Environment – Page 265 – People's World

Trucks spew deadly pollution at nation’s ports, new reports show

December 23, 2009 By Marilyn Bechtel

Emissions from thousands of trucks filling our ports cause hypertension, asthma, heart disease, lung cancer and a host of other respiratory illnesses among drivers and surrounding communities.

U.S. union members delivered jobs message in Copenhagen

December 22, 2009 By John Wojcik

Forty union members from the U.S. went to the climate change talks in Copenhagen to give world leaders the working class view on saving the planet.

Bad news and (some very limited) good news out of Copenhagen

December 21, 2009 By Marc Brodine

Was the conference a bust, a success, a waste of time, or something else?

Class conflict surfaces at climate summit

December 14, 2009 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

Half way into the 15th UN Climate Conference in Copenhagen on December 7-18, 100,000 demonstrators from 500 different organizations were in the streets protesting.

Hot air, cold facts clash at Copenhagen climate meet

December 10, 2009 By Marc Brodine

Sarah Palin, climate change "skeptics," Al Gore and an island nation that may disappear under the sea - all are weighing in as world leaders debate what to do about global warming.