Environment
Coal phaseout must move 4.5 times more quickly to avoid climate chaos, report warns
April 7, 2023“Progress in retiring coal power plants in rich countries and cancelling new coal power projects in developing countries is encouraging."
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Norfolk Southern’s huge profits go 80 percent to top honchos’ checks
April 4, 2023Ohio and the Feds sue the railroad for this rip-off and other abuses.
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‘Ocean is at stake’ at International Seabed Authority negotiations over deep-sea mining
April 3, 2023“This is where we have lived and thrived and have inhabited the largest area of ocean and islands on planet Earth.”
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Union: Norfolk Southern drops rail freight conductor elimination plan
March 31, 2023Under pressure, the railroad ceases to push for dangerous reduced staffing levels but still may have tricks up its sleeve.
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The same depleted uranium munitions that poisoned Iraq now headed to Ukraine
March 29, 2023As we know from wars in Iraq, Yugoslavia, and Syria, the health and environmental consequences for Ukrainian civilians will be high.
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