Refinery workers with the United Steelworkers have now been on strike since February 1. The main issue in the strike is workplace safety. Let's take a refresher on the terrible working conditions of the refinery industry by looking at the daughter of a man killed...
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Too much destruction, not enough regulation. A sign o'the times.
The refinery giant Tesoro has decided that it can't allow youth baseball leagues to use the fields it owns next to its Martinez, California refinery. That's because there are pickets.
I know I am shocked to discover that arguably the nation's leading climate change denying scientist is bought and paid for by fossil fuel corporations, including the coal industry and Charles Koch's foundation. Who could have predicted this outcome!
You like oil trains running through your community? You feel safe that they won't explode? Or leak? Or derail? Probably not. So it's just great that the rail companies are.
Trish Kahle has an interesting piece at Jacobin on the potential for alliance between striking United Steelworkers' refinery workers and environmentalists over safety conditions at the plants. Certainly environmentalists like.
One of things that drives me really crazy is when people talk about unions only in terms of financial gain. While workers (or anyone) will never turn down more money, unions are not primarily about money. They are about dignity on the job and worker...
In order to save Mary Landrieu's job, which will not work, some Senate Democrats are pushing for a vote to pass the Keystone XL Pipeline. Landrieu is throwing a Hail.
An interesting photographic exhibit of life in Fort McMurray, Alberta, a city completely dedicated to an extraordinarily dirty form of energy. Surprisingly diverse populace, I must say. I have trouble.
The oil industry might admit that climate change is happening but it, along with coal, is more responsible than anyone for making sure that the U.S. does nothing about it. So I really love it that oil refineries are now asking for government bailouts. An...
My dismay toward President Obama's decisions to open the ocean off the east coast to oil drilling cannot be overstated. This is a terrible decision that is in line with.
The energy industry continues its war upon the people and ecology of Louisiana: Last summer, an independent government authority responsible for flood protection for the New Orleans area sued more.