Environment & Health

Pennsylvanians are wondering if their state could become the next environmental ground zero after officials confirmed Tuesday that irresponsible drilling practices and a failed “blowout preventer” caused the June …

Abortion is one of the safest medical procedures in the country; ironically, those professionals and staff who make sure that abortion is safe may find their own safety compromised. …

This past weekend in El Salvador, leaders of the National Coalition Against Metallic Mining, the Ombudsman for Human Rights and members of the FMLN - the country's majority political …

Wednesday morning opened with a bang here at the Climate Summit in Copenhagen, with heated speeches coming from Hugo Chavez and Evo Morales. Both South American leaders railed against …

“Let no gringo come here and tell us that we should let a resident of the Amazon die of hunger.”

An area of land known simply in California as ‘the Delta’ has undergone a rapid decline and this long-term tragedy has spurred state legislators and the governor to take …

Politicians, political action groups and pundits have been declaring the “Public Option” all but dead.

Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) voted for the weakest of the five health care bills passed by Congressional committees. Big deal. If the bill that goes to the Senate …

If the free traders understood economics, they would be outraged by the enormous gap between the cost of health care in the United States and the cost in other …

When it comes to health care, it is both right and smart for me - and everyone I come into contact with - to have health care. On the …