Environment – Page 173 – People's World

Union flags fly along the Maine coast

August 20, 2013 By Special to People’s World

There are some 6,000-plus lobster boat workers in Maine that best fit Victor Hugo's general description of them more than a century ago - toilers of the sea.

Midwestern states call for an end to the U.S. blockade of Cuba

August 19, 2013 By Ismael Parra

On July 14, 2013, the Council of State Governments Midwest unanimously passed a resolution to remove trade, financial and travel restrictions to Cuba.

Gulf of Mexico dead zones are part of climate disaster web

August 16, 2013 By Blake Skylar

An oxygen-devouring algae bloom that is causing a 5,840 square-mile dead zone - and growing - in the Gulf of Mexico is part of the tightly woven web of climate change disasters.

Utility workers say job-killing FirstEnergy could cause another big blackout

August 16, 2013 By PAI

The corporation that caused the blackout of 2003, FirstEnergy, is about to shut two power plants in western Pennsylvania, destroying hundreds of jobs and putting the region's power grid at risk, according to the Utility Workers...

United Mine Workers of America reaches settlement with Patriot Coal

August 12, 2013 By Special to People’s World

"After several weeks of nearly around-the-clock negotiations, I believe we have reached something that can be taken to the membership for ratification."