Mine waste spill fouls water in Colorado and New Mexico
The latest ecological disaster left the Animas River a sickly color, after an accident on Aug. 5 sent at least three million gallons of mine waste gushing into the water.
Will damaged vessel put the freeze on Shell's Arctic drilling?
This incident offers further vindication for what environmentalists have been saying all along: that accidents are unavoidable in this ecologically sensitive region.
Vigil held for explosion victims as criticism of oil trains broadens
Held by 350.org and the Sierra Club, the event marked the two-year anniversary of the disaster, the Lac-Megantic, Quebec, oil train explosion that killed 47 people.
Coal industry win is temporary, fate of plants still in air
A divided Supreme Court ruled against the Obama administration's attempt to limit power plant emissions of mercury and other hazardous air pollutants.
Protests against Peru's Tia Maria Mine bolstered by international solidarity
What does it take to stop a threatening transnational corporate giant? The people of Arequipa, Peru have an answer.
“No more bomb trains”: environmental groups sue over weak regulations
"Another derailment and explosion of a train carrying oil. We need to get these exploding death trains off the tracks."
“Peace and planet” marchers at UN: “No more nukes!”
It was a picture perfect Sunday for a peaceful march against the most violent instruments of war: nuclear weapons.
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."
Deaths at Texas DuPont plant cry for better safety regulations
In November, four workers died and one was injured at a chemical plant in La Porte, Texas after the release of a hazardous chemical.
Wildfires grow while budget to fight them is depleted
The U.S. Forest Service's annual budget for fighting wildfires is rapidly dwindling; in fact, it may run out by the end of the month: the fires, on the other hand, will keep burning.
