Environment
Colombia and world cope with Monsanto’s toxic herbicide
May 29, 2015Monsanto's glyphosate, sold as "roundup," is the most widely-used herbicide. In Colombia, however, it's also a weapon of war.
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Toxic shock: California’s nightmare oil spill
May 26, 2015As in the case of so many prior disasters, environmentalists and everyone affected by this devastating oil spill are trying to get through what some have called a "nightmare scenario."
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“No more bomb trains”: environmental groups sue over weak regulations
May 20, 2015"Another derailment and explosion of a train carrying oil. We need to get these exploding death trains off the tracks."
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Kayakers paddling in Seattle Port chant, “Shell No”
May 18, 2015"Climate Justice NOW," they roared at the oil rig, which loomed like a yellow Darth Vader along the mouth of the Duwamish River.
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Chilling news: U.S. to allow Arctic oil drilling
May 12, 2015Shell's dabbling in the Chukchi Sea, most feel, is now inevitable; for the moment, the Beaufort Sea won't be touched, but even that could change.
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