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Swollen NC rivers swamp dumps, raising water pollution fears

September 17, 2018 By Michael Biesecker

As rain from Florence continued to lash the Carolinas, the region’s swollen rivers were beginning to swamp coal ash dumps and low-lying hog farms Sunday, raising pollution concerns.

‘¡Vergüenza! ¡Vergüenza! ¡Vergüenza’ a la administración Trump

July 8, 2018 By Javier Sierra

“Vergüenza” iba dedicada a la administración Trump y su inhumana y cruel política de “tolerancia cero”, y separación y detención de familias inmigrantes.

América Latina y el Caribe, a la vanguardia en la lucha contra los plásticos

June 18, 2018 By Erik Solheim

Los países de la región están creando leyes y políticas osadas para impulsar una nueva economía del plástico y proteger sus preciosos recursos naturales.

New report on efforts to beat plastic pollution

June 5, 2018 By Special to People’s World

A new report from UN Environment finds a surging momentum in global efforts to address plastic pollution and offers an approach to rethink how the world produces, uses, and manages single-use plastics.

Coal executive’s “action plan” finds success under Trump

January 11, 2018 By Michael Biesecker

In the early days of the Trump administration, Robert “Bob” Murray, the head of one of America’s largest coal companies, sent a four-page “action plan” to the White House calling for rollbacks of Obama-era environmental and...