disasters
Minnesota oil spill largely unreported, spills by rail hit new high
February 11, 2014Here's something troubling for environmentalists to contemplate: Have oil spills become so common, so normal, that the media only bothers to highlight the largest-scale disasters?
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We are West Virginia
February 10, 2014Your water, air, food, products - you live in one state. But you rely on many; you can't get by without the resources and people of every part in this union.
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Major Duke Energy ash spill turns Dan River gray
February 5, 2014Duke Energy and local officials assure residents that the water is fine. End of subject. But the crisis isn't over.
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Today in labor history: Deadly chemical plant explosion in 1971
February 3, 2014On Feb. 3, 1971 there was a major explosion at the Thiokol Chemical Plant located near Woodbine, Georgia.
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Today in labor history: 109 coal miners die in explosion
January 27, 2014The coal miners were underpaid Eastern Europeans who were told not to complain about their substandard and dangerous working conditons.
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