Environment – Page 29 – People's World

U.S. environment workers to Biden: Declare a climate emergency!

November 2, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

Union members at the Environmental Protection Agency, tired of just waiting for legislation, press Biden to immediately ban oil exports and halt pipeline permits.

Nuclear weapons monitors demand environmental review of new bomb production plans

November 2, 2021 By Marilyn Bechtel

So far, the Biden administration’s request for $43.2 billion for the U.S. nuclear arsenal “modernization” follows the Trump administration’s spending patterns.

What Big Oil knew about climate change, in its own words

November 2, 2021 By Benjamin Franta

The industry’s own words show companies knew about the risk long before most of the rest of the world.

The fossil fuel divestment movement is on fire

November 1, 2021 By John R. Platt

Investors, foundations, universities, and governments pulled their assets from fossil fuel companies in record numbers in October.

Scottish union leader: Politicians’ COP26 promises require worker power to come true

November 1, 2021 By Roz Foyer

This is a summit which should—because of the climate emergency and the global pandemic—be tearing up the playbook, but it’s unlikely to actually make significant progress.