Environment

This week in history: International Day to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons

September 26, 2016 By Special to People’s World

"The consequences of any further use of nuclear weapons, whether intentional or by mistake, would be horrific."

Colonial Pipeline spill confirms worries of Standing Rock Sioux water protectors

September 23, 2016 By Albert Bender

At first report 1,000 gallons of gasoline had been spilled, then 250,000 gallons and now 336,000 gallons according to latest estimates.

Six years after oil spill, Louisiana oyster farmers still struggling

September 23, 2016 By Blake Skylar

A post-oil spill environment is a new and uncertain proving ground for restoring an aquaculture that was almost put out of existence.

In three states, oil and gas spills poison the earth again

September 21, 2016 By Blake Skylar

Here in Louisiana, another 5,300 gallons of oil have spilled.

Federal government calls a halt to North Dakota Pipeline

September 9, 2016 By Roberta Wood

In a victory the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is calling "a game changer," three Federal agencies blocked the construction of a pipeline at Lake Oahe. N.D.