Environment

Charges dropped against railroad for Lac-Mégantic catastrophe

April 16, 2018 By Jordan Barab

This was the story not of careless, lazy workers but of a railroad carrying hazardous cargo that cut corners on safety and maintenance wherever it could.

California offshore oil firms rack up nearly 400 violations

April 11, 2018 By Associated Press

Critics have long said state regulators were too cozy with oil interests and had gone easy on enforcement.

Oil keeps flowing as Corps misses deadline for DAPL environmental study

April 4, 2018 By Albert Bender

Foot-dragging Judge Boasberg lets the oil keep flowing through DAPL, even as the Army Corps of Engineers fails to submit an ordered environmental assessment.

Oil giant in Torrance uses jobs to divide workers and environmentalists

April 3, 2018 By Steve Early

One protestor’s timely placard argued that “An MHF accident will kill even more neighbors than an AR-15!”

Rail workers confront execs on safety

March 23, 2018 By Mark Gruenberg

“It’s time to call the big railroads to account, before more lives are lost, more water supplies are ruined and more rail workers are injured."