Alameda County bans fracking
"We must protect workers, communities and the environment. This is not just a political issue; this is a life and death issue."
A national object lesson: California’s air and coast, a buyer’s market
Most recently, the South Coast Air Quality Management District upended its mission to clean our air.
Next Einstein Forum: African countries seek to keep their brain power
More than 700 persons, researchers, decision-makers, industrialists and heads of state, traced a future path for science in Africa.
Flint water protest at “state of state” brands Snyder a “criminal”
"With his pen stroke, with the emergency manager law, he poisoned 100,000 people; this is what happens when profits take precedence over people."
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.
After leak, methane plagues Porter Ranch, California
The well from which it came lacked a working safety valve; while one was supposed to be implemented back in 1979, the company failed to do this.
Today in history: National Food Bank Week and World Food Day
This week is a great time to start thinking about helping others as the holiday season approaches.
John McCain's "midnight riders" put borderlands at risk
"If we expose McCain's underhanded tactics, S750 will likely die just like a vampire in the sun."
Along Oregon’s Rogue River, opposition to gas pipeline grows
There is a certain quality to the air in the Cascades in Oregon that defies attempts to put it into words.
Californians battle for far-reaching climate legislation
The California state Assembly will decide on an array of pace-setting legislative bills to combat climate change.
