pollution

ATU, Sierra Cub to band together in pro-mass transit campaign

April 17, 2014 By PAI

Calling themselves "natural partners," the Amalgamated Transit Union and the Sierra Club are banding together in a nationwide campaign.

Today in eco-history: Deadly Texas City disaster

April 16, 2014 By Special to People’s World

On April 16, 1947, a fire broke out aboard a freighter igniting approximately 2,300 tons of ammonium nitrate (a compound used to make dynamite) in the ship's hold. Texas City exploded.

U.S. covered up massive PCB contamination at Okinawa base

March 25, 2014 By Susan Webb

U.S. military officials did not report the contamination to Japanese authorities, and did nothing to alleviate the contamination.

Chicago residents fight to shut down petcoke operations

March 18, 2014 By David Bender

Truth is stranger than fiction, so don't be surprised that the Koch Brothers, BP, and a web of multinationals have been hedging bets and kicking up dust on an industrial corridor of working-class neighborhoods between Chicago...

Major Duke Energy ash spill turns Dan River gray

February 5, 2014 By Art Cook

Duke Energy and local officials assure residents that the water is fine. End of subject. But the crisis isn't over.