Environment – Page 190 – People's World

Grounded oil rig not yet leaking, investigation underway

January 4, 2013 By Blake Skylar

The Kulluk drilling rig, owned by oil company Shell ran aground off Alaska after breaking away from tow boats due to near-hurricane condition winds.

Factory farming: Torture with a side of pollution

January 2, 2013 By Blake Skylar

Most factory farms are controversial enough in the way that animals are handled there.

10 favorite food websites in 2012

December 27, 2012 By Barbara Russum

All things relating to the food we eat: where is comes from, who does the work, what are the issues and what we can do to be informed and take action.

Forget Mayan calendar: Climate change is real doomsday threat

December 21, 2012 By Marc Brodine

But you don't have to look very far to find credible doomsday predictions based on the ever more detailed and dire scientific studies and reports.

Google-funded spy tech to prey on poachers

December 18, 2012 By Blake Skylar

Both surveillance technology and Google have generated controversyt. But in opposition to the growing international threat of poaching, however, many feel they can be put to good use.