Environment

Indigenous news: activism, identity, and honoring natives

July 2, 2015 By Andrea Perkins

On May 26, the town council in Newstead, New York voted to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples' Day.

Rail workers, environmentalists to launch week of protests vs. oil trains

July 2, 2015 By PAI

They plan to note that oil-laden trains are so dangerous that transporting oil across the continent by train should be severely curtailed, if not ended.

Coal industry win is temporary, fate of plants still in air

June 30, 2015 By Matthew Brown

A divided Supreme Court ruled against the Obama administration's attempt to limit power plant emissions of mercury and other hazardous air pollutants.

Robert Redford demands global action on climate change

June 30, 2015 By Special to People’s World

Robert Redford said moderate climate is going extinct.

U.S. agrees to pay millions on agent orange claims

June 19, 2015 By Associated Press

The government will provide disability benefits to as many as 2,100 Air Force reservists and active-duty forces exposed to Agent Orange residue.