Fast-food industry wage disparity largest in the economy and expected to rise even further.
The fast food industry maintains a more extreme wage disparity between workers and CEOs than any other industry in the economy, according to a report by the public policy organization Demos published Tuesday. In many cases, income gaps surpass a 1,000-to-1 ratio, a factor that not
Report shows low and middle income earners falling behind comparable countries.
Coal ash used as landfill is a ‘silent, lurking issue that’s not getting any attention’.
North Carolina residents do not know the extent of a toxic mess that has been buried under their feet in dozens of locations around the state. Coal ash, the murky and toxic waste created by the coal industry, made headlines in February when a containment pond spilled into North
‘We can conclude that this process has not been shown to be safe’
The fracking industry is having a bad week. In the third asssessment in as many days focused on the pollution created by the booming industry, a group of researchers said Wednesday that the controversial oil and gas drilling practice known as fracking likely produces public health risks and
‘One of the biggest to hit Mexico in several years’
A powerful earthquake rattled Southern Mexico Friday morning, sending people scrambling into the streets in populated areas such as Mexico City. There were no early reports of major damage, injuries, or loss of life. The earthquake struck on the Pacific coast near Acapulco, registering at 7.5 magnitude, according to the U.S. Geological Survey
Toxic materials from gas drilling industry creating ‘legacy of radioactivity’.
Industrial waste from fracking sites is leaving a "legacy of radioactivity" across the country as the drilling boom churns out more and more toxic byproducts with little to no oversight of the disposal process, critics warn. According to
New report suggests highly potent greenhouse gas far more prevalent in gas production than previously thought.
Natural gas drilling is emitting far higher levels of methane into the atmosphere than federal regulators at the Environmental Protection Agency have said, according to the findings of a new study released Monday. "We identified a significant regional flux of methane
