Politics

Post Roundup: AEP double talk, EPA rule helps economy and jobs

BY Katy Farber ON June 24, 2011

This piece was cross-posted on Non-Toxic Kids. Just in case you heard how the new proposed air toxics rules would “close ” down several power plants, causing hundreds of workers to lose their jobs, read this opinion piece from the New York Times. Turns out...

TOPICS: Economics, Politics, Pollution

Clean Air: You Have to Be in It to Win It

BY Marcia G. Yerman ON June 24, 2011

This piece was cross-posted at Marcia G. Yerman. In New York, the tag line for the lotto ticket that folks line up to buy is, “You have to be in it to win it.” It’s a fair assessment of most things in life…even clean air....

TOPICS: Activism, Asthma, Economics, Mercury Poisoning, Politics, Pollution

The Lengths Companies Will Go to Pollute

BY Moms Clean Air Force ON June 24, 2011

As a mom who has testified in Sacramento to help get rid of toxicchemicals from baby products, I can tell you that companies will go through great lengths to maintain their market share, even if that means selling us toxic products, and polluting our air...

TOPICS: Asthma, Coal, Economics, Mercury Poisoning, Politics, Pollution

To Clean Our Air Is To Be Pro-Life

BY Moms Clean Air Force ON June 23, 2011

With all the political mudslinging, you would think that people of faith only care about two things: abortion and gay marriage. As a practicing Catholic I tend to think the media portrays people of faith in black-and-white, which is why I was thrilled to see...

TOPICS: Politics, Pollution, Religion

Children Pay the Price for Tactics Against Clean Air

BY Dominique Browning ON June 23, 2011

This week, House Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield, R-Ky, announced that House Republicans planned to release legislation in August that would slow the implementation of a proposed EPA rule to regulate hazardous air pollutants from coal-fired power plants. Whitfield’s reasoning? To examine “whether...