Environment
Chicago residents fight to shut down petcoke operations
March 18, 2014Truth is stranger than fiction, so don't be surprised that the Koch Brothers, BP, and a web of multinationals have been hedging bets and kicking up dust on an industrial corridor of working-class neighborhoods between Chicago...
Read moreOhio “Frackgate” raises concerns about regulators
March 17, 2014The FOI request was prompted by Gov. John Kasich's failure to follow through on a 2011 law permitting fracking in Ohio's state parks.
Read moreBuilding trades unions: Remake the nation’s infrastructure!
March 14, 2014With GOP opposition keeping the federal government from moving on Obama-backed legislation that would create massive numbers of jobs, the unions, at their legislative conference mapped out specific proposals to get the job done.
Read moreIs the Earth overpopulated?
March 13, 2014We must bring down the population through universal education, and government assisted family planning programs; doing so is a necessary condition of controlling global warming.
Read moreNurses demand that State Department vouch for safety of XL pipeline
March 13, 2014The NNU believes the State Department has done an indequate review of what appears to be serious risks for public health posed by the pipeline.
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