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An open letter to the coal companies
April 22, 2013Positions of authority, millions of dollars of personal wealth, slick public relations consultants, $1,000 per hour lawyers, privilege, and power cannot conceal the true purpose of this bankruptcy.
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Report: Toxic cloud could sicken millions in Chicago
April 18, 2013A rapidly spreading toxic cloud of hydrofluoric acid fumes from an accident at two oil refineries in Lemont and Channahon, Ill., could kill thousands and sicken millions in the Windy City.
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Michigan, Louisiana latest victims of oil, chemical spills
April 16, 2013April 1 was no joke in Lansing, Michigan, when equipment at a power plant malfunctioned and caused 300 gallons of oil to leak into the Grand River.
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Arkansas, Texas towns poisoned with pools of oil
April 12, 2013The rupture in the ExxonMobil-owned Pegasus pipeline, which sent a deluge of tarsands oil through the Arkansas town of Mayflower, is worse than previously thought.
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Battle over food aid, livelihoods, and jobs
April 11, 2013The president's 2014 budget proposal modifies the Food for Peace program by eliminating purchases of food from U.S. producers and moving to local/regional purchasing.
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