Environment – Page 267 – People's World

10 years after the ‘Battle in Seattle’

November 20, 2009 By Don McIntosh

SEATTLE (PAI)—Ten years ago on Nov. 30, 1999, 50,000 people protested a meeting of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Seattle.

Are we left behind in the ‘green production’ revolution?

November 20, 2009 By John Case

Institute for America's Future experts: China has a national industrial strategy. We do not. And we better come up with one soon.

Feeling heat, U.S.-China firms say they’ll build turbines here

November 19, 2009 By Susan Webb

Under pressure from the nation’s biggest manufacturing union, a U.S.-China energy partnership said it would build a factory here, creating 1,000 jobs.

Coal poses major health threat, physicians group warns

November 18, 2009 By Susan Webb

Coal plays a role in four of the top five causes of death in the U.S. - heart disease, cancer, stroke, and chronic lower respiratory diseases - says a report by Physicians for Social Responsibility.

Poultry companies on trial in film and courtroom

November 13, 2009 By Susan Webb

Don McCorkell, a former Oklahoma state representative, has made a compelling film that will make you think twice before you buy your next chicken wing.