Environment
Create jobs while saving the world with a Green New Deal
January 3, 2019The basic idea is to get us to 100 percent renewable energy by 2035 by putting Americans to work building a new energy infrastructure.
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Willowbrook, Ill. residents call for closure of polluting Sterigenics plant
December 21, 2018There have been issues with the plant for several decades, but it was only recently discovered that the Illinois EPA had prior knowledge of the matter.
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California firefighters dodge death, face harrowing conditions on the job
December 17, 2018A crew setting a back burn to stop the blaze was suddenly overrun by flames when erratic winds suddenly shifted.
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Berta Cáceres supporters: Additional evidence forces Honduran officials to act
December 14, 2018Supporters of murdered Honduran activist Berta Cáceres say the revelation of new evidence of higher-up involvement has forced the government to re-open the case.
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Trouble in Paradise: Climate change is war against the poor
December 14, 2018Selfishness, greed, and capitalism have got us into this mess. We may never be able to get out of it.
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