Environment
Energy giants hold workers hostage as environmental time bomb ticks away
April 25, 2013Oil and coal companies are using their already powerful leverage with brutal disregard for working people and the environment.
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Tar sands refinery expanding just south of Chicago
April 23, 2013A Chicago Earth Day rally protested construction of the Keystone XL pipeline and the threat tar sands oil poses to freshwater, air and climate. It was one of scores of actions held across the country.
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Texas fertilizer plant failed to heed disclosure rules
April 23, 2013The tragic April 17 explosion at the fertilizer plant in West, Texas was, in part, a product of a severe lack of accountability and oversight by its company, West Fertilizer.
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Today in labor history: Cesar Chavez died
April 23, 2013Cesar Chavez was the founder and leader of the United Farm Workers union. The UFW achieved the nation's first industry-wide farm labor contracts.
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“Do the Math:” a review for Earth Day and beyond
April 22, 2013The basic message of the article, tour, and film is that we only need to understand three numbers to know why action is required to address climate change.
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