disasters – Page 59 – People's World

Thirty years later, disaster haunts and angers Bhopal survivors

December 3, 2014 By Rishi Lekhi

Three decades after lethal gas swept through Bhopal, the central Indian city remains haunted by memories of the world's worst industrial disaster.

Alberta pipeline hits swamp with over 15,000 gallons of oil

December 3, 2014 By Blake Skylar

Yet another major spill in the routinely oil-plagued Alberta, Canada, has left the swamps of Red Earth Creek polluted.

Miners’ families welcome indictment of Massey Energy CEO Blankenship

November 14, 2014 By John Raby

A federal grand jury indicted the former Massey Energy CEO on numerous counts of conspiracy in the Apr. 2010 underground explosion that killed 29 men.

Venezuelan Communist youth group attacked, right wingers blamed

October 27, 2014 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

The attack followed by three weeks the murder in Caracas of young, charismatic socialist National Assembly delegate, Robert Serra.

Brown autopsy results leaked, spun to favor police

October 23, 2014 By Special to People’s World

The timing of the report along with emphasis on powder burns and marijuana use may suggest local official's tactics designed to undermine the grand jury's work prior to its completion.