Environment

Lax rules letting drillers pollute the earth

September 26, 2012 By Blake Skylar

The methods are controversial enough. But activists have pointed out that oil and gas drilling have a nasty side effect.

Japan withdraws goal of no nukes by 2040

September 25, 2012 By Blake Skylar

If the Japanese government continues to cater to corporate interests, critics fear, it will accommodate neither public demand nor scientific fact.

PEOPLES HEALTH: Mineworker president on coal tragedies

February 3, 2006 By PAI

Putting “the coal industry in charge” of the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration is leading to dangerous conditions for the nation’s coal miners, United Mine Workers President Cecil Roberts told lawmakers at a Jan. 23...