disasters
Natural gas leak leaves Alaska’s Cook Inlet in deep trouble
March 21, 2017The pipeline belongs to a gas production facility built in 1964 by Shell, the most ancient of 16 offshore oil and gas platforms that currently take up residence in the Cook Inlet.
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It’s official: Trump is president and America is for sale
January 20, 2017At the same time, the resistance to Trump is being launched in communities across America. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected here tomorrow to protest Trump’s announced plans to curtail the rights of women and...
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This week in history: Pearl Harbor antecedents, the attack, consequences
December 5, 2016“I grew up behind U.S. barbed wire fences,” recalls one survivor, the well known actor George Takei.
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“Mothers of Flint” visit N.Y. poisoned water village
October 12, 2016Instances of water contamination, thanks to corporate greed, political inattention or worse, are sprouting nationwide.
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Hurricane Matthew damage worsened by government short-sightedness
October 7, 2016No matter how dire the tragedy, Governor Rick Scott is plumbing it for political gain.
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