Environment
Energy giants hold workers hostage as environmental time bomb ticks away
April 25, 2013Oil and coal companies are using their already powerful leverage with brutal disregard for working people and the environment.
Read moreReport: Toxic cloud could sicken millions in Chicago
April 18, 2013A rapidly spreading toxic cloud of hydrofluoric acid fumes from an accident at two oil refineries in Lemont and Channahon, Ill., could kill thousands and sicken millions in the Windy City.
Read moreMichigan, Louisiana latest victims of oil, chemical spills
April 16, 2013April 1 was no joke in Lansing, Michigan, when equipment at a power plant malfunctioned and caused 300 gallons of oil to leak into the Grand River.
Read moreFood News: A birthday, a time to march, a time to sow
April 4, 2013Did you know that every minute, we lose one acre of farmland to development? Or that since 1982, we've lost over 23 million acres of farmland?
Read moreCold spring linked with melting sea ice
March 26, 2013Across large portions of North America and Europe, the beginning of spring has been cold. Scientists have now attributed that to the intense loss of Arctic sea ice caused by climate change.
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