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Mexico’s oil spill: another month for cleanup

January 17, 2012 By Blake Skylar

Two weeks ago, a pipeline leak in coastal Mexico sent oil gushing into Coatzacoalcos River.

Media throws blanket on Shell Oil atrocities in Nigeria

January 10, 2012 By Blake Skylar

Last month, oil magnate Royal Dutch Shell had an industrial accident, which asent one to two million gallons of oil straight into the ocen off the coast of Nigeria.

Pollution rule impeded by federal court

January 9, 2012 By Blake Skylar

The regulation is intended to reduce, in 27 states, pollution that plays a large factor in unhealthy air downwind.

The Republicans’ pizza problem

November 29, 2011 By Susan Webb

Actually it's not the pizza. It's the tomato paste on the pizza. Do the Republicans have a thing about veggies?

FDA says it’s OK to turn bad food into sellable stuff

November 28, 2011 By John Wojcik

Turning tainted or even contaminated food into "edible" and profitable stuff is so common in the United States that virtually all producers do it.