Environment
Capitalism the culprit in the Sixth Extinction
July 8, 2015If life on earth is to survive then we must reorient the means by which we survive currently toward keeping a balance with nature.
Read moreVigil held for explosion victims as criticism of oil trains broadens
July 7, 2015Held by 350.org and the Sierra Club, the event marked the two-year anniversary of the disaster, the Lac-Megantic, Quebec, oil train explosion that killed 47 people.
Read moreIndigenous news: activism, identity, and honoring natives
July 2, 2015On May 26, the town council in Newstead, New York voted to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples' Day.
Read moreRail workers, environmentalists to launch week of protests vs. oil trains
July 2, 2015They plan to note that oil-laden trains are so dangerous that transporting oil across the continent by train should be severely curtailed, if not ended.
Read moreCoal industry win is temporary, fate of plants still in air
June 30, 2015A divided Supreme Court ruled against the Obama administration's attempt to limit power plant emissions of mercury and other hazardous air pollutants.
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