health
The third try is the charm
February 18, 2015Philadelphia joins two other cities, San Francisco, Calif., and Tacoma, Wash., and several states, in enacting earned paid sick leave.
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Hell on rails: West Virginia burning after crude oil train derailment
February 18, 2015The 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.
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Even amidst climate change, geoengineering is not the answer
February 17, 2015Geoengineering was once considered a fringe idea, but in these climatically desperate times some are arguing for desperate measures.
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Trial and justice delayed for Blankenship, the coal criminal
February 13, 2015In the world of capitalism, King Coal, and the law, things don't always go as the people might expect.
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GOP drafting bill to let asbestos manufacturers off the hook
February 12, 2015"Had these companies shared the information they knew about the dangers of asbestos, countless lives would have been saved."
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