Environment – Page 249 – People's World

Spin, baby, spin: Connecticut debates wind turbines

January 18, 2011 By Nick Bart

Connecticut prepares for debate between "Drill, baby, drill" or "Spin, baby, spin," wind turbines vs. fossil fuels.

This is a heat wave, at least in the long term

January 13, 2011 By Dan Margolis

Unfortunately, the Republican Party, especially its Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin / tea party section, either doesn't believe or refuses to believe the truth about climate change.

Blizzard blues? Relax: it’s hotter than ever

December 28, 2010 By Susan Webb

Guess what: this year is stacking up as one of the hottest since we humans started keeping thermometer-based temperature records 160 years ago.

Coyotes in the city: lessons for 2011

December 23, 2010 By PW Editorial Board

As we look ahead to the new year, coyotes wandering around Chicago offer some lessons to keep in mind.

Steelworkers tell feds about oil industry safety woes

December 22, 2010 By Mark Gruenberg

The rampant safety hazards exposed by the fatal, catastrophic fire, explosion and sinking of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico earlier this year unveil a catalogue of wide-ranging problems in...