Contamination

What Chesapeake Energy's Financial Scandals Mean for the Rest of Us

Brendan DeMelle | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Energy, Fracking, Shale Gas, Aubrey McClendon, Economy, Contamination, Chesapeake Energy, Chesapeake Energy Scandal, Green News
Brendan DeMelle

Given radioactive wastewater, earthquakes, and flammable tap water, one might think that drilling and fracking could not possibly have any more dirty secrets. But here's the biggest secret of all: it's expensive.

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Our Contaminated World

David Crews | Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Endocrine Disruptors, Bpa, Bpa Plastic, Hormones, Contamination, Bpa Ban, Science News
David Crews

The FDA will soon announce whether to ban the use of bisphenol-A in food and beverage packaging. BPA is widely accepted by scientists as being an endocrine disruptor, and we support its ban because of demonstrable effects in wildlife and laboratory animals.

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What BP Owes Americans

Jackie Savitz | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Bp, Dudley, Natural Resources, Environmental Policy, Green, Environmentalism, Obama, Pollution, Legal, Gulf Oil Spill, Lawsuit, Politics, Settlement, Contamination, Environment, BP Oil Spill, Toxic Chemicals, Gulf of Mexico, Ocean, Politics News
Jackie Savitz

Given the extreme carelessness of BP and the vast scope of the resulting damage done, a low-end settlement would send the wrong message to BP and the other companies that are drilling in our oceans, telling them that they may not have to pay for future damages they cause.

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Pebble Mine -- Self Destruction (VIDEO)

Joel Reynolds | Posted 09.05.2011

Read More: Salmon, Bristol Bay, Contamination, Anchorage, Wildlife, Green News
Joel Reynolds

Born and still living in the town of Dillingham on the shores of Bristol Bay, Holly's life revolves around the wild salmon fishery and she depends on its protection -- literally. Holly's view of the Pebble Mine? "Self-destruction."

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Is the Natural Gas Industry Fracking Itself?

Mitchell J. Rabin | Posted 09.04.2011

Read More: Wind Power, Fracking, Oil and Gas Industry, Tony Avella, Addiction, Renewable Energy, Ponzi Scheme, Legislation, Politics, Andrew Cuomo, Governor David Paterson, Water Pollution, Water, Contamination, Environment, Hydrofracking, New York Times, Natural Gas, Governor Andrew Cuomo, Solar Power, Green News
Mitchell J. Rabin

While much is yet to be discovered about the full effect of hydrofracking, what is known to date would suggest that the gas industry would want to really take a good look at developing a long-term investment strategy of renewable resources, quickly.

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Green News Report: April 21, 2011 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 06.21.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Co2, Fracking, Epa, Green Business, Clean Energy, Coal, Radioactivity, Power Shift, Climate Change Denial, Gulf of Mexico, Bill Mckibben, Solar Power, Global Warming, Energy, Clean Energy Jobs, Van Jones, Fukushima, Environmentalists, Lobbying, Lou Dobbs, Earthquake, Environmentalism, Gulf Oil Spill, Barack Obama, Power Shift 2011, Toxic Chemicals, Poison, Senate, Japan Earthquake, Mining, Wildfires, Sustainability, Japan, BP Oil Spill, Iraq, Cap and Trade, Pesticides, Green Jobs, Factory Farms, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Green News Report, Nuclear, Pollution, Tennessee Valley Authority, Antibiotic Resistance, Water Contamination, Big Oil, Fossil Fuels, Contamination, Japan Nuclear Reactor, Tennessee, Electric Cars, Deepwater Horizon, Gop, Climate Change, Air Pollution, Global Warming Deniers, Bp, Earth Day, Utilities, Transocean, Fred Hiatt, Texas, Iraq War, Energy Efficiency, BRAD BLOG, Water, Green News, Endangered Species, Toxic Waste, Hydraulic Fracturing, National Parks, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: It's hard...

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Green News Report: April 19, 2011 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 06.19.2011

Read More: Co2, Green Jobs, Fracking, Epa, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Green Business, Clean Energy, Nuclear, Green News Report, Pollution, Coal, Water Contamination, Radioactivity, Fossil Fuels, Japan Nuclear Reactor, Contamination, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Solar Power, Global Warming, Bp, Energy, Clean Energy Jobs, Fukushima, Environmentalists, Utilities, Earthquake, Environmentalism, Transocean, Barack Obama, Senate, Japan Earthquake, BRAD BLOG, Water, Green News, Sustainability, Endangered Species, Toxic Waste, Japan, Hydraulic Fracturing, BP Oil Spill, Supreme Court, Power Shift, Washington Post, Gulf of Mexico, Bill Mckibben, Van Jones, Lobbying, Lou Dobbs, Gulf Oil Spill, Power Shift 2011, Toxic Chemicals, Poison, Mining, Wildfires, Iraq, Pesticides, Cap and Trade, Factory Farms, Tennessee Valley Authority, Antibiotic Resistance, Big Oil, Tennessee, Electric Cars, Deepwater Horizon, Earth Day, Fred Hiatt, Texas, Iraq War, Energy Efficiency, Yosemite, National Parks, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Big victo...

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Green News Report: April 14, 2011 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 06.14.2011

Read More: Google, Co2, House of Representatives, Green Jobs, Fracking, Epa, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Green Business, Clean Energy, Nuclear, Green News Report, Pollution, Penguins, Coal, Water Contamination, Radioactivity, Fossil Fuels, Japan Nuclear Reactor, Contamination, Iaea, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Renewable Energy Standard, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Solar Power, Paul Ryan, Global Warming, Bp, Energy, Clean Energy Jobs, California, Fukushima, Environmentalists, Budget, Utilities, Earthquake, Environmentalism, Transocean, Barack Obama, Senate, Japan Earthquake, BRAD BLOG, Water, Green News, Sustainability, Endangered Species, Toxic Waste, Japan, Hydraulic Fracturing, BP Oil Spill, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Californi...

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Green News Report: April 12, 2011 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 06.12.2011

Read More: Co2, House of Representatives, Natural Disasters, Epa, Green Business, Clean Energy, Coal, Radioactivity, Iaea, Oklahoma, Climate Change Denial, Solar Power, Paul Ryan, Global Warming, Energy, Clean Energy Jobs, Fukushima, Environmentalists, Budget, Earthquake, Environmentalism, Barack Obama, Senate, Japan Earthquake, Sustainability, Japan, BP Oil Spill, Green Jobs, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Green News Report, Nuclear, Pollution, Water Contamination, Drought, Fossil Fuels, Contamination, Japan Nuclear Reactor, Gop, Climate Change, Air Pollution, Global Warming Deniers, Bp, Utilities, Transocean, Texas, Koch Brothers, BRAD BLOG, Smart Grid, Water, Green News, Toxic Waste, Extreme Weather, Google, Antarctica, Fracking, California, Oil Shale, Smog, Alzheimer's, Penguins, Hydropower, Renewable Energy Standard, Dust Bowl, Coast Guard, Brain Damage, Wolves, Endangered Species, Hydraulic Fracturing, Seafood, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: One month...

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Green News Report: April 7, 2011 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 06.07.2011

Read More: Co2, House of Representatives, Natural Disasters, United Nations, Epa, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Green Business, Clean Energy, Nuclear, Green News Report, Pollution, Coal, Electricity, Radioactivity, Fossil Fuels, Japan Nuclear Reactor, Contamination, Iaea, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Solar Power, Global Warming, Bp, Energy, Fukushima, Environmentalists, Utilities, Environmentalism, Subsidies, Transocean, Energy Efficiency, Pennsylvania, Japan Earthquake, BRAD BLOG, Green News, Sustainability, Toxic Waste, Japan, BP Oil Spill, Wind Power, India, Christiana Figueres, Oklahoma, Paul Ryan, Clean Energy Jobs, American Legislative Exchange Council, Budget, Earthquake, Barack Obama, Senate, Laura Flanders, Green Jobs, Antibiotic Resistance, Drought, Water Contamination, Texas, Koch Brothers, Water, Smart Grid, Chamber of Commerce, Extreme Weather, Smart Meter, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: More U.S....

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Green News Report: April 5, 2011 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 06.05.2011

Read More: Co2, Natural Disasters, Fracking, Epa, Clean Energy, Coal, Chernobyl, Radioactivity, Iaea, Climate Change Denial, Green Party, Solar Power, Global Warming, Energy, Fukushima, Environmentalists, Environmentalism, Toxic Chemicals, Pennsylvania, Japan Earthquake, Sustainability, Natural Gas, Japan, BP Oil Spill, United Nations, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Green News Report, Nuclear, Pollution, Electricity, Fossil Fuels, Contamination, Japan Nuclear Reactor, Waste, Gop, Climate Change, Air Pollution, Global Warming Deniers, Bp, Subsidies, Energy Efficiency, Water Pollution, BRAD BLOG, Waste Management, Green News, Hydraulic Fracturing, Toxic Waste, House of Representatives, Green Business, Don Blankenship, Tennessee, Deepwater Horizon, Paul Krugman, Farm Subsidies, Sewage, Massey Energy, Perchlorate, Bats, Utilities, Transocean, Executive Compensation, Upper Big Branch Mine, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Breaking:...

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Green News Report: March 31, 2011 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.31.2011

Read More: Co2, Fracking, United Nations, Epa, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Clean Energy, Nuclear, Green News Report, Pollution, Coal, Chernobyl, Electricity, Radioactivity, Germany, Fossil Fuels, Japan Nuclear Reactor, Contamination, California Air Resources Board, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Green Party, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Solar Power, Global Warming, Energy, California, Dolphins, Fukushima, Environmentalists, Environmentalism, Subsidies, Toxic Chemicals, Japan Earthquake, Water Pollution, BRAD BLOG, Green News, Sustainability, Endangered Species, Toxic Waste, Japan, Hydraulic Fracturing, China, Natural Disasters, Iaea, Joshua Tree, Genetically Modified Food, GMO Foods, Barack Obama, Pennsylvania, Natural Gas, BP Oil Spill, Airlines, Organic Farming, PG&E, Waste, Bp, Pacific Gas & Electric, Energy Efficiency, Monsanto, Waste Management, Tim Pawlenty, Smart Meter, National Parks, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Obama's '...

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Green News Report: March 29, 2011 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.29.2011

Read More: Co2, Epa, Arctic Ice Melt, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Nuclear, Green News Report, Pollution, Coal, Electricity, Radioactivity, Fossil Fuels, Japan Nuclear Reactor, Contamination, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Solar Power, Global Warming, Energy, Fukushima, Environmentalists, Environmentalism, Subsidies, Arctic, Toxic Chemicals, Japan Earthquake, Water Pollution, BRAD BLOG, Green News, Sustainability, Endangered Species, Toxic Waste, Japan, Russia, Fracking, United Nations, Clean Energy, Canada, Shipping, Chernobyl, Rising Sea Level, Hanford Nuclear Reservation, Germany, California Air Resources Board, Green Party, Forests, Deforestation, Massey Energy, Dolphins, California, Texas, Superfund, Protests, Angela Merkel, Hydraulic Fracturing, China, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Fallout f...

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Green News Report: March 24, 2011 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Co2, World Water Day, Epa, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Nuclear, Green News Report, Pollution, Coal, Offshore Drilling, Electricity, Radioactivity, Fossil Fuels, Japan Nuclear Reactor, Food Politics, Gop, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Bp, Energy, Interior Department, Fukushima, Environmentalists, Environmentalism, Subsidies, Toxic Chemicals, Japan Earthquake, Water Pollution, BRAD BLOG, Green News, Sustainability, Food, Endangered Species, Toxic Waste, BP Oil Spill, Japan, Google, Antarctica, Arctic Ice Melt, Wyoming, Trees, Creationism, Contamination, Electric Cars, Genetically Modified Food, Usda, Michigan, Solar Power, Gmos, Arctic, Altoids, Twin Cities, Evolution, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Update on...

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1986: Remembering Another Nuclear Disaster and Troubles with Libya

Vivian Norris | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chernobyl, Reagan, Libya, Mitterrand, Radioactive, France, Terrorism, Contamination, Violence, Cloud, Scandinavia, World News
Vivian Norris

As I watch with absolute horror and sadness what is happening in Japan, and imagine the ways that contamination will spread, and as we once again decide to go after Libya, I wonder, when will it end? When will we learn?

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Chevron Found Guilty in Amazon Pollution Case

Mitch Anderson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Human Rights, Environmental Justice, Politics, Contamination, Corporate Accountability, Environmentalism, Green, Indigenous People, Pollution, Big Oil, Water Pollution, Ecuador, Amazon, Chevron, Chevron Ecuador, Green News
Mitch Anderson

As a result of Chevron's pollution, several indigenous groups in Ecuador have been decimated and more than 9,000 people are at significant risk of contracting cancer in the coming decades.

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In Chevron RICO Suit Against Amazonians, Who's the Real Gangster?

Rebecca Tarbotton | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Trial, Court, Toxic, Rainforest, Contamination, Ecuador, Oil, Waste, Chevron, Pollution, Justice, Lawsuit, Green News
Rebecca Tarbotton

Last week, Chevron filed a RICO suit against a remote Ecuadorian community. That's right: the oil giant is using a law intended to rein in the Mafia against 47 inhabitants of the Amazon rainforest.

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Bush's Environmental Legacy on GMOs Is Irreversible

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Bush, Genetically Engineered Foods, Invasive Species, Regulation, Genetic Roulette, Gmo, Usda, Monsanto, Biotechnology, Union of Concerned Scientists, Contamination, Extinction, Obama Transition, Environment, Field Trials, Genetically Modified Foods, Genetically Engineered Crops, Green News
Jeffrey Smith

After all weather effects of 21st century climate change have disappeared from the earth's surface, two destructive impacts traceable to George Bush's policies will yet remain.

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Recommended Continental Breakfast: Eggs Over Easy, Hold the Dioxin

Bill Chameides | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Belgium, Pigs, European Union, United States, Pcbs, Dioxin, Chemicals, China, Netherlands, Environmental Working Group, Britain, Toxins, Chemical Marketplace, Slovakia, And Rodenticide Act, Industry, Health, Contamination, Korea, Food, Cancer, Food and Drug Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, Green News
Bill Chameides

The FDA doesn't recommend avoiding any particular food to limit dioxin exposure other than its generally recommended diet. Of course there's the option of going vegan, the diet found to have the lowest exposure to dioxins.

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Green News Report: January 11, 2011 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: House of Representatives, Cap and Trade, Glaciers, Epa, Regulation, Pipelines, Green News Report, Offshore Drilling, Infrastructure, Rising Sea Level, Big Oil, Fossil Fuels, Greenhouse Gases, US Senate, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Gulf of Mexico, Global Warming Deniers, Global Warming, Bp, White House Oil Spill Commission, Carbon Emissions, Environmentalists, Environmentalism, Energy Efficiency, BRAD BLOG, Green News, Oil, Fox News, Sustainability, Climate Legislation, BP Oil Spill, Population, Co2, Carbon Capture and Storage, Central Intelligence Agency, Flouride, Factory Farms, Dioxin, Weed Killer, Water Contamination, Atrazine, Haiti Earthquake, Cleanl Energy, National Security, Germany, Egg Recall, Contamination, Financial Crisis, Tom Donohue, Solar Power, Biofuels, Darrell Issa, Four Loko, Cia, International Space Station, Gabrielle Giffords, Chamber of Commerce, Alaska, Gabrielle Giffords Shooting, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: The final...

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From Appalachia to the Amazon: The Fight Against Coal and Oil

Mitch Anderson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Appalachia, Human Rights, Environmental Justice, Activism, Contamination, Ecuador, Oil, Environmentalism, Corporate Accountability, Coal, Amazon, Green News
Mitch Anderson

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Weekly Mulch: What's in Your Water? Nuclear Waste, Coal Slurries and Industrial Estrogen

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Grist, Estrogen, The American Prospect, Hydrofracking, MUTANT FISH, COAL SLURRIES, SUE STURGIS, Water Supply, Pittsburgh, Running Out of Water, Contamination, Arsenic, Grittv, Enriched Uranium, New Jersey, Natural Gas, Water Pollution, Nuclear Waste, Massey Energy, Clean Coal, PURGEN, Care2, YES! Magazine, East Tennessee, Linden, Mining, Fracking, Factory Farms, Rhrealitycheck, Oceans, 60 Minutes, Susan Leal, Water, EE2, Bpa, Learning Disabilities, change.org, Coal, LADYPEE, MINGO COUNTY, Green News
The Media Consortium

by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium Blogger It won't be long before the world has to confront its diminishing supply of clean water. "We've had the sa...

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Water or Gas? Karl Rove, Cheney, and Cohorts Weighing In On Key NY Race

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Crossroads, Karl Rove, Maurince Hinchey, Congressional Elections, Fracking, Oil and Gas Industry, Congress, Water Supply, Election, Gasland, Halliburton Loophole, Water, Contamination, Halliburton, Clean Water, Natural Gas Drilling, Hydraulic Fracturing, Robocalls, Green News
Alison Rose Levy

We can't allow private industry to go unchecked for the sake of profits.

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Six Months, Five Shrimp and One Nasty Mess: Health and Seafood Safety Concerns From BP Spill Still Linger in Gulf Today

Gina Solomon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Worker Protection, Oil Spill, Fda, Nrdc, Health, Contamination, Gulf Spill, Gulf of Mexico, Natural Resources Defense Council, Seafood Safety, Seafood, Green News
Gina Solomon

As we hear from fishermen that reopened areas are showing signs of oil, NRDC and Gulf Coast groups request documents and ask for explanations from the government. But most information is still not available, and the reopenings continue.

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Will The Food Safety Bill Make Food Safe?

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Healthy Eating, Organic Food, Industrial Food, Contamination, Nutrition, Factory Farms, Food Safety, Salmonella, s510, Health, Food Safety Laws, Healthy Living News
Alison Rose Levy

The FDA enforcement pattern has been to ignore, placate or make a deal with the giants, and then turn around and pick on the growers it can outsize and intimidate -- the medium and small ones.

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