By Glynn Wilson – Summer may be the season for kicking back and doing nothing, according to Men’s Health magazine. But in some cities, including my home town of Birmingham, Alabama, people don’t have to lift a finger to be…
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Big Oil Uses the Republican Party to Subvert American Democracy
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By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. – In a surprise move, the eight Republican members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee yesterday blocked a floor vote on President Obama’s nominee, Gina McCarthy, as U.S. EPA Administrator. In doing so…
New Report on Honey Bee Health Cites Pesticides in Declining Populations
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released a comprehensive scientific report on honey bee health on Thursday pointing to multiple factors in the decline of honey bee colony declines in recent years,…
Tick Season is Upon Us: What You Should Know
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If you live in the yellow area, you live in tickville – Under the Microscope – By Glynn Wilson – This may sound like a good line for a blues song, but it’s not the good kind of blues sung…
Remembering Workers on Memorial Day
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Workers’ Memorial Day – By Al Henley – Alabama workers are encouraged to join the AFL-CIO in recognizing Workers’ Memorial Day on Sunday, On April 28. Each year on Workers Memorial Day, working people throughout the world remember those who…
Tar Sands Crude Pipeline Ruptures, Dumps 84,000 Gallons on Mayflower, Arkansas
By Glynn Wilson – Forty-five minutes. That’s how much time it took a ruptured pipeline in Mayflower, Arkansas, on Friday to dump at least 84,000 gallons of tar sands crude into a residential neighborhood and force the evacuation of 22…
EPA Updates Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for New Power Plants
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued updates to pollution limits for new power plants under the mercury and air toxics standards on Friday, based on new information and analysis that became available to the agency after the rule was finalized.…
Study Shows Natural Gas Fracking Contaminates Water From Treatment Plants
FRACK FLOW – Treated wastewater flows out of a sewage plant in Pennsylvania. Facilities like this one sometimes treat water produced during natural gas production – By Kyle Ferrar – When energy companies extract natural gas trapped deep underground, they’re…
The Big Picture: We Can Save the Planet and the Economy Too
Who Needs Jobs on a Dead Planet? – Bill McKibben at the front of the march – The Big Picture – by Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following folks from all over the country willing to travel thousands of…
Alabama Governor Robert Bentley Speaks to Nurses Association on Valentines Day
Alabama Governor Robert Bentley spoke to the state Nurses Association on Valentine’s Day in front of the State House, announcing that he has declared 2013 “the year of the nurse.” Watch the video to see and hear his remarks.
EPA Finalizes Revisions to Clean Air Standards for Stationary Engines
Updated Rule Protects Public Health, Lowers Cost of Compliance – Alabama Power’s Miller Steam Plant on the Locust Fork River – WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized revisions to Clean Air Act standards reducing air pollution…
Protest Rally for the Affordable Care Act Set for January 12 in Montgomery
There will be a protest rally for the Affordable Care Act on the steps of the State Capitol in Montgomery from 12 to 2 p.m. Saturday in response to Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley’s failure to set up a plan for…
Alabama May Be Number One in Football
But It’s Also Home to The Number Two Worst Power Plant in the Country for Mercury Pollution – Alabama Power’s Miller Steam Plant on the Locust Fork River held the number one distinction for a few years – By Glynn…
Unsuitable Conduct: Separate Messages at Gulf Restoration Council Meeting
Don’t believe everything you see on Teevee – By David Underhill – MOBILE, Ala. – Feeding frenzy of suits. That could have been the caption on a picture from a downtown Mobile hotel where the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council…
Science and Medical Experts Urge White House Not to Rush More Shale Gas Fracking
Reflections 1: Autumn Leaves in Chinnabee Creek – By Glynn Wilson – A group of scientists, doctors and engineers is urging the White House to slow down on plans for rapid expansion of natural gas development in the United States…
What Will Happen on Energy Policy and Health Care Over the Next Four Years
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – It’s going to be a beautiful week for camping over the next few days, almost too nice to be indoors on the computer writing. The Google weather forecast is calling for highs…
Obamacareless: Sickness Is the Health of the State
by David Underhill Guest Column The racket about getting medical care to those without it isn’t really about that. Keeping this in mind will make the shrillest weeks of the campaign season more bearable as elections approach. The coronation of…
Don’t Be Fooled: Romney and Ryan Lie About Medicare Cuts
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Some Facts About Paul Ryan, Romney’s Pick for Veep
Who is Paul Ryan? According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a non-partisan and independent think tank, the Ryan budget “would produce the largest redistribution of income from the bottom to the top in modern U.S. history and…
How Much Heat Can We Take Before We Attack Global Warming?
How to Save the Planet and Fix the Economy Too The Big Picture by Glynn Wilson Just how hot does it have to get before the people of the United States finally acknowledge that global warming is happening? When are…
Clean Air Survey Records the Smoggiest June in At Least Five Years
by Glynn Wilson If recent events in the news like the Colorado wild fires and freak storms in the D.C. area are not enough to convince people that global warming and climate change are real and something should be done…