Cancer doctors slam drug industry for immoral profiteering
More than 100 leading cancer specialists from around the world have denounced the "astronomical" costs of cancer drugs, suggesting that drug companies are engaged in unethical profiteering.
Major explosion at Detroit tarsands refinery
A major explosion occurred on April 27 at the Marathon Detroit Refinery in Detroit, sending a thick plume of black smoke into the sky above and pollution into the air.
Report: Toxic cloud could sicken millions in Chicago
A 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.
Michigan, Louisiana latest victims of oil, chemical spills
April 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.
Food News: A birthday, a time to march, a time to sow
Did you know that every minute, we lose one acre of farmland to development? Or that since 1982, we've lost over 23 million acres of farmland?
Just outside of Vegas, coal plant gambles with lives
For years, the NV Energy-owned Reid Gardner coal plant just outside of Las Vegas, Nevada has been poisoning the Moapa tribe of Paiute Native Americans.
Impending disaster uncovered at Louisiana refinery
An EPA inspection uncovered numerous air quality and job safety and health violations that ExxonMobil did not report at the nation's second largest oil refinery.
Anxiety drugs in the water are affecting fish
Dumping of drugs into water, flushing medicines down the toilet, or passing through people's bodies in an un-metabolized form are ways pharmaceuticals enter rivers and streams.
Leaders arrested on eve of anti-Keystone XL pipeline rally
Prominent environmental and human rights leaders were arrested Wednesday outside the White House while protesting Keystone XL pipeline construction.
Europe may ban bee-killing pesticides
Under proposals now before the European Union, three pesticides that harm bees and have contributed to their overall decline may be banned soon on that continent.
