Tag Archives: environmental

LA ‘black ball’ reservoir rollout potential ‘disaster’ in the making, say experts

08/20/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
LA’s scheme to cover a reservoir under 96 million “shade balls” may not be all it is touted to be, experts told FoxNews.com, with some critics going so far as to refer to the plan as a “potential disaster.” The…

Lawmakers take aim at EPA ‘sue-and-settle’ collusion

08/05/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
Faced with President Obama’s vastly expensive Clean Power Plan to remake the U.S. electrical system and other looming regulatory decisions that dramatically affect energy supplies, Republican lawmakers have renewed their offensive against alleged under-the-table legal collusion between the administration and…

EPA distorts health benefits of mega-costly clean-air rule

07/16/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
FILE: 2010: An EPA worker monitoring a beach in Pensacola, Florida. (REUTERS) EXCLUSIVE: The Environmental Protection Agency is exaggerating the potential health benefits—especially for children—it says result from a new rule that will set sharply lower ozone levels across the…

Does Obama’s UN carbon pledge threaten much more US economic pain?

04/15/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
April 7, 2015: President Obama at Howard University in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) EXCLUSIVE: The Obama Administration’s pledge of 26 to 28 percent cuts in U.S. carbon emissions by 2025 is coming under heavy fire from business and scientific…

Congress must make Chemical Safety Act live up to its name

03/25/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
The Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act for the 21st Century has a nice ring to it. Named for the late, longtime New Jersey Senator who passed away in 2013, the bill, championed in the Senate by Republican David Vitter…

How climate change may be hurting our health

05/21/2014 Published on Foxnews.com
The skyline of downtown Los Angeles through a layer of smog is seen in the distance from a rooftop in Hollywood, California, May 31, 2006. (REUTERS/Fred Prouser/Files) According to the recently released third National Climate Assessment, the effects of climate…

How pollution is harming the Earth – and our health

04/28/2014 Published on Foxnews.com
The skyline of downtown Los Angeles through a layer of smog is seen in the distance from a rooftop in Hollywood, California, May 31, 2006. (REUTERS/Fred Prouser/Files) Pollution, quite literally, stinks. And as ominous images from around the world show,…

Possible carcinogen in Subway bread highlights need for stricter food regulations

02/20/2014 Published on Foxnews.com
A Subway sandwich shop logo is pictured in the Manhattan borough of New York February 14, 2014. (REUTERS/Carlo Allegri) Last week, Subway, the nationwide chain of sandwich shops, announced it would remove from its baked breads a possible carcinogen also…

Pollution highlights the price China is paying for rapid development

01/14/2013 Published on Foxnews.com
A man wearing a mask walks on a stone bridge in a park on a hazy day in Beijing, China, Monday, Jan. 14, 2013. Beijing schools kept children indoors and hospitals saw a spike in respiratory cases Monday following a…

Animal amnesty: Connecticut zoo to take in contraband critters

03/30/2012 Published on Foxnews.com
Beardsley Zoo’s John Scott holds an American alligator. (Courtesy of Beardsley Zoo) FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. – If your Bengal tiger has outgrown your house, or you don’t trust your pet cobra around kids, a zoo in Connecticut is offering a…