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EPA Lets Pesticides on the Market Untested
By Laura Fraser | Web Exclusive
March 27, 2013: The agency is abusing a legal loophole to let products like nanosilver be used in your clothing and baby blankets without ensuring their safety. (3) Comments
Barry Yeoman
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Lake Erie Deathwatch
Laura Fraser
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Is Your Shampoo Making You Fat?
Ted Genoways
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Tar Sands Showdown in the Nebraska Sandhills
Barry Estabrook
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You Want Superbugs With That?
Eric Scigliano
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The Great Oyster Crash
Laura Wright Treadway
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Baby, You Gotta Have Balls
Fighting More Forest Fires Will Come Back to Burn Us
By Michael Kodas | Web Exclusive
June 19, 2013: Facing bigger and badder blazes, the “fire industrial complex” is pushing for a return to the discredited snuff-’em-out policies of the past. (0) Comments
In the Heart of Istanbul, a Tiny Green Space Nurtures Defiance
By George Black | The Edge
June 17, 2013: By standing up to water cannon, tear gas, and an authoritarian leader, Turks show that even the smallest piece of nature is worth fighting for. (0) Comments
'The East’ Explores the Ethics of Environmental Anarchy
By Jocelyn C. Zuckerman | Reviews
May 31, 2013: Hollywood up-and-comers and plot twists combine in a thriller about when polluters deserve punishment -- and who should mete it out. (0) Comments
Why Are Asthma Rates Higher in Poor Neighborhoods? The Answer Might Be Right Under Our Noses
By Alexis Sobel Fitts | Web Exclusive
May 30, 2013: A project to study New York City pollen counts could provide a key clue to the mystery of what triggers the chronic respiratory disease. (2) Comments
Americans for Prosperity (Whatever That Means)
By George Black | The Edge
May 28, 2013: Why are some North Carolina conservatives fighting renewable energy -- even when it's making their state rich and happy? (2) Comments
Resuscitating the Dead Zone
By Paul Greenberg | OnEarth Network
May 24, 2013: Everyone agrees that the only way to fix the Gulf of Mexico's giant dead zone is to fix the Mississippi. But not everyone agrees how. (2) Comments
Are We Ignoring the Most Important Science About the Gulf Spill?
By Rachel Nuwer | Web Exclusive
April 22, 2013: There’s no way to link the Deepwater Horizon blowout to dolphin deaths, mutated animals, and other strange occurrences in the Gulf of Mexico without toxicology studies. And few are getting funded. (3) Comments
TransCanada's Not Paying This Preacher to Save Souls
By Ted Genoways | Web Exclusive
April 15, 2013: He preached sermons in a Nebraska church and performed weddings and funerals, but this Baptist minister is also a professional land agent helping pave the way for the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. (4) Comments
The New Pork Gospel
By Barry Estabrook | Web Exclusive
April 4, 2013: Raising pigs crammed into metal pens and dosed with antibiotics nearly killed Russ Kremer. Now he preaches a better way. Chipotle, for one, is a believer. (18) Comments
Pipelines, Fracking, Earthquakes: Not Exactly the Energy Mix We Hoped For
By George Black | The Edge
April 2, 2013: Oklahoma! Where the fracking wells come shakin' down the Plain. (3) Comments
This Company Is Like a Kickstarter for Solar Power
By Kate Sheppard | OnEarth Network
April 1, 2013: Solar installations aren't so expensive when everybody chips in. (1) Comments
Cracking Open a Cancer Cluster
By Elizabeth Royte | Q&A
March 21, 2013: When kids get cancer in a town badly polluted by industry, how hard is it to prove what made them sick? A lot harder than you might think. (1) Comments