Bear sanctuary saved from eviction
As a result, the 77 workers there will keep their jobs, and the 104 bears living there will continue to have a home.
Australian fires threaten observatory, uncover drug labs
The fires were fueled by a record-breaking, scorching heat wave - caused and worsened by climate change.
Diplomats to gather, address mercury pollution
Mercury pollution, caused by coal-fired power plants, is a growing worldwide problem.
Factory farming: Torture with a side of pollution
Most factory farms are controversial enough in the way that animals are handled there.
Top ten environmental wins of 2012
It's high time to look at the good points of the environmental struggle this year.
Steelworkers, allies push oil industry to increase safety at refineries
How bad is the oil refining industry's pollution and worker safety problem? Well, let's put it this way: It virtually ruined an industry-backed Thanksgiving Day parade.
N.J. chemical spill goes airborne, forces hundreds of evacuations
When a train derailment in Paulsboro, N.J., sent two tanker cars hurtling into a nearby creek, the water became polluted with vinyl chloride.
Train derailment causes chemical spill in South Jersey
A freight train derailment this morning sent two tanker cars off a bridge and into a creek in Paulsboro, New Jersey, polluting the water with hazardous materials.
Activists fight expansion of toxic waste dump
Last month, the Calif. Department of Toxic Substances Control charged that Chemical Waste Management's 72 unreported spills show that the company cannot be trusted to protect human health.
