Environment
U.S. drug war destroys rain forests
February 21, 2014Rain forests around the world are rapidly disappearing due to illegal logging, the growth of palm oil plantations, the clearance for cattle ranching and other forms of commercial agriculture. Now scientists warn of another threat.
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West Virginia hit by another chemical spill
February 14, 2014About 108,000 gallons of waste from a coal processing facility leaked into a tributary of the Kanawha River on Feb. 11, polluting 6 miles of Fields Creek. The waste includes all manner of toxic chemicals and...
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Weathering the floods in England
February 13, 2014At long last the army has arrived on the Somerset Levels (a coastal area in South West England) where floodwaters have been disrupting normal life since just after Christmas.
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We are West Virginia
February 10, 2014Your water, air, food, products - you live in one state. But you rely on many; you can't get by without the resources and people of every part in this union.
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Toward cyborg socialism
February 10, 2014The first Earth Day was April 22, 1970. It was also Lenin's hundredth birthday. The coincidence was not intentional.
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