climate
Climate activists converge in Midwest on global day of action
May 17, 2016The event, one of hundreds held across the world, was held in Whiting, within sight of a BP oil refinery where workers struck over safety concerns last year.
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Environment a hot topic at Congressional Black Caucus legislative conference
September 17, 2015"The fight to save the environment is being transformed into a fight for environmental justice."
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Will damaged vessel put the freeze on Shell’s Arctic drilling?
July 14, 2015This incident offers further vindication for what environmentalists have been saying all along: that accidents are unavoidable in this ecologically sensitive region.
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Vigil held for explosion victims as criticism of oil trains broadens
July 7, 2015Held by 350.org and the Sierra Club, the event marked the two-year anniversary of the disaster, the Lac-Megantic, Quebec, oil train explosion that killed 47 people.
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Today: World Day to Combat Desertification
June 17, 2015The day addresses drought and desertification, and is meant to help implement the UN Convention to Combat Desertification.
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