Environment
Michigan scientists urge support for EPA
March 9, 2011More than 160 scientists from major universities across Michigan this week urged support for the Environmental Protection Agency, calling the federal agency's role essential to protecting the public health.
Read moreHow Wisconsin 14 have halted two budget havocs
March 3, 2011Why is Gov. Scott Walker so desperate to get back the minority Democrats of the Senate? It's certainly not to vote with him. It's actually not to vote at all.
Read moreNational calls to stop pollution-generating “sweatshops on wheels”
March 2, 2011From coast to coast, the fight to win labor rights for the nation’s port truck drivers and to clean up industry-induced pollution in communities surrounding the nation’s harbors picked up considerable steam last month.
Read moreLurching toward the peak
March 1, 2011While much of the talk about "peak oil" can be dismissed as hysterical catastrophizing, there is an underlying reality that humankind must come to grips with.
Read moreSit-in aims to end coal’s grip on Kentucky
February 22, 2011Poet Wendell Berry and retired miner Stanley Sturgill were among the Frankfort 14 who occupied the office of Gov. Steve Beshear Feb. 11-14.
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