Environment
Chicago activists call for environmental justice
April 5, 2011After years of community campaigns, investigations and pressure, the EPA finally confirmed high levels of toxic lead in the air and around local schools.
Read moreRepublicans reject climate change
March 29, 2011Earlier this month, House Republicans rejected three amendments stating that global warming is real, poses a threat and is caused by humans.
Read moreUAW delegates vow to build mass movement
March 28, 2011DETROIT - The United Auto Workers Special Bargaining Convention, held here last week, was like nothing this reporter has attended before: it was three days of preparing the union to do battle with Republicans and Wall...
Read moreWhy Latinos depend on the Environmental Protection Agency
March 24, 2011The role of the EPA, especially when it comes to the health and wellbeing of the Latino community, is extremely critical, according to a new report.
Read moreFeeling kinship with Japan’s tsunami victims
March 15, 2011Posted prominently beside the road leading out of town at the mouth of the Dungeness River is a sign, "Tsunami Evacuation Route." In the past we paid little attention to it. But we are now.
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