http://dir.salon.com/topics/pollution/?source=rss&aim=pollution en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:07:00 PDT By David Sirota Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/07/18/sirota/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/07/18/sirota/index.html?source=rss Outside of China's gleaming cities, the country's growth has been accompanied by tremendous pollution By Andrew Leonard Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/02/05/clean_air_act_reborn/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/02/05/clean_air_act_reborn/index.html?source=rss It's time for coal-fired power plant operators to clean up their act. There's a new sheriff in town. By Katharine Mieszkowski Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/06/25/noise_pollution/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/06/25/noise_pollution/index.html?source=rss When noise pollution is not making us sick and anxious, it is literally killing us. How do we turn it off? By Katharine Mieszkowski Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/06/07/bottlemania/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/06/07/bottlemania/index.html?source=rss "Bottlemania" author Elizabeth Royte explains how one of life's necessities became an extravagance, denounced by environmentalists and nuns alike. By Cary Tennis Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/05/13/ungreen_boyfriend/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/05/13/ungreen_boyfriend/index.html?source=rss He says we'll all be dead in 100 years so who cares if he pollutes the air! By Andrew Leonard Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/29/fallows_on_chinese_environment/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/29/fallows_on_chinese_environment/index.html?source=rss James Fallows says all is not lost in the battle to save China's environment. But the odds sure look daunting. By Elizabeth Grossman Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/04/30/arctic_pollutants/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/04/30/arctic_pollutants/index.html?source=rss As the sea ice melts, a toxic stew of mercury and synthetic chemicals is seeping into the Arctic food web, harming the area's people. We may be next. By Amanda Griscom Little Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/11/29/grist_qa/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/11/29/grist_qa/index.html?source=rss The libertarian presidential contender says laissez-faire policies could stop global warming and save the planet. By Andrew Leonard Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/10/09/american_electric_power/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/10/09/american_electric_power/index.html?source=rss The company must pay $4.6 billion to comply with the requirements of the Clean Air Act -- rules the Bush administration did its best to get rid of. By Gregor Peter Schmitz Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/09/28/bush_climate/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/09/28/bush_climate/index.html?source=rss Leading climate researcher Peter Goldmark says the administration is defying headwinds of progress on controlling greenhouse gases. By Amanda Griscom Little Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/09/10/dodd/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/09/10/dodd/index.html?source=rss The presidential candidate is alone in calling for a carbon tax -- he says voters can "handle the truth." By Cary Tennis Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/07/18/buzzwords/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/07/18/buzzwords/index.html?source=rss And what about these stupid yellow ribbons everywhere? I hate that too! By Cary Tennis Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/02/13/green_detergent/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/02/13/green_detergent/index.html?source=rss I use nonpolluting products wherever I can -- but this brand-name commercial stuff really makes plates and glasses sparkle! By Andrew Leonard Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/02/12/ramu/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/02/12/ramu/index.html?source=rss A Chinese state-owned mining company operating in Papua New Guinea is making the West look good By Andreas Lorenz and Wieland Wagner Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/02/12/china_pollution/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/02/12/china_pollution/index.html?source=rss China now produces tons of cheap clothes, electronics and raw materials -- and dizzying amounts of pollution beginning to taint the globe. By Andrew Leonard Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/01/30/chinese_shoes/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/01/30/chinese_shoes/index.html?source=rss The Chinese footwear industry: One more data point on the path to environmental destruction. By Roberto Lovato Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/11/15/halliburton_katrina/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/11/15/halliburton_katrina/index.html?source=rss Halliburton and its subcontractors hired hundreds of undocumented Latino workers to clean up after Katrina -- only to mistreat them and throw them out without pay. By Amanda Griscom Little Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/02/26/mercury/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/02/26/mercury/index.html?source=rss A report by two congressmen downplays the connection between toxic mercury emissions and human health. By Katharine Mieszkowski Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2005/01/14/death_of_environmentalism/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2005/01/14/death_of_environmentalism/index.html?source=rss Roiled by harsh internal criticism and confronting four more years of Bush, environmentalists face a dark night of the soul. By Katharine Mieszkowski Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/11/17/waste_dump/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/11/17/waste_dump/index.html?source=rss I'm a toxic waste dump, loaded with mercury -- and I don't even eat very much fish. By Katharine Mieszkowski Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/11/05/save_the_environment/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/11/05/save_the_environment/index.html?source=rss Environmentalists say that four more years of Bush will turn even the red states black. By Katharine Mieszkowski Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/10/05/clean_coal/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/10/05/clean_coal/index.html?source=rss Forget about that nasty oil or radioactive nuclear waste: If you want to breathe fresh air, says the coal industry, burn, baby, burn! By Amanda Griscom Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/09/10/muckraker_arnold/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/09/10/muckraker_arnold/index.html?source=rss Is ChevronTexaco buying Gov. Schwarzenegger's approval for a new, pollution-heavy gas refinery in Southern California? By Katharine Mieszkowski Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/books/2004/08/05/boiling_point/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/books/2004/08/05/boiling_point/index.html?source=rss Disasters spawned by global warming are no longer science fiction, Ross Gelbspan argues in "Boiling Point" -- they're already here. By Katharine Mieszkowski Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/06/30/bush_vs_the_environment/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/06/30/bush_vs_the_environment/index.html?source=rss And you thought Iraq was bad. A new book, "Bush Versus the Environment," details an assault on our air, water and natural resources that beggars the imagination.