April 10, 2013: In recent years the Obama administration has taken secrecy to a new level by failing to respond to even many routine inquiries by the news media about what this important agency is doing in regard to human health and protecting the environment. With Gina McCarthy's nom...
Photo 1 : Bic, 10, lies in the provincial hospital in Phonsavanh, Laos, recovering from wounds caused by a cluster bomblet, or "bombie." While working in his family's fields with a hoe, he struck a buried bombie that exploded, injuring his legs, arm and jaw, which became severely infe...
"BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Tar balls washed onto Gulf of Mexico beaches by Tropical Storm Lee earlier this month show that oil left over from last year's BP spill isn't breaking down as quickly as some scientists thought it would, university researchers said Tuesday." "Auburn University exp...
The Society of Environmental Journalists has urged the US Environmental Protection Agency to end its policy of interjecting press officers between news reporters and the agency scientists they want to interview. SEJ made that and other recommendations to EPA in formal comments submitt...
