Environment
Students, community protest Utah tar sands conference
May 14, 2013Students and concerned citizens from a variety of organizations held a protest at a conference of the Institute for Clean and Secure Energy. The institute promotes use of tar sands, oil shale and coal.
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East Coast to be overrun by billions of cicadas
May 8, 2013Any day now, billions of cicadas with bulging red eyes will crawl out of the earth after 17 years underground and overrun the East Coast.
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Western black rhino declared extinct
May 7, 2013According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, Africa's western black rhino is now officially extinct.
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Cancer doctors slam drug industry for immoral profiteering
May 6, 2013More than 100 leading cancer specialists from around the world have denounced the "astronomical" costs of cancer drugs, suggesting that drug companies are engaged in unethical profiteering.
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Major explosion at Detroit tarsands refinery
April 30, 2013A major explosion occurred on April 27 at the Marathon Detroit Refinery in Detroit, sending a thick plume of black smoke into the sky above and pollution into the air.
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