Environment

Thousands march against Canada oil pipeline expansion

March 12, 2018 By Morning Star

Justin Trudeau claims, nonsensically, that expanding the pipeline is part of his plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

18 new books on climate change, sustainability, women environmentalists

March 8, 2018 By John R. Platt

What do Rachel Carson, sea otters, toxic toads and the Gold King Mine disaster have in common?

Speakers: Five months after hurricane Puerto Rico still a mess

March 2, 2018 By Mark Gruenberg

The federal response to the catastrophe that struck the island commonwealth’s U.S. citizens is terrible and ideologically slanted.

This week in history: Mine explosion kills 74 in Montana

February 27, 2018 By Special to People’s World

Seventy-five years ago, an explosion at the Montana Coal and Iron Company mine, near Red Lodge, the county seat for Carbon County, killed 74 workers.

Scientists stunned by off-the-charts Arctic temperatures, record-low sea ice

February 26, 2018 By Lorraine Chow

"Just how hot is the Arctic now? Hotter than ever measured in the winter. Human-caused climate change is beginning to radically transform our planet."