Public Health

The EPA issued a rule last week requiring oil and gas firms fracking in federal waters off the coast of southern California to report the volume and chemical makeup …

If the little blips and pieces of news coming out of Japan are any indication, things are far from fine, and are getting worse by the second.

Fracking is in full swing in the Eagle Ford Shale region of southern Texas, home to the most productive oil field in the United States.

Proponents push nuclear power as “clean” energy, but the Fukushima meltdown shows why nuclear energy should be examined more closely.

Bill 2491 will take effect in nine months, but the battle over GMO farming and pesticides in Kauai - and the rest of Hawaii - is far from over.

Nuclear power expert Harvey Wasserman talks with GRITtv about the ongoing Fukushima catastrophe, the dearth of information there, irradiated tuna and the terrifying prospect of Tokyo Electric Power removing …

The Centers for Disease Control recently announced that Lyme disease statistics are 10 times higher than previously thought, at the same time as development of a Lyme disease vaccine …

Global community demands independent expert oversight and transparency in ongoing crises at Fukushima.

A string of mishaps this year at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant is raising doubts about the operatoru2019s ability to tackle the crisis.

In communities across the country, people are deciding that water is just too precious to subject to the profit motive.