“Yet another reason to hate fracking: It’s connected with an increase in STDs, car crashes, drug-related crimes, and sexual assault in areas where the oil and gas industry sets up shop.” The article then goes on to explain that it’s actually not hydraulic fracturing that’s linked to these things, it’s working conditions at oil and… Keep reading →
On Greenversations, the EPA’s official blog, Administrator Lisa P. Jackson publicly responded to Obama’s September 8 jobs speech. In her post, Jackson calls Obama’s proposed American Jobs Act, a “collection of common sense, bipartisan ideas” that will help create jobs and pull small business and families out of “the greatest economic downturn in generations.”
“President Obama has also proposed extending help to the long-term unemployed who have borne the brunt of our nation’s economic challenges. Not only will the American Jobs Act provide the support for people looking for work, but it will also make changes that better connect job-seekers with job openings,” she writes. Keep reading →
