Dioxins unearthed at U.S. base in Okinawa stir furor
"They were 55-gallon and, on occasion, 30-gallon drums. You could smell the chemicals and a few were stenciled with 'Defoliant' in white with 'Property KAB Special Services."
Is Los Angeles poised to ban fracking?
It would halt all forms of "extreme well stimulation," including fracking, and require an independent multi-agency study be conducted exploring the economic, environmental, and health impacts of such drilling operations.
After gas explosion, Chevron offers victims free pizza
The Chevron-owned fracking well shot flames into the air with a powerful boom, starting a fire that burned intensely for four days afterward before it was extinguished.
Report shows strong public support for Endangered Species Act
The report was based on a poll which found that two out of three U.S. citizens want the Endangered Species Act either strengthened or simply left alone, but not circumvented or weakened.
We are West Virginia
Your water, air, food, products - you live in one state. But you rely on many; you can't get by without the resources and people of every part in this union.
W. Va. spill occurred after repeated lack of oversight
This month is a bitter anniversary for Charleston: Three years ago, experts with the U.S. Chemical Safety Board urged the state to create a new program to prevent toxic chemical spills
Uranium mining and the elections in southern Virginia
One of the most controversial issues here is maintaining the current moratorium on uranium mining in Virginia.
That sinking feeling: Ongoing disaster in Louisiana
There's a big, gaping hole in this story: specifically, a sinkhole. In Bayou Corne, Louisiana, it's an ongoing environmental disaster that first emerged in August 2012.
Hundreds of chimps to be moved from labs to sanctuary
Experiments on chimps have been conducted in the U.S. for more than 90 years, despite consistent pressure on the government and corporations by animal welfare groups.
Redwood forest suffers for Game of Thrones-style wedding
Napster and Facebook co-founder Sean Parker decided to have a $2.5 million Game of Thrones-inspired wedding right in the middle of a California redwood forest, putting the ecosystem there at risk, as well as several threatened species of fish.
