Rhode Island has become the first state to sue the lead paint industry. Attorney General Sheldon Whitehouse says paint manufacturers continued to sell and promote lead paint even though they knew it was toxic. He wants the companies to pay for treating lead-poisoned children and removing lead from homes. Living On Earth’s Anna Solomon-Greenbaum reports.
There’s a gold rush underway across the mountain west. This time the gold is methane gas, and it’s cleaner than coal. Thousands of wells are going in. But there’s a downside too, and ranchers are organizing against the industry. Living on Earth’s Anna Solomon Greenbaum reports.