Oil
The Keystone Pipeline: can labor and environmentalists work together?
August 31, 2011Building Trades unions are backing - and transit unions opposing - the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline, from the tar sands of the Canadian province of Alberta to the oil refineries of the U.S. Gulf Coast.
Read moreBombing of UN’s Nigeria office raises questions
August 30, 2011Who are Boko Haram? The group has drawn renewed media interest following the UN building bombing that killed 10 last week.
Read moreCampaign presses oil tax to save California public schools
July 18, 2011A group of public education advocates have begun a movement to tax oil extraction throughout the state of California.
Read moreWho needs the oceans?
June 21, 2011The first ever report from the International Programme on the State of the Ocean warns of mass extinction of marine life.
Read moreNew oil drilling is not a solution
May 17, 2011There's a big fight happening in Washington over oil company subsidies.
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