pollution – Page 20 – People's World

New bill would open the way to cleaner ports

December 20, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel

Members of Congress are stepping up the fight to overturn a longstanding roadblock to cleaning up air pollution affecting some 87 million people living near major U.S. ports.

Anti-union water outfit now in court on contamination charge

October 28, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

One of the nation's biggest private water companies, which is pursuing an anti-union campaign, is also in federal court for water contamination and an attempted cover-up.

After court ruling, clean truck supporters vow continuing fight

October 4, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel

Cutting out a key component, if upheld, will have devastating consequences for working families and port communities plagued by dirty air and dead-end jobs.

Coal pollution killing poor, people of color, NAACP charges

July 20, 2011 By Joel Wendland-Liu

More than 8 million people live within three miles of a coal power plant, and those people are disproportionately poor or people of color.

Warning: Beach closings on the rise

July 19, 2011 By John Bachtell

With a monster heat wave enveloping tthe Midwest, a lot of residents are heading to the Great Lakes beaches to cool off, but look out!