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The Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal campaign works with local community organizations to push for the retirement of coal-fired power plants in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution caused by burning coal. In Waukegan, IL, Clean Power Lake County, an affiliate of the Beyond Coal movement, has been lobbying NRG to retire it’s […]

Back in October, I took a trip out to Chambersburg, PA to work on several videos for Summit Health. Summit Health is a non-profit health care system serving Franklin County. The videos will be used for philanthropy and a few will be used in Summit’s“Grateful Patient”program. I interviewed several people for this project, […]

On November 5, 2014 The Food Trust HYPE program held its annual youth leadership summit at the Wells Fargo Center in South Philadelphia. The HYPE campaign, which stands for Healthy You, Positive Energy, works with public school students across Philadelphia to ignite healthy change in their schools and communities. HYPE helps students become leaders and […]

On October 1, 2014, The Food Trust HYPE campaign brought Philadelphia Phillies shortstop (former) Jimmy Rollins and his wife Johari to the George W. Childs School in South Philadelphia. The Rollins’spoke with students about eating healthy, exercising, and being a role model for healthy change. The Rollins Family Foundation supports HYPE. The HYPE campaign, which […]

Sometime in the 19th century, the medical community became aware of the damage that lead paint can cause to the developing brains of children. That did not stop paint companies from promoting and selling lead-based paints and touting the health benefits as important for sanitizing one’s home. Lead paint was sold across the country and despite […]

As early as 2002, Toyota owners had complained of problems with sudden acceleration that resulted in accidents and injuries. Toyota had initially blamed drivers, then floor mats, and finally“sticky pedals,”while concealing the real problem — that the software in the electronic throttle system was defective. As the problem continued and more accidents and […]