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

Scientists warn California could experience megadrought
March 11, 2014 By Blake Skylar
Although the storm system that brought precipitation to LA is going to help combat the drought in the short-term, weather officials don't believe it will have a lasting effect. The drought is a product of climate...
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Environment
$Is Los Angeles poised to ban fracking?$

Is Los Angeles poised to ban fracking?
March 7, 2014 By Blake Skylar
It would halt all forms of "extreme well stimulation," including fracking, and require an independent multi-agency study be conducted exploring the economic, environmental, and health impacts of such drilling operations.
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Environment

After gas explosion, Chevron offers victims free pizza
February 28, 2014 By Blake Skylar
The Chevron-owned fracking well shot flames into the air with a powerful boom, starting a fire that burned intensely for four days afterward before it was extinguished.
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Environment

Report shows strong public support for Endangered Species Act
February 21, 2014 By Blake Skylar
The report was based on a poll which found that two out of three U.S. citizens want the Endangered Species Act either strengthened or simply left alone, but not circumvented or weakened.
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U.S.

Bison slaughter brings stampede of outrage
February 18, 2014 By Blake Skylar
Yellowstone National Park is rounding up bison to be slaughtered, and people ranging from Native Americans to animal rights activists are calling Yellowstone out on it.
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Environment

West Virginia hit by another chemical spill
February 14, 2014 By Blake Skylar
About 108,000 gallons of waste from a coal processing facility leaked into a tributary of the Kanawha River on Feb. 11, polluting 6 miles of Fields Creek. The waste includes all manner of toxic chemicals and...
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Opinion

Minnesota oil spill largely unreported, spills by rail hit new high
February 11, 2014 By Blake Skylar
Here's something troubling for environmentalists to contemplate: Have oil spills become so common, so normal, that the media only bothers to highlight the largest-scale disasters?
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U.S.

Keystone XL pipeline and the jobs controversy
February 7, 2014 By Blake Skylar
XL backers' arguments that the project is a jobs provider are being disputed. Many, including some labor activists, feel that the pipeline issue does not need to be divisive, and that they share the same underlying...
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