Environment – Page 105 – People's World

Push for solar energy on public land destroys sacred Mohave site

June 4, 2015 By Albert Bender

The Genesis solar plant, costing $1.2 billion, has been hailed as a success, but at what cost?

Coal criminal seeks Vegas fun as he delays justice for miners

June 2, 2015 By John Milam

A notorious former coal company executive is still awaiting trial while the victims, the families of killed miners, await justice before the law.

After Senate loss, fast-track fight shifts to House

May 29, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg

Labor is increasing its attention on the GOP-run House, where the vote is expected to be much closer and up for grabs.

Colombia and world cope with Monsanto’s toxic herbicide

May 29, 2015 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

Monsanto's glyphosate, sold as "roundup," is the most widely-used herbicide. In Colombia, however, it's also a weapon of war.

Toxic shock: California’s nightmare oil spill

May 26, 2015 By Blake Skylar

As in the case of so many prior disasters, environmentalists and everyone affected by this devastating oil spill are trying to get through what some have called a "nightmare scenario."