U.S. covered up massive PCB contamination at Okinawa base
U.S. military officials did not report the contamination to Japanese authorities, and did nothing to alleviate the contamination.
Dioxins unearthed at U.S. base in Okinawa stir furor
"They were 55-gallon and, on occasion, 30-gallon drums. You could smell the chemicals and a few were stenciled with 'Defoliant' in white with 'Property KAB Special Services."
Fracking encroaches on Pennsylvania forests
Five activists were arrested Mar. 20 in Pennsylvania's Tiadaghton State Park for protesting fracking operations there. Blocking the only access point to a wellpad, they chained themselves to barrels of concrete.
Ohio “Frackgate” raises concerns about regulators
The FOI request was prompted by Gov. John Kasich's failure to follow through on a 2011 law permitting fracking in Ohio's state parks.
Scientists warn California could experience megadrought
Although the storm system that brought precipitation to LA is going to help combat the drought in the short-term, weather officials don't believe it will have a lasting effect. The drought is a product of climate change.
Is Los Angeles poised to ban fracking?
It would halt all forms of "extreme well stimulation," including fracking, and require an independent multi-agency study be conducted exploring the economic, environmental, and health impacts of such drilling operations.
Hundreds arrested at White House in XL pipeline protest
In a dramatic sign of growing opposition to construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, 398 students were arrested March 2 after they chained themselves to the White House fence.
After gas explosion, Chevron offers victims free pizza
The Chevron-owned fracking well shot flames into the air with a powerful boom, starting a fire that burned intensely for four days afterward before it was extinguished.
Report shows strong public support for Endangered Species Act
The report was based on a poll which found that two out of three U.S. citizens want the Endangered Species Act either strengthened or simply left alone, but not circumvented or weakened.
Major Duke Energy ash spill turns Dan River gray
Duke Energy and local officials assure residents that the water is fine. End of subject. But the crisis isn't over.
