Blake Skylar
LATEST ARTICLES BY Blake Skylar
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From trains to streets, Climate March moved people
October 7, 2014From the Chicago climate train full of activists, to the People's Climate March itself, every person there seemed to feel passionately about a particular environmental issue.
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Climate march underscores the high stakes of using palm oil
October 3, 2014Palm oil imports to the U.S. have increased 485 percent in the last decade, and companies producing palm oil are cutting away massive tracts of rainforest.
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Labor played big part in massive climate march
September 25, 2014"There are good potential union jobs in clean energy; there's no reason why it can't happen, we just have a lot of work to do."
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Some 400,000 climate marchers paint New York green
September 22, 2014Generating some of the most excitement were activists from other nations who stood in solidarity with their peers.
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Climate Train riders make their voices heard
September 21, 2014"This march is about putting yourself on the front lines - to let citizens, corporations, and government know what you think, what you want, and how you feel."
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Activists gather for the Green line to the climate march
September 20, 2014"This march represents an incredible diversity of people, all realizing that this is the same fight."
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Climate change to spell doom for U.S. bird species
September 12, 2014As a million people plan to participate in the People's Climate March at the UN on Septrmbrt 21, experts have issued a new warning that many species of American birds are facing extinction.
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California to dispose of plastic bags
September 9, 2014"Data from the over 121 local plastic bag bans in California has proven that bans are effective nd have refuted industry's claims of apocalyptic impacts on jobs."
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