Oil
North Dakota oil boom comes with a price
April 18, 2014Not too long ago we were all marveling at the "wonderful" oil boom in North Dakota; as we should know from our own history, all booms come at a price, and they are paying that price now.
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ATU, Sierra Cub to band together in pro-mass transit campaign
April 17, 2014Calling themselves "natural partners," the Amalgamated Transit Union and the Sierra Club are banding together in a nationwide campaign.
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Galveston Bay: The biggest oil disaster you’re not hearing about
April 11, 2014Though smaller than the Deepwater Horizon spill of 2010, when it omes to the amount of spillage the incident may grow, with everything and everyone from wildlife to workers currently paying the price.
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South Sudan facing famine crisis
April 11, 2014Over 3.7 million people in this new African nation of 11 million are at severe risk of starvation, and a UN official coordinating humanitarian aid in South Sudan says "we're in a race against time."
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Millennials see Keystone as more than just a pipeline
April 9, 2014The fight over Keystone is really about a generational shift in our energy paradigm and how we will survive the 21st century.
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