem: However, over the past few years, fishery resources in the river have witnessed a severe.
Pierce pretty much sums up my feelings about Obama's clear support for the Keystone XL pipeline and the broader failure of this nation to do anything at all about climate change: This is the argument we get from the oil companies, the extraction industries, and...
I'd always wondered why rain smelled so good after a dry period. I first noticed this in the summer growing up in Oregon, when it doesn't rain. Then in September.
A must-read story on the problems with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, focusing on glue poisoning in a North Carolina furniture factory. The article describes OSHA as "the watchdog.
When you rely on fully industrialized waterways for transportation, the effects of drought on industry that don't obviously rely on rain (like agriculture) can still be quite devastating. Such as the auto industry.
Florida Gulf Coast University has come to the nation's attention in the last week due to its 2 unlikely upsets in the NCAA Tournament. This attention has also caught the.
Turns out that if you industrialize an animal and then expose them to tremendous amounts of chemical pesticides, terrible things can happen. I know that the Green Revolution and our.