by Nelson Bailey | Dec 7, 2016 | Coal, Health & Safety
The Huffington Post WASHINGTON ― After more than a year of stalling, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday pushed to extend health benefits for retired coal miners and their widows in a government funding bill lawmakers hope to take up this week. A...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 7, 2016 | Health & Safety, Politics of energy
This is a disaster. A new law proposed by a State Senator in Washington would allow the authorities to charge protesters with “economic terrorism,” and slap them with serious felony charges that could lead to jail time, just for making their voices...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 5, 2016 | Endangered Species, Health & Safety, Pipelines
By Dave Room on Wednesday November 30th, 2016 Let’s come together and culture hack our oil dependence to stop all the pipelines, starting with Standing Rock. One of the most frustrating things about halting pipelines and other fossil fuel infrastructure projects...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 3, 2016 | Fossil Fuels, Health & Safety, Pipelines
Kinder Morgan pipeline: Canadians intensify huge opposition to expansion Trudeau’s approval of project some find analogous to Standing Rock incited thousands of activists, politicians and First Nations members to increase action. | World news | The Guardian Read...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 2, 2016 | Climate Change, Endangered Species, Health & Safety
By Seth Borenstain | The Japan Times WASHINGTON – Driving a gas-powered car about 1,300 kilometers melts about a square meter of Arctic sea ice in the critical month of September, according to a new study that directly links carbon pollution to the amount of ice...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 2, 2016 | Health & Safety, Pollution - Other Sources
The Huffington Post | By Chris D’Angelo Carnival Corp.’s Princess Cruise Lines will plead guilty to seven felony charges and pay $40 million for deliberately polluting the ocean and attempting to cover up the crime, the Department of Justice said...