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The EPA is holding the first in a series of public hearings on regulating coal ash today in Arlington, Va. The event comes on the heels of a new report that found 39 additional coal ash damage cases nationwide, bringing the total number of documented cases to 137 in 34 states. More...

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The road to labor justice must go through the South. More...

The Obama administration's groundbreaking report to the U.N. admits the U.S. has a less-than-perfect human rights record. But it fails to discuss a number of pressing human rights issues -- including the need to protect the rights of Americans displaced by disasters. More...

A coalition of more than 100 organizations has drawn up a blueprint for creating new jobs in spill-affected communities by building a more environmentally sustainable economy, with funding for the plan to come for the oil and gas industry. More...

After Katrina, New Orleans police officers circulated orders authorizing them to shoot looters and "take back the city," but it remains unclear who issued them. More...

The Florida Public Service Commission begins hearings today on FPL's and Progress Energy's plans to impose hefty rate hikes to cover the costs of building four proposed nuclear reactors. But is it a fair deal for ratepayers? More...

Kenneth Feinberg has taken over as the paymaster for the Gulf oil spill, and has promised new rules to speed the process. More...

Mexican guestworker Hilario Jimenez escaped from a pistol-packing employer in Tennessee -- and with the help of the Alliance of Guestworkers for Dignity is now confronting the company for involuntary servitude and human trafficking. More...