Environment

Hell on rails: West Virginia burning after crude oil train derailment

February 18, 2015 By John Case

The fires from the derailment in Fayette County continued to burn Tuesday morning, and emergency shelters for hundreds of people who had to evacuate after the derailment remain open.

Trial and justice delayed for Blankenship, the coal criminal

February 13, 2015 By John Milam

In the world of capitalism, King Coal, and the law, things don't always go as the people might expect.

GOP drafting bill to let asbestos manufacturers off the hook

February 12, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg

"Had these companies shared the information they knew about the dangers of asbestos, countless lives would have been saved."

Workers in Ohio and Indiana join USW strike against oil industry

February 10, 2015 By Combined Sources

"Management cannot continue to resist allowing workers a stronger voice on issues that could very well make the difference between life and death for too many of them."

California labor: “There are no jobs on a dead planet”

February 10, 2015 By Alex Farr And Michelle Kern

The largest march against fracking in U.S. history included labor, indigenous rights, climate activists and many other groups.