This post was written by Mary Kuhlman for Public News Service Ohio: COLUMBUS, Ohio – Some Ohio moms are among those nationwide who say it’s time to cross the finish line on protecting Americans from mercury pollution. President Obama will soon finalize the Environmental Protection...

  This post was written by Jia Lynn Yang for the Washington Post: BEVERLY, Ohio — The Muskingum River coal-fired power plant in Ohio is nearing the end of its life. AEP, one of the country’s biggest coal-based utilities, says it will cut 159 jobs when...

This post was written by Kim Wasserman for the Chicago Tribune: I’m Peter’s mom. He’s that 6-year-old on those ads on the “L” trains or on billboards around town. You know, the one with the inhaler, the one he’s been using since he was 3....

Numerous studies inform us that reading to our children stimulates their imaginations, expands vocabulary, develops analytical and logical thinking, strengthens the parent/child bond, increases attention span, creates a love of reading…and it’s a fun and loving thing to do together. But we don’t need a...