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Deaths at Texas DuPont plant cry for better safety regulations
December 9, 2014In November, four workers died and one was injured at a chemical plant in La Porte, Texas after the release of a hazardous chemical.
Read moreFast food workers walk off the job in 190 cities
December 5, 2014Fast food workers walked off the job from one end of the country to the other today, with police arresting hundreds of workers engaging in civil disobedience.
Read moreThirty years later, disaster haunts and angers Bhopal survivors
December 3, 2014Three decades after lethal gas swept through Bhopal, the central Indian city remains haunted by memories of the world's worst industrial disaster.
Read moreAlberta pipeline hits swamp with over 15,000 gallons of oil
December 3, 2014Yet another major spill in the routinely oil-plagued Alberta, Canada, has left the swamps of Red Earth Creek polluted.
Read moreCoalition demands Senate keep country-of-origin label law
December 2, 2014"COOL has been embraced by consumers who want to know where their food comes from and by family farmers who are proud to provide that information."
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