Environment
Hot summer? It’s going to get worse
August 13, 2010The sweltering heat has been off the charts this summer for much of the East Coast, but it's going to get worse, and we're very ill equipped to deal with what's coming.
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BP admits guilt in Texas City safety violations
August 13, 2010BP has finally agreed to pay millions in fines and repairs for its deadly 2005 refinery blast - but the whole industry is "a mess," the Steelworkers union says.
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UN water vote seen as triumph for Bolivia’s Morales
August 12, 2010Bolivia's president won praise July 28 when the UN General Assembly approved a groundbreaking Bolivian resolution on the right of all human beings to water and sanitation.
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Americans are dying to eat
August 12, 2010Despite evidence that they may cause cancer, food manufacturers continue to pour about 15 million pounds of eight synthetic dyes into the American food supply every year.
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Pass Chicago’s clean power ordinance, residents say
August 12, 2010CHICAGO - There are two major coal-fired power plants here. One of them is Fisk Generating Station located in the Pilsen community and the other is the Crawford Generating Station located in the Little Village neighborhood.
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