Pacific Islanders in the U.S.: From immigrants to climate refugees
Global warming has triggered rising water levels in the South Pacific of about a foot over the past 30 years, creating thousands of refugees.
Broad coalition wins Oakland ban on coal
The City Council voted to ban a coal train that would wind through Oakland neighborhoods, creating a health and safety hazard.
Prospective settlement in fiery Quebec oil train crash
A settlement with victims of an oil train crash in Lac-Mégantic still leaves the train's engineer and dispatcher, both Steelworkers, facing trial.
Today in history: The first intercontinental radio transmission, 1915
The demonstration was transmitted from the U.S. naval radio station at Arlington to San Francisco, then a few hours later relayed to Honolulu, for a total of 4900 miles.
After nine-year star trek, NASA spacecraft passes Pluto
Applause erupted at NASA's New Horizons control center in the wake of the eponymous spacecraft's flyby of Pluto.
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."
Like a bad neighbor, Chevron is there
Residents, environmentalists and USW members work together to protect the safety and health of refinery workers and citizens living near the Richmond refinery.
Blue-Green Alliance calls for planet-wide move to clean energy
"We must act now to address global climate change and promote the creation and maintenance of good jobs in the clean energy economy."
Review, "This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate"
A great service to the environmental movement and a masterful examination of the ways in which climate change is impacting our political and economic systems.
Series exposing conspiracy to deny black lung benefits wins award
A coal industry conspiracy to deny black lung benefits to tens of thousands of coal miners has won the Heywood Broun Award from The Newspaper Guild.
