Environment – Page 131 – People's World

Global agricultural model in bitter balance

July 29, 2014 By Licia Meysenq

"It may cost Governments slightly more to source from a range of smaller-scale, sustainable operators than from major suppliers, but the investment is worth it."

Oil depot ablaze, Libyan government appeals for help

July 29, 2014 By Maamoun Youssef

Libya's interim government said that the fire could trigger a "humanitarian and environmental disaster" in Tripoli, appealing for "international help" to extinguish the inferno.

Poem: “The Detroit Water Crisis”

July 28, 2014 By Christopher D. Sims

"Who would be considered the nicest, after shutting off people's water, causing a crisis?"

$Germany to ban fracking, or so it says$

Germany to ban fracking, or so it says

July 18, 2014 By Blake Skylar

"Fracking must be banned in Germany without any exceptions. They want to enforce a regulation which mostly allows fracking under the guise of an alleged ban."

Birds feeling the sting of bee-killing pesticides

July 15, 2014 By Blake Skylar

There's a lot of buzz around a recent study showing the toxic chemicals we use have a ripple effect farther up the food chain, causing birds to rapidly decline in number.