Staff / TruthdigNov 30, 2015
A new report reveals that two killings of environmental activists occurred on average every week -- up a fifth from 2013. Nearly three-quarters of the known deaths were in Central and South America. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Sonali Kolhatkar / TruthdigNov 15, 2013
The Philippines, which is one of the poorest and least developed nations on the planet, has had little hand in creating the conditions that nurtured Typhoon Haiyan (or Yolanda, as it's known locally), possibly the worst storm in recorded human history.The Philippines, which is one of the poorest and least developed nations on the planet, had little hand in creating the conditions that nurtured Typhoon Haiyan. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
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Tracy Bloom / TruthdigAug 31, 2012
Despite the fact that video seen around the world clearly showed police firing on the South African miners, their co-workers are the ones who are being charged in the deaths. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Chris Hedges / TruthdigJul 16, 2012
There are still bullets in the ground where working people in the 1920s staged the largest armed insurrection in the United States since the Civil War. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 8, 2011
In a report released this week, marine scientists from around the world said industrial deep-sea fishing should be banned because it takes much longer for those fish to repopulate than species that live closer to shore. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 13, 2011
Echoing the now-weary warnings of scientists, environmentalists and other well-meaning people, a United Nations report released Thursday says: “By 2050, humanity could devour an estimated 140 billion tons of minerals, ores, fossil fuels and biomass per year -- three times its current appetite -- unless the economic growth rate is ‘decoupled’ from the rate of natural resource consumption.” Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 30, 2011
A blast at a coal mine in Colombia has killed 21 workers, less than four years after an explosion took the lives of 30 at the same La Preciosa mine in the northeast of the country. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 28, 2010
The company that owns the now-infamous mine where 33 Chileans were rescued after two months underground has agreed to liquidate its assets, avoiding bankruptcy. Much of the money will go to pay miners idled by the disaster and to compensate the government for rescue efforts. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 20, 2010
Twenty-seven miners have been declared missing after an explosion in New Zealand's South Island, jogging our collective memory of the Chilean miners who were trapped underneath the ground for 69 days. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Manny Francisco, Cagle Cartoons, Manila, The PhillippinesOct 19, 2010Dig deeper
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