Environment
The meaning of Blair Mountain
July 6, 2011Blair Mountain was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2009, but coal operators pressed to have it removed in 2010.
Read moreUranium plant, run by scabs, fined for toxic leak
July 5, 2011An accident at a uranium-processing plant in Metropolis, Ill, shows the danger of using scab labor in a plant that requires sophisticated and trained workers.
Read more“The Last Mountain”: The people versus Massey Energy
July 5, 2011An impassioned look at the environmental, climate, and health dangers -and unsafe working conditions - created by the coal industry.
Read moreFrance bans fracking
July 1, 2011The French parliament voted to ban fracking - a worrisome technique used to extract gas from rock deposits.
Read moreChina’s green power plan
June 30, 2011The energy's always greener on the other side...of the world, that is. Particularly, in China.
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