Green vs. green
By Barbara Kessler Disturbing reports haunt the news lately, suggesting that the faltering U.S. economy could stall environmental progress or even force a digression on climate change programs. Two...
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A Greener America: The next four years, the next first steps
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now The cork is off the champagne on the presidential election – and many environmentalists who’ve felt stifled by the Bush Administration’s indifference, hostility or...
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Schools in D.C. and Chicago make every day Earth Day
By Michele Chan Santos Green Right Now When the students at Thurgood Marshall Academy Public Charter High School in Washington, D.C., learned about the environmental impact of trash, they wanted to...
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An eco-fungicide to save your broccoli and greens
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now Discerning diners would probably not find this much of a topic for dinner discussion, but back in the fields where their broccoli is grown, fungus can stop a good...
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CDC’s new website helps you assess local environmental hazards
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now For those of us who are frustrated, daily, by the vast dispersed array of government information on environmental threats to our health, a new website assembled by...
View ArticleEPA to study nanoparticles’ potential for good and evil
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now Squint and you can’t see them. Try a standard microscope. They’re still not there. And yet, they’re everywhere. Nanoparticles are in hundreds, if not thousands, of...
View ArticleSurvey shows public believes business leaders need to be well-versed in...
From Green Right Now Reports Americans have a waning confidence about the readiness of corporate leadership to respond to environmental issues, according to a new national survey, which shows that only...
View ArticleSurvey shows public believes business leaders need to be well-versed in...
From Green Right Now Reports Americans have a waning confidence about the readiness of corporate leadership to respond to environmental issues, according to a new national survey, which shows that only...
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Travesty in Nigeria: Gold rush is poisoning children with lead
From Green Right Now Reports Nigeria is experiencing a gold rush, but the fallout is devastating the health of its children, exposing them to lead dust that can produce convulsions, paralysis and...
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Anti-fracking groups gear up for protest in New York
From Green Right Now Reports The New Yorkers Against Fracking coalition is planning a rally in Albany to urge Gov. Andrew Cuomo to keep fracking out of the state. Opponents of fracking in the Empire...
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Obama Administration, a step closer to approving the Keystone pipeline?
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now The Obama Administration released its revised environmental impact assessment on the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline Friday, portraying the project as a safe...
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Why advocates for the poor and the environment are cheering the failure of...
From Green Right Now Reports The House Farm Bill would have cut $20 billion in food assistance to the poor, and also cut environmental programs. The House version of the Farm Bill failed today (read...
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The secret life of GM sweet corn
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now Last year, there was a big fuss over Monsanto’s new genetically modified (GMO) sweet corn, which has been injected with a trait that makes the entire plant toxic to...
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Eagles, Cowboys, Indians and other sports teams seizing green ground
Green Right Now Reports It’s the eve of football season, but it appears the EPA has just run up the first big score. The distinctive wind turbines and solar panels at Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial...
View ArticleKeystone XL — Americans are divided
GRN Reports: Dozens of national and regional groups — Sierra Club, 350.org, the Natural Resources Defense Fund, Greenpeace, Bold Nebraska, Tar Sands Blockade — have been fighting the Keystone XL...
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