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World scientists’ report will sound new climate alarm

August 21, 2013 By Marc Brodine

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is in the process of finalizing its next report, due to be released in four volumes between Fall 2013 and Spring 2014.

Idaho blackened by brushfire

August 20, 2013 By Blake Skylar

The 104,000-acre Beaver Creek wildfire has been appropriately described as a "beast." What most of the media is not reporting is the disaster's tie to climate change.

Union flags fly along the Maine coast

August 20, 2013 By Special to People’s World

There are some 6,000-plus lobster boat workers in Maine that best fit Victor Hugo's general description of them more than a century ago - toilers of the sea.

Midwestern states call for an end to the U.S. blockade of Cuba

August 19, 2013 By Ismael Parra

On July 14, 2013, the Council of State Governments Midwest unanimously passed a resolution to remove trade, financial and travel restrictions to Cuba.

Gulf of Mexico dead zones are part of climate disaster web

August 16, 2013 By Blake Skylar

An oxygen-devouring algae bloom that is causing a 5,840 square-mile dead zone - and growing - in the Gulf of Mexico is part of the tightly woven web of climate change disasters.