Blake Skylar
LATEST ARTICLES BY Blake Skylar
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Environment
Major explosion at Detroit tarsands refinery
April 30, 2013A major explosion occurred on April 27 at the Marathon Detroit Refinery in Detroit, sending a thick plume of black smoke into the sky above and pollution into the air.
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Labor
Today in labor history: Everettville mine explosion
April 30, 2013Only nine of the men working in the mine at the time of the disaster were able to escape, after one of them got to safety and returned with a rescue team and equipment.
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U.S.
Texas fertilizer plant failed to heed disclosure rules
April 23, 2013The tragic April 17 explosion at the fertilizer plant in West, Texas was, in part, a product of a severe lack of accountability and oversight by its company, West Fertilizer.
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U.S.
Texas explosion aftermath: Willie Nelson to hold benefit show
April 19, 2013A fertilizer plant in West, Texas exploded on April 17, killing 15 and injuring hundreds more.
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Environment
Michigan, Louisiana latest victims of oil, chemical spills
April 16, 2013April 1 was no joke in Lansing, Michigan, when equipment at a power plant malfunctioned and caused 300 gallons of oil to leak into the Grand River.
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U.S.
Arkansas, Texas towns poisoned with pools of oil
April 12, 2013The rupture in the ExxonMobil-owned Pegasus pipeline, which sent a deluge of tarsands oil through the Arkansas town of Mayflower, is worse than previously thought.
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Labor
Today in labor history: Songwriter, activist Florence Reece is born
April 12, 2013She is best known for having written the folk song "Which Side Are You On?," which she wrote at the age of twelve while her father was out on strike with other coal miners.
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Why “Game of Thrones” reigns supreme
April 9, 2013"Game of Thrones" has obtained an exceptionally large fanbase and piqued the interest of critics who usually give fantasy the cold shoulder.
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