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Will damaged vessel put the freeze on Shell’s Arctic drilling?
July 14, 2015This incident offers further vindication for what environmentalists have been saying all along: that accidents are unavoidable in this ecologically sensitive region.
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Apache Stronghold caravan seeks to save sacred site from mining giant
July 10, 2015They say that Oak Flat will be "damaged" by the mine. "Damaged" is an understatement. A two mile wide, 1,000 foot deep crater will result from the mining.
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Coal industry win is temporary, fate of plants still in air
June 30, 2015A divided Supreme Court ruled against the Obama administration's attempt to limit power plant emissions of mercury and other hazardous air pollutants.
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Pope Francis offers a new vision for social and environmental justice
June 29, 2015This fight in which we are engaged - to defeat the forces of greed -- must be won with power from average people leveraged by moral authority.
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U.S. agrees to pay millions on agent orange claims
June 19, 2015The government will provide disability benefits to as many as 2,100 Air Force reservists and active-duty forces exposed to Agent Orange residue.
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