Get your popcorn folks - it's time for a presidential address.  Tune in tonight to hear about the state of our union.  Pay particular attention to how many paragraphs are devoted to our environment and, more importantly, think about how many of the statements are actually true.  No matter how good Bush is at naming his initiatives (healthy forests, clean air, etc.), the truth is he is the worst environmental president in history.

Rumor has it he may even be touting nuclear energy as the answer to our dependence on foreign oil!  And you can bet most of the speech will be devoted to the "war on terror."  Someone needs to explain to our fearless leader that nuclear plants = terrorist targets.  He can't have his cake and eat it too.

For a laugh, check out this mock State of the Union address. 

In 1994, California became the first state to bar smoking in the workplace.  Now, more than 10 years later, it has set another healthy precedent.  Yesterday, a Californian agency voted to classify second-hand tobacco smoke as a "toxic air contaminant."  This decision is long overdue if you take one look at the 599 accepted ingredients for cigarettes.  Hopefully this move will result in ways to reduce exposure to second-hand smoke across the state and eventually the nation.

Read the full story.

The risk of getting breast cancer, like many other types of cancer, increases or decreases based on lifestyle choices and genetics.  But a new study reveals there is a third factor when it comes to determining likelihood: the environment.

According to two breast cancer groups, as many as half of all new breast cancers may be foisted upon woman by pollutants, such as the lining of tin cans or exposure to radiation from early mammograms.  Mammograms??  It is often said, "sometimes the cure is worse than the disease," but who knew that the cure could cause the disease?

Read the full report here.

The EPA recently announced that pesticide companies can test their products on humans.  But don't protest yet!  The EPA has set CRITERIA for the testing (phew!).  Namely, there is to be no testing on children or pregnant women.  However, men and other women are fair game!  Gross.

Read the full article here. 

Greenpeace has been butting heads with an unlikely foe for the past few years.  Long time environmentalist, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is usually a stand up guy when it comes to the environment.  He's an enthusiastic supporter of clean energy projects like windfarms, unless - of course - they scar the view from the Kennedy Compound in Cape Cod.  Check out this article in Grist Magazine that spells out the issue quite nicely.

Greenpeace produced a provocative new ad spot to highlight the music industry's role in forest destruction.  Check it out here.