Environment
Michigan unions join environmentalists in call for infrastructure repair
June 3, 2013More than the climate is changing. A packed town hall meeting on climate change and infrastructure needs showed a growing level of concern and unity between labor and the environmental movement.
Read moreFlorida rally says: “Buzz off, Monsanto”
May 31, 2013Central Floridians turned out or the March Against Monsanto targeting the biotechnology mega-corporation and its role in the propagation of genetically modified seeds.
Read more14 United Mine Workers arrested in protest
May 23, 2013More than 4,500 members and supporters of the United Mine Workers marched and rallied in downtown St. Louis on May 21.
Read moreMassive twister ravages Oklahoma town
May 21, 2013The people of Moore cannot be expected to merely pick up where they left off; rebuilding and recovering will cost money that few of them are likely to have in this largely working-class community.
Read moreAtmosphere’s carbon dioxide breaches 400
May 21, 2013Many climate scientists, such as James Hansen of NASA's Goddard Institute, believe that any sustained period of time with higher than 350 ppm threatens catastrophic global warming.
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