Crude Oil Train Derails, Explodes In Alabama
The train was composed of 90 train cars, 12 of the cars derailed and 3 exploded.
No More Excuses, End Mountaintop Removal
In Appalachia, children are 42 percent more likely to have birth defects if they live near a mountaintop removal coal mine...
The Elwha Dams And The Future Of Our Rivers: Hope Runs Free
Timothy Egan had a superb contribution at the NYT's blog space the other day, describing the effects of the Elwha Ecosystem Restoration project, which is the largest dam-removal project in U.S. history:
It defies experience-hardened
David And Goliath In The Tar Sands
To The Last Drop, Part One:
Communities prepare to rise up, but they can't do it alone.
For every barrel of bitumen that comes out of the ground in Northern Alberta, Canada, another 1.5 barrels of toxic waste is created and dumped into
EXPOSED: Koch Industries And Cancer Risk
Is a Koch Industries factory getting away with murder?
C&L's Late Night Music Club With Alan Lomax
A couple of years ago I stumbled into a small record store in Frankfurt, Germany where I bought an album called Negro Prison Songs. Upon returning hom
As Federal Money Pours Into Schools, Some Rich Districts Just Get Richer
Congressional Democrats decided they didn't have the months it would take to renegotiate the aid formulas, which resulted in some real disparities bet
Massive Flooding In The Midwest
Reuters:
Overflowing rivers in Iowa and other Midwest states forced evacuations and disrupted the region's economy on Friday with fears of worse to
