Environment
July 7, 2010 -
The latest video from the BP oil disaster by Hurricane Creekkeeper John Wathen of Alabama shows the difficulties reporters and others face in trying to document the effects of the catastrophe.
July 6, 2010 -
By Ryan Knutson,
July 2, 2010 -
By Joe Uehlein, Labor Notes "There are no jobs on a dead planet." That's how one union leader answered those who say that unions should be concerned only about jobs, and leave the planet to someone else to take care of. Many unions and both labor federations hailed Barack Obama's bold talk about solving America's jobs crisis by putting millions of people to work in "green jobs" that would solve the climate crisis by
July 2, 2010 -
An environmental watchdog is challenging the federal government's oft-made claim that recycling power plants' coal ash waste into consumer products helps the climate by reducing greenhouse gas pollution.