Daily Roundup: December 21, 2010

Green Soul-Searching: As 2010 draws to a close, big environmental groups are looking back to the grassroots campaigns of the 1970s, and moving away from the bureaucratic malaise of D.C. lobbying. Washington Post

The Kids Are/Aren't Alright: The EPA and New York City education officials are clashing over the investigation of PCB contamination in public schools. Wall Street Journal

Don't Drink The Water: In Houston, nearly every well site has tested positive for radiation poisoning. KHOU Radio

Fat Chance: The FDA says it wants pharmaceutical companies to voluntarily stop providing livestock companies with antibiotics and growth hormones. Des Moines Register

California Wheezing: Though overall rates of asthma are on the rise in California, minorities are being affected more than anyone else. Time

--Ronny Smith