Environment – Page 160 – People's World

March on Washington’s powerful lessons for the environmental movement

September 4, 2013 By Marc Brodine

Like the civil rights movement of the 1950s and '60s, the environmental movement has both moral and practical aspects. It needs a strategy that unites both inside and outside struggles and goals.

Taking the long view on fight for freedom

September 4, 2013 By Jarvis Tyner

As one of 250,000 who attended the 1963 "March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom," I had to come to Washington, Aug. 24, to be a part of the 50th anniversary march.

Rim Fire the latest record-breaker in year of unrelenting disasters

September 3, 2013 By Blake Skylar

As the changing climate continues to trigger disaster and disruption, California's Rim Fire, which has burned 235,841 acres, is the latest to be added to this year's list of brushfires.

Texas towns run dry as private water trumps public need

August 27, 2013 By Kelly Sinclair

Texas law allows landowners to pump as much water from their wells as they choose - with few restrictions - even if part of that water is siphoned from other landowners or neighboring towns.

That sinking feeling: Ongoing disaster in Louisiana

August 23, 2013 By Blake Skylar

There's a big, gaping hole in this story: specifically, a sinkhole. In Bayou Corne, Louisiana, it's an ongoing environmental disaster that first emerged in August 2012.