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Environment
Plans by Pennsylvania to expand leasing of public land for shale gas drilling
are fueling a growing public concern over potential hazards to the environment
and drinking water supplies....
Posted Jan 23, 2010
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“Reflections” by Fidel Castro: The youth are more interested than anyone else in the
future. Until very recently, the discussion revolved around the kind of society
we would have. Today, the discussion centers on whether human society will
survive....
Posted Jan 10, 2010
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Ever since the Kyoto Protocol of 1997, which the United States never ratified,
the capitalist political establishment in Washington has focused on one thing:
trying to put the onus on China for the lack of any binding world agreement
that could prevent catastrophic climate change....
Posted Dec 23, 2009
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The International Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, which was two years
in the planning, ended in a train wreck. Nothing was arrived at: no treaty, no
deadlines, no binding agreement of any sort....
Posted Dec 23, 2009
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Across New York state and Pennsylvania dozens of environmental activist groups
are working to ban or limit the practice of hydraulic fracturing, or
“fracking.” Green Guerrillas’ Youth Media Tech Collective consists of youth of color
ages 15 through 19, who plan to create an online movie to expose the issues of
natural gas exploitation. Workers World spoke with members of the collective about their activities....
Posted Dec 20, 2009
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After a barrage of propaganda emanating from Washington and the big business
media, most people in the U.S. have been led to believe that any failure to
reach an agreement at the Copenhagen summit on climate change will be
China’s fault.
Nothing could be further from the truth....
Posted Dec 16, 2009
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Imagine finding methane and metals in your drinking water or having your water
well explode or catch on fire. Imagine getting thrown out of bed one morning as
your entire house is lifted off the ground from an explosion due to methane gas
build-up. These nightmares are a reality for a growing number of families whose
homes are located near natural gas drilling sites in New York, Pennsylvania,
Ohio and other states across the U.S....
Posted Dec 10, 2009
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On Oct. 24, International Climate Action Day, activists in 181 countries around
the world participated in over 5,200 events in an attempt to raise awareness
about the threats of climate change....
Posted Oct 30, 2009
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There's so much news about climate change that many people are
either numb or depressed by it all....
Posted Nov 21, 2007
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Will it really help save the planet from environmental ruin that former Vice
President Al Gore has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, along with the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change?...
Posted Oct 22, 2007
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In the capital of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, the health of the
people and of the environment is high on the agenda of the revolutionary
process now underway....
Posted Aug 13, 2007
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