Death by Plastic- Another Inconvenient Truth
The Seattle City Council last week held a hearing on its new plan to further reduce waste and promote more recycling and reuse. One of the proposals pushed by citizens was to ban Styrofoam use in the...
View ArticleQuestions for the EPA
I sent the following e-mail to the Seattle District Office of the EPA today. I’ll let you know what they write back. To the EPA: I understand according to recent articles in the Seattle PI that the EPA...
View ArticleGot Microwave Popcorn? Got Bronchiolitis Obliterans? Got Milk?
Workers at popcorn plants exposed to diacetyl have developed a rare lung disease known as bronchiolitis obliterans. This has been investigated since 2001 yet the Occupational Health and Safety...
View ArticleBush Blowing Up God’s Mountains for Black Gold
The Bush Republican Administration, beholden to corporate interests over the public interest, has issued draft revisions to surface mining law to increase blowing up mountain tops to strip mine more...
View ArticleTake the Money and Run – Oil Interests File Lawsuit to Exempt Themselves from...
The Automotive United Trades Organization in Washington State is just the latest example of greed and shortsightedness by businesses wanting to make money but not pay the environmental costs to society...
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