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Ohio “Frackgate” raises concerns about regulators

March 17, 2014 By Anne Caruso

The FOI request was prompted by Gov. John Kasich's failure to follow through on a 2011 law permitting fracking in Ohio's state parks.

Building trades unions: Remake the nation’s infrastructure!

March 14, 2014 By John Wojcik And Mark Gruenberg

With GOP opposition keeping the federal government from moving on Obama-backed legislation that would create massive numbers of jobs, the unions, at their legislative conference mapped out specific proposals to get the job done.

Is the Earth overpopulated?

March 13, 2014 By Robert Meeropol

We must bring down the population through universal education, and government assisted family planning programs; doing so is a necessary condition of controlling global warming.

Nurses demand that State Department vouch for safety of XL pipeline

March 13, 2014 By Special to People’s World

The NNU believes the State Department has done an indequate review of what appears to be serious risks for public health posed by the pipeline.

Animals: Thinking, feeling, and emotional individuals

March 12, 2014 By Rebecca Bolte

"I cannot see an animals' expression - eyes, behavior, purring, etc. - and convince myself that it's anything other than a thinking, feeling, emotional individual."