Environment – Page 213 – People's World

A cook’s thoughts on food and more

July 30, 2012 By Barbara Russum

Cooking has always been enjoyable. But I am growing very worried over many aspects of the food we eat.

Illegal marijuana farms killing wildlife

July 27, 2012 By Blake Skylar

Researchers have found that commercial anti-rodent chemicals present in illegal pot farms are poisoning and killing animals.

California water issues make headlines again

July 27, 2012 By Marilyn Bechtel

Gov. Jerry Brown and U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar unveiled the latest plan to shift more water from the northern part of the state to the south.

In Japan, thousands protest nuclear power

July 18, 2012 By Blake Skylar

This comes one year after Japan was struck by the earthquake- and tsunami-triggered Fukushima Daichi disaster.

UK activists target Shell’s Arctic agenda

July 17, 2012 By Blake Skylar

Activists with Greenpeace shut down 74 Shell gas stations July 16, in London and Edinburgh, to protest the oil corporation's plans to drill into the sensitive Arctic ecosystem for oil.