Thursday, September 6, 2012 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Laboratory tests show that globs of oil found on two Louisiana beaches after Hurricane Isaac came from the 2010 BP spill. BLOG POSTS  | Lee Crockett: New Study: Overfishing Costs Southeast and Gulf Regions Millions Per Year
Conserving our ocean fish populations is a prudent economic investment. The converse is also true: Overfishing is bad economic policy. |  | Zama Coursen-Neff: The Hidden Victims of Tobacco
 Workers absorb tobacco through the skin, especially when the leaves are wet, when the person is working hard, and when surrounding temperatures are hot. |  | Daphne Wysham: The Six Stages of Climate Grief
Now that the hottest summer on record is drawing to a close, are we any closer to admitting that climate change is upon us? If not, why not? |  | Joseph Romm: Team Obama: Romney's Mockery of Climate Action Is 'Terrifying'
This attack is shameful because global warming is the gravest preventable threat to our children's health and well-being -- and because Romney said it in Tampa, which is among the U.S. cities most threatened by global warming and sea level rise. |  | Richard Branson: To Win the Drug War: Follow the States
The war on drugs has had a devastating impact in the U.S. Yet, as Republicans and Democrats gather at their national conventions, neither party has taken a strong stand on the critical need to support drug policy reform. And that's surprising. Drug reform is not a partisan issue. For Republicans, reform efforts both ensure and secure states' rights and at the same time minimize waste of limited federal dollars. For Democrats, minorities who make up a large portion of their constituency disproportionately bear the greatest burden of current drug policies. And a Gallup Poll this past year found that fully 50 percent of Americans now support legalizing marijuana. | | MOST POPULAR ON HUFFINGTONPOST.COM |
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