Blake Skylar

Blake is a writer and production manager, responsible for the daily assembly of the People's World home page. He has earned awards from the IWPA and ILCA, and his articles have appeared in publications such as Workday Minnesota, EcoWatch, and Earth First News. He has covered issues including the BP oil spill in New Orleans and the 2015 U.N. Climate Conference in Paris.

He lives in Pennsylvania with his girlfriend and their cats. He enjoys wine, books, music, and nature. In his spare time, he reviews music, creates artwork, and is working on several books and digital comics.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Blake Skylar

Environment

Mine waste spill fouls water in Colorado and New Mexico
August 11, 2015 By Blake Skylar
The latest ecological disaster left the Animas River a sickly color, after an accident on Aug. 5 sent at least three million gallons of mine waste gushing into the water.
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Arts

“Ant-Man” is fun, but never thinks big
July 30, 2015 By Blake Skylar
The movie is a decent enough popcorn flick, but its narrative weaknesses and hit-or-miss jokes don't help it much.
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Environment

After nine-year star trek, NASA spacecraft passes Pluto
July 14, 2015 By Blake Skylar
Applause erupted at NASA's New Horizons control center in the wake of the eponymous spacecraft's flyby of Pluto.
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Environment

Will damaged vessel put the freeze on Shell’s Arctic drilling?
July 14, 2015 By Blake Skylar
This incident offers further vindication for what environmentalists have been saying all along: that accidents are unavoidable in this ecologically sensitive region.
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Environment

Vigil held for explosion victims as criticism of oil trains broadens
July 7, 2015 By Blake Skylar
Held by 350.org and the Sierra Club, the event marked the two-year anniversary of the disaster, the Lac-Megantic, Quebec, oil train explosion that killed 47 people.
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Arts

Christopher Lee, 93: the Count bows out
June 16, 2015 By Blake Skylar
Lee, whose 70-year career spanned multiple mediums of art and several generations of audiences; his life was nearly as colorful and interesting as his later film roles would be.
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Environment
$Maryland bans fracking, coinciding with new EPA report$

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.
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Environment

Toxic shock: California’s nightmare oil spill
May 26, 2015 By Blake Skylar
As in the case of so many prior disasters, environmentalists and everyone affected by this devastating oil spill are trying to get through what some have called a "nightmare scenario."
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