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.
Keystone, NAFTA, and the TPP: What you need to know
Obama rejected a permit for Keystone construction, but on Jan. 6, TransCanada sued in federal court in Houston to overturn that ruling.
Diverse movement for justice grows in Detroit
"This is a grassroots effort that began last year with the huge climate march rally in New York City."
They put what in my food? TPP and food safety threats
The TPP would cost jobs, raise the cost of medical care, and degrade labor conditions and the environment.
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.
GOP drafting bill to let asbestos manufacturers off the hook
"Had these companies shared the information they knew about the dangers of asbestos, countless lives would have been saved."
Push at California climate confab to include workers in leadership
"We cannot let the new green economy be a low-wage economy, because a sustainable environment needs a sustainable economy."
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."
Today in history: Stockholm meet launches global environmental movement
World Environment Day, launched by the conference, has been celebrated on June 5 each year since 1973.
People's World Google Hangout focuses on shutting down the Keystone XL
Part of the lead up to this week's demonstrations in Washington's against the XL Pipeline was an April 15 Google Hangout sponsored by the People's World.
