energy
AFL-CIO head: Time to take green jobs seriously
June 29, 2010CLEVELAND - At a town hall meeting on "Creating Green Jobs," AFL-CIO President Rich Trumka called for massive federal investment in clean energy industry and technology.
Read moreWhy Exxon Mobil is more dangerous than BP
June 28, 2010Exxon Mobil Corp. stands out among the nation's oil giants in one big way: it is spending millions of dollars to fund an enormous network of extreme right-wing groups.
Read moreBig Coal: damaging communities from Appalachia to Colombia
June 24, 2010Kentuckians for the Commonwealth presented "The Struggle for Justice in the Coalfields of Central Appalachia and Colombia" at the U.S. Social Forum.
Read moreOSHA to publicly shame job safety violators
June 23, 2010The Occupational Safety and Health Administration "will use not just our normal inspection system, but regulation by shaming" against notorious job safety and health violators.
Read moreOops, they did it again
June 21, 2010For all their presumed political prowess and message discipline, the Republicans have a habit of very bad timing when it comes to policy proposals.
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