Environment – Page 161 – People's World

West Virginia chemical spill causes state of emergency

January 10, 2014 By John Case

More than 100,000 homes, businesses and hospitals in nine counties around Charleston, W. Va., are without water due to a chemical leak into the Elk River, which provides water for an estimated 250,000 to 300,000 people.

Cold? Really, it’s warmer than ever

January 8, 2014 By Susan Webb

Winters have been warming rapidly in the majority of the continental 48 states since 1970. And, take note Chicago and other Midwest readers: The coldest states are warming the fastest.

Declare yourself #IdleNoMore

January 7, 2014 By Andrea Perkins

Idle No More has grown to become much more than just a slogan for a movement on environmental and Indigenous rights.

North Dakota oil train explosion is another harsh lesson

January 3, 2014 By Blake Skylar

In what was a devastating end to 2013, on Dec. 30, just a mile outside Casselton, N.D., a train carrying oil collided with another train, producing a series of explosions that left 10 cars ablaze.

Worse than we thought: Climate uncertainties turning into harsh facts

January 2, 2014 By Marc Brodine

Beware uncertainty! It can cut both ways - something the climate change deniers want us to ignore at our peril.