Natural Gas Takes Another Climate Change Hit
Is natural gas too clean? Natural Gas As a Transition Fuel: A Bridge Too Far? For about a decade now, natural gas has been hailed by many as the fossil-fuel bridge to a future low-carbon economy (see...
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Natural Gas, Hydrofracking and Safety: The Three Faces of Fracking Water
Crossposted with National Geographic‘s Great Energy Challenge Blog. When it comes to water from hydrofracking, the question of safety is murky at best. The Chemical Cocktail of Fracking Fluid For many...
View ArticleToxic Emissions: New Boiler Rule Coming to a Boil
Sigh. The politicization of yet another environmental rule takes center stage in the latest Congress-versus-the-president showdown. The debate over regulations of toxic air emissions has been simmering...
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1,4-Dioxane and Laundry Soap: Free and Gentle or a Marketing Free-for-All
More than 80,000 chemicals are produced, used, and present in the United States. This is one of their stories. “Free of dyes and perfumes” on the label doesn’t mean free of carcinogens. Independent...
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Chemical Marketplace: When a ‘Safer’ Label Begs Some Questions
More than 80,000 chemicals are produced, used, and present in the United States. This is one of their stories. The government’s new list of green alkylphenol alternatives is a mixed bag. Alkylphenols....
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Frank Lautenberg, 1924–2013
Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), the lone ranger on toxic substance reform, dies. Sen. Lautenberg spent 28 years as a U.S. senator [pdf] from New Jersey, serving five terms and becoming, according to...
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Chemical Safety Reform: A Tale of Two Bills
Senator Frank Lautenberg left us with two bills aimed at updating and improving the regulation and safety of the chemicals we use and live with. Which one’s better? The five-term Democrat from New...
View ArticleFood Additives: How Do We Know If They’re Safe?
More than 80,000 chemicals are produced, used, and present in the United States. This is one of their stories. Post updated 8/22/2013. Are we letting the chemical industry decide what is safe for us to...
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Fracking Water: It’s Just So Hard to Clean
Crossposted with National Geographic’s Great Energy Challenge blog Another crack in the “fracking is safe” story for the industry to address. You know that fracking thing? For the uninitiated,...
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Obama Administration Grade on Coal Ash: Failing
Yes, failing … just like the coal ash ponds along the Dan River. What Put the Stuff on the Map Despite being a political football [pdf] that had been tossed around Capitol Hill, the coal industry and...
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