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Today: World Day to Combat Desertification

June 17, 2015 By Special to People’s World

The day addresses drought and desertification, and is meant to help implement the UN Convention to Combat Desertification.

UN agency praises Cuba’s food security program

June 15, 2015 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Under-nutrition afflicts fewer than five percent of Cubans. And Cuba has helped reduce the number of the world's hungry by half as of 2015.

Kayaktivists in Seattle blockade Shell’s Alaska-bound oil rig

June 15, 2015 By Special to People’s World

"Shell wants to haul its Arctic destroyer to Alaska as soon as possible, but these courageous individuals are saying, 'Shell No.' "

Protests against Peru’s Tia Maria Mine bolstered by international solidarity

June 11, 2015 By James Patrick Jordan

What does it take to stop a threatening transnational corporate giant? The people of Arequipa, Peru have an answer.

$Maryland bans fracking, coinciding with new EPA report$

Maryland bans fracking, coinciding with new EPA report

June 10, 2015 By Blake Skylar

In terms of victories for the environment, this one is something of a sleeper hit, with momentum now starting to build as environmental groups celebrate another triumph over dangerous natural gas drilling.