Yesterday I took the fight for safer chemicals to the streets. Well, not exactly to the streets. I took it to the Safeway store in Silver Spring, Maryland, with my friend Laura MacCleery, of the blog Laura’s Rules. That’s because we joined with a national campaign called Mind the Store. We are asking the nation’s …

Here comes Peter Cottontail, hopping down the bunny trail… And what does that cute fluffy bunny find? Plastic eggs, fake grass and unnaturally bright-colored candy. Spring brings a celebration of rebirth and renewal, and it's the perfect time to get cracking on heading down a healthier, more sustainable Easter trail. Here’s why: The tradition of …

Bisphenol-A, or BPA, just can’t stay out of the headlines these days. And while this is not an air pollution issue, we know that so many moms are concerned about it, so we decided to write about it. Last week, a study of hundreds of children in New York City showed a significant relationship between levels of …

Trashed is a documentary featuring its Executive Producer, actor Jeremy Irons. It examines the encroaching problem of global waste. Director Candida Brady, who describes herself as a childhood asthmatic and a concerned mother, builds a trajectory that illustrates the impact of waste on land, air, and water. We see how marine life is impacted after …

This is an editorial from the Toledo Blade, January 14, 2013: DTE Energy’s coal-fired power plant in Monroe releases far less air pollution now while generating more electricity. Yet the latest federal records show it is still high for mercury emissions, ranking ninth among the nation’s power plants. DTE is, at least, on the right …

This piece was cross-posted from Politico and written by Jennifer Granholm: Munich RE is an insurance company: what progressives often consider a methodical, calculating, machine using cold, heartless data to maximize profits. In a report to fellow insurance companies, Munich RE noted that the number of weather-related losses had quintupled over the past thirty years. In …

On my way to a party recently, I decided at the last minute to pick up a bottle of wine and some fruit to contribute to the festivities. I was already near my destination and began to drive around looking for a grocery store. After circling several blocks with no luck, I engaged my GPS, …

This piece is cross-posted from the Center For Science In The Public Interest: Some children may be at greater risk from mercury in tuna than previously thought, finds a new study by the Mercury Policy Project (MPP). Tuna Surprise contains the first-ever test results of canned tuna sold to schools, and assesses children’s mercury exposure from canned …

A few weeks ago, three of my cousins and I drove from Georgia to Virginia to attend the funeral of one my cousins. We decided to ride together in order to save money on gas and to help each other with the nine hour drive. As we pulled into the Tidewater area of Virginia, we …

This post was written by Maureen Reno, an environmental economist and mom from Derry, NH: The other day, my spouse and I decided to take our four-year-old daughter late-season blueberry picking. Upon our arrival, and to our surprise, we saw that the apple trees at this particular orchard were nearly picked over. Considering that it …