Environment – Page 150 – People's World

Oil depot ablaze, Libyan government appeals for help

July 29, 2014 By Maamoun Youssef

Libya's interim government said that the fire could trigger a "humanitarian and environmental disaster" in Tripoli, appealing for "international help" to extinguish the inferno.

Poem: “The Detroit Water Crisis”

July 28, 2014 By Christopher D. Sims

"Who would be considered the nicest, after shutting off people's water, causing a crisis?"

$Germany to ban fracking, or so it says$

Germany to ban fracking, or so it says

July 18, 2014 By Blake Skylar

"Fracking must be banned in Germany without any exceptions. They want to enforce a regulation which mostly allows fracking under the guise of an alleged ban."

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.