Uniontown, Alabama Landfill Battle a Modern Civil Rights Struggle
"Alabama's biggest waste dump inflicts misery on residents of Uniontown, whose complaints to the EPA have gone unheeded".
Source: NBC News, 08/07/2015
People & Population
"World Bank Rejects Energy Industry Notion That Coal Can Cure Poverty"
"The World Bank said coal was no cure for global poverty on Wednesday, rejecting a main industry argument for building new fossil fuel projects in developing countries."
Source: Guardian, 07/30/2015
Railroads Still Don't Want Public To Know Oil Train Danger
If you want to know whether an oil train is going by your community, just go down to the railroad tracks and watch for it. But don't ask the railroad or the state. In many cases, they don't think you can be trusted with this secret.
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"Coal Not Good for Reducing Poverty, Oxfam Report Says"
"Renewable energy is an easier, quicker and cheaper method than burning coal to help lift people out of poverty through access to power, a new report says."
Source: Australian AP, 07/29/2015
"AP Tracks Slave Boats To Papua New Guinea"
"From space, the fishing boats are just little white specks floating in a vast stretch of blue water off Papua New Guinea. But zoom in and there's the critical evidence: Two trawlers loading slave-caught seafood onto a massive refrigerated cargo ship."
Source: AP, 07/28/2015
"At U.S. Capitol, Arizona Apaches Protest Planned Copper Mine"
"Scores of Native American demonstrators protested at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday against a proposed $6 billion copper mine in Arizona at a site that members of the Apache tribe say is sacred."
Source: Reuters, 07/22/2015
"Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in First Nation Uses Frozen Salmon at Youth Fish Camp"
"Declining salmon populations mean Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in elders can't teach fishing like they used to".
Source: CBS News, 07/21/2015
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