Climate Change Means Higher Medical Costs

By Frances Beinecke When I speak to lawmakers and business leaders about the costs of climate change, they tend to think in terms of damaged property and lost agricultural revenue. Certainly […]

By Dana Gunders As if Turkey Pot Pie and Turkey A La King aren’t enticing enough on their own, here’s another reason to eat leftovers this holiday season: about 1 […]

By Peter Lehner On Thursday the State Department and the President announced they will conduct a new review of the Keystone XL pipeline. More time is needed to examine the […]

By Justin Horner As you may know, Federal tax law allows many Americans to set-aside up to $230 a month pre-tax to pay for transit.  This is a great benefit […]

By Richard G. Santos These last ten years since moving to South Texas, I have learned to look beyond the surface and have discovered the rich historical, cultural, genealogical and […]

By Rich Kassel 1.34 million urban dwellers face premature deaths every year, according to a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO). According to an AP report in Forbes and elsewhere, […]

By David Goldstein The anti-clean-energy echo chamber has been publicizing the bankruptcy of Solyndra, a manufacturer of solar energy panels, arguing that the President’s clean energy job creation program is […]

By Jacob Scherr I awoke today to the sad news that Wangari Maathai, environmental leader and Nobel Prize winner, had died at age 71.   I first had contact with her in […]

Latinos are among those facing the greatest risk from efforts to block the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) updates to health safeguards protecting Americans from ozone, mercury and other dangerous air […]

By Amy Mall The National Research Council just released the pre-publication version of a new report entitled: “Improving Health in the United States: The Role of Health Impact Assessment.” NRDC and others […]