False victory? Coal plants being closed, dirty power will replace them
"We urge the TVA not to choose to rely on natural gas. It's time to leapfrog over dirty fossil fuels that will continue to exacerbate environmental/health issues."
Anti-fracking activists celebrate victory in a fourth Colorado city
It turns out that it was a clean sweep for opponents of fracking during last week's elections in Colorado.
Princeton University confronts meningitis epidemic that Cuba can prevent
The vaccine's name is VA-MENGOC-BC, and it comes from Cuba. Under the anti-Cuban U.S. economic blockade, Cuban exports to the United States are forbidden.
Koch-owned pipeline spews oil in Texas
Continuing to prove that oil spills are the new normal, a pipeline in Smithville, Texas leaked about 17,000 gallons of crude on October 30.
Fukushima water radiation doubles overnight
Now, to make matters worse, the city is expected to get hit with another big storm in Typhoon Wipha's wake.
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.
Fukushima now a global disaster
More than two years after the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl and after more than two years of denial and cover-up, the Japanese government on Oct. 6, through Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, has requested global aid.
Environment threatened and 400 parks closed by government shutdown
While the people are banned from the more than 400 shuttered national parks, big oil and gas companies will have no trouble getting in and will continue operations as usual in 12 of the otherwise closed national parks.
Oil-tarnished land left in wake of Colorado flood
Tthe floods have left 10 dead and 200 still unaccounted for, destroyed at least 15,000 homes across 17 counties, damaged at least 11 oil and gas locations, and now the resultant leaks and spills threaten to become a brand new disaster.
Oil, fracking chemical leaks worsen Colorado flood disaster
The flooding caused the evacuation of 11,750 people; some of those evacuees are reportedly returning home now, only to find their houses destroyed, and in some instances, discovering foul polluted water.
