California landscape scorched as wildfires blaze on
With 700,000 acres burned so far this year, there's no end in sight for the inferno; or firefighters and victims, the numbers represent an uphill battle.
On Katrina and lessons from Cuba
Ten years after Katrina the racial disparities in New Orleans, in the richest country in the world, have actually widened.
Today in history: Hurricane Katrina’s pain index 10 years later
When Katrina hit, the nation saw tens of thousands left behind in New Orleans. Ten years later, it looks like the same people have been left behind again.
Climate contradictions: Obama approves Arctic drilling, plans visit to Alaska
The move is especially bewildering for many, as the president has declared Alaska to be "the frontlines of our fight against climate change."
Environmentalists, railroad workers protest oil trains
Environmentalists and rank-and-file railroad workers took to the streets protesting continued transportation of oil trains.
Vigil held for explosion victims as criticism of oil trains broadens
Held by 350.org and the Sierra Club, the event marked the two-year anniversary of the disaster, the Lac-Megantic, Quebec, oil train explosion that killed 47 people.
Rail workers, environmentalists to launch week of protests vs. oil trains
They plan to note that oil-laden trains are so dangerous that transporting oil across the continent by train should be severely curtailed, if not ended.
Leo Gerard: Fast Track wrong for workers and environment
"Leaders from environmental, labor, civic, and faith groups agree: Fast Track is a bad deal for our climate and our communities."
Toxic shock: California's nightmare oil spill
As in the case of so many prior disasters, environmentalists and everyone affected by this devastating oil spill are trying to get through what some have called a "nightmare scenario."
“No more bomb trains”: environmental groups sue over weak regulations
"Another derailment and explosion of a train carrying oil. We need to get these exploding death trains off the tracks."
