Environment
Train carrying oil derails, sets Alberta town ablaze
October 22, 2013A train carrying crude and petroleum derailed and caused explosions near the Canadian village of Gainford, Alberta, forcing the entire community to evacuate, and firefighters have decided they must let the resulting blaze burn itself out.
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Mi’kmaw nation fights fracking on sovereign land
October 22, 2013Why is Canadian government concerned with the Mi'kmaw land? Canada accepted Houston-based Southwestern Energy Company's bid to begin an exploration program over 2.5 million acres to test new hydrocarbon basins.
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Uranium mining and the elections in southern Virginia
October 21, 2013One of the most controversial issues here is maintaining the current moratorium on uranium mining in Virginia.
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“In Organic We Trust” exposes falsely organic foods
October 21, 2013Many food items claiming to be organic really are not, says Kip Pastor, who puts the U.S. food industry under a microscope in this well made, engrossing documentary.
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Coming typhoon an ill wind for nuke-nervous Japan
October 15, 2013The typhoon will bring hurricane-force winds, rain, and flooding to a city that is already enduring the now-global Fukushima disaster.
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