Environment – Page 236 – People's World

Birds feeling the sting of bee-killing pesticides

July 15, 2014 By Blake Skylar

There's a lot of buzz around a recent study showing the toxic chemicals we use have a ripple effect farther up the food chain, causing birds to rapidly decline in number.

$Ohio town grapples with fracking: housing troubles, rent gouging$

Ohio town grapples with fracking: housing troubles, rent gouging

July 14, 2014 By John Milam

Besides housing issues, fracking has brought increased drug usage along with meth labs, prostitution, and human trafficking.

North Dakota pipeline spews saltwater into Native American reservation

July 11, 2014 By Blake Skylar

Lake Sakakawea, a reservoir of the Missouri River, provides drinking water to several communities on the Fort Berthold reservation including the Manda, Hidatsa and Arikara tribes.

$Insider trading ties Gov. Scott to fracking$

Insider trading ties Gov. Scott to fracking

July 10, 2014 By Joshua Leclair

As Gov. Rick Scott's financial ties to big energy begin to surface, Florida's citizens and environmentalists start to turn up heat.

Pipelines vs. community rights: a New England democracy lesson

July 8, 2014 By Eric A. Gordon

Among neighboring towns, more than a dozen so far have called town meetings and voted to reassert community rights as the ultimate authority before approving such projects.