Putting Numbers on Prevention: Cutting Pollution Saves Lives
Earlier this week, the EPA released a report that quantifies costs and benefits of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments – and, surprise, surprise, the benefits substantially outweigh the costs: $2...
View ArticleAn incident almost every day: Louisiana Bucket Brigade reports on 2011...
by Elizabeth Grossman The good news is that in 2011 there were 53 fewer reported refinery accidents in Louisiana than there were in 2010. The bad news is that the 301 refinery accidents reported to the...
View ArticleWorth reading: Poisoned places, hospital infections, and fighting poverty
A few of the recent pieces I’ve liked: The Latest in the NPR-WAMU series Poisoned Places: Elizabeth Shogren and Robert Bennicasa on “Baton Rouge’s Corroded, Overpolluting Neighbor: ExxonMobil“and...
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