Most people aren’t aware that in the hydro-fracking process — in addition to the release of gas — toxins including heavy metals and radioactive materials are also sent into the soil, water, and air.
My father is a Lincoln scholar, and my mother trained as an opera singer, so the marriage of a pivotal piece of American history to a Broadway musical was right up my alley.
Like all revolutions, there were strong leaders, cults of personality, and fervent ideological differences that led to fractures.
As in any culture, there are buzzwords, and this “space” has plenty.
The Union of Concerned Scientists released a report this June, “Climate Change and Your Health: Rising Temperatures Worsening Ozone Pollution.”
It’s interesting to see how the recent disaster in Japan has encouraged parents to construct an agenda to protect their children.
Like other women across the country, Shriver has evolved from a bride — to a woman who has transversed decades of life experience.
I’m not leaving the fight for clean air, safe water, and a non-toxic environment to the cynics.
The support of a strong environmental agenda by our elected officials is essential to safeguarding clean air and water.
I think in the currency of cycles: time passed, changes that have occurred, looking back, shifting forward.
"The Jump Rope Line" by Marcia G. Yerman is included in the Seal Press anthology Dancing at the Shame Prom.
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