The Environmental Protection Agency announced today that they will be providing $2.5 million in funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for the Escambia Treating Company Superfund site to acellerate hazardous waste cleanup at the sight...

The Environmental Protection Agency yesterday announced a $1.4 million joint study with the University of Michigan on the health effects of air pollution on children living near heavy traffic roadways.

The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday released to the public comprehensive reports and data on water enforcement in all 50 states. According to the EPA "this is part of Administrator Lisa P. Jackson's larger effort by to enhance transparency..

I follow this topic very closely ever since I had a severe physical reaction to Roundup. I prepared a lawn for new sod using the herbicide and for months following that day I had strange upper resperatory symptoms and strange dull headaches...

As if links to Parkinson's disease, diabetes and obesity, cancer, low sperm counts and other reproductive health problems, and childhood developmental problems and diseases were not enough ... or that pesticide residue is common on foods..

In the demanding push to pass legislation that will deal with CO2 and climate change, it is easy to lose sight of more traditional air pollution problem we have in the Midwest. I got a very personal reminder of the issue last week in the St. Louis..

Last week, Michelle Obama made these remarks to a group of fifth-graders who had just harvested 73 pounds of lettuce and 12 pounds of snap peas from the First Lady's Garden on the White House Lawn: "To make sure that we give all our kids a good start...

In April 2009, Matt Damon and the ONEXONE Team visited Africa to see firsthand the work being done on the ground in Ethiopia and Rwanda. Watch videos and see photos from the trip.

Volunteering obviously provides many benefits to the community as well as the volunteer such as problem solving, strengthening communities and a sense of pride and accomplishment. What is often overlooked is that volunteering is good for your health.