This article was written by Patrick Lyons and published in the Great Lake Echo:  LANSING– Coal-fired power plants in seven Michigan counties have been linked to hundreds of premature deaths in the state. Michigan coal-fired plants have been linked to deaths, but utilities worry that new EPA regulations will hurt customers' wallets. Meanwhile, the Environmental …

This guest post was written by Tina Beattie, Chairwoman of ConservAmerica: Naming our new, sweet 8 week-old daughter was quite a process. Unlike choosing a name for our 3 year old, whose

Who is this figure who strikes both dread and relentless criticism with the simple mention of her title? How is it that she has become the symbol of all things gone individually and collectively awry? Why is it that anyone can invoke profound disdain by simply speaking the three words that describe her? Angry. Black. …

This article is written by David Abel for Boston.com: Car exhaust and other air pollution, even at levels considered safe by federal regulations, may substantially increase the risk of a stroke, a research team from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center reported yesterday. After reviewing the medical records of more than 1,700 stroke patients in the …

This post is from Michigan League Of Conservation Voters: Michigan has the chance to seize a remarkable opportunity in 2012 that will create thousands of new jobs and dramatically improve public health across the state. A proposed ballot initiative that would increase the state's renewable energy standard to 25% by 2025 is being put forth …

How long should children have to wait for clean air? Their entire childhood and beyond? How much should families have to shoulder the cost in money and health before industry steps up and stops polluting? How long can Houston area industry skirt around their responsibility for toxic emissions? Well, the answer thus far is 30 …

This article was written by Fred Mogul for WNYC: Newborn infants of some immigrant mothers from the Caribbean have relatively high mercury levels in their blood. A new study looked at the habits of pregnant women in central Brooklyn and found 16 percent of their babies’ umbilical cords had enough mercury to land in the U.S. …

After viewing Julianne Moore's video (below), many of you commented that knowing she held such a strong reverence to protecting children's health, made you fall in love with her even more. I actually held a mini-JM film festival and made my husband sit through a few of my favorites… The Kids Are Alright, Crazy, Stupid Love, Nine Months, …

  This article from Great Lakes Echo is written by Brian Bienkowski: Fetuses, newborns and infants are most at risk for mercury exposure, and a sampling of newborns in the Lake Superior basin showed 8 percent of them testing above safe levels. The study, conducted by the Minnesota Department of Health from 2008 to 2010, …

I remember when my son was first diagnosed with asthma. I was a single mom living over 600 miles away from my family and friends. He was in the 2nd or 3rd grade, and it seemed like he was always getting sick. The nurse would call me at work and say: “Please come pick up …