The next chapter in the saga of a chemical spill two months ago into West Virginia’s biggest public water supply is a new law passed by the state legislature over the weekend. Fueled by...
After multiple major storms in the region in recent years, Connecticut’s two electric utilities are implementing a new program to protect power lines. The companies are pre-emptively cutting down trees they deem are in...
(Photo credit: Alice Ollstein. View a slideshow of Sunday’s protests by clicking on one of the images below.) Hundreds of students and activists from across the country chained themselves to the White House fence...
Click on any image to launch slideshow. All photos by Alice Ollstein. Listen to her report on the demonstrations here.
Colombia is the world’s fourth largest coal producer. Alabama-based mining company Drummond ships about 90,000 tons of coal from the nation’s Caribbean coast daily. The company has faced a slew of accusations of environmental...
A major climate change report released today by UN scientists has found that human influence is the dominant cause of climate change and calls for “substantial and sustained reductions” in greenhouse gas emissions in...
In the Central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, two large corporations are seeking to mine coal reserves in the Mahan forest, a valuable and ancient area that’s home to more than a dozen villages. ...
In Bolivia, the high demand and prices of minerals have revived mining in parts of the country. One of the largest producers of minerals is a region known as the department of Oruro. It’s...
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