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Give Your Pets Your Thanks
Originally published at ASPCA.org  Thanksgiving. When I separate those two words -- "thanks" and "giving" -- I can't help but think of all the animals we love, rescue, and fight for, and the...
View ArticleWATCH: People Around the Country Give #ClimateThanks
This Thanksgiving, people around the country who have felt some of the most severe impacts of climate change have come together to thank people taking action -- in large and small ways -- to try to...
View ArticleCalifornia Coastal Commission Does Its Job; Poseidon Water Withdraws...
At the November 13th California Coastal Commission hearing, the Coastal Commission postponed a decision on Poseidon Water's proposed Huntington Beach desalination plant. While the Commissioners said...
View ArticleObama Approves Major Border-Crossing Fracked Gas Pipeline Used to Dilute Tar...
Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlog Although TransCanada's Keystone XL tar sands pipeline has received the lion's share of media attention, another key border-crossing pipeline benefitting tar sands producers...
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Women Relax, Men Mountaineer: What Backpacks Reveal About Gendered Marketing
This summer I went hiking several times in California's Eastern Sierra. Each time I went I counted the number of male to female hikers and ended up with a 5:1 ratio. This reflects many women's...
View ArticleFear and Loathing in Warsaw: Painful Progress Toward a Global Climate Deal
On Nov. 11, delegates from almost 200 countries descended on Warsaw for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The goal: to build momentum toward a global agreement in 2015 that...
View ArticleThanksgiving From the Wampanoag Tribe's Perspective
In the United States, we trace our Thanksgiving celebration to an autumn feast between the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Indians. We are told the story of the Pilgrims arriving at Plymouth on the...
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Holiday Guide for Dog Lovers
My overly indulged pug appears to always know when I place his perfectly wrapped gifts under the Christmas tree. Here is the first of two holiday gift guides for dogs with personally selected...
View Article'Tis the Season to Be... Wasteful?
The upcoming holiday season represents a high point for shopping and consumer spending. Lamentably, it also represents a major increase in waste, which is shown to be detrimental to the environment....
View ArticleTwo Out of Three R's
Since I see what my kids bring home from pre-school and first grade, I know that what they're learning about environmentalism hasn't changed much since I was a kid (and that's a long time!). For...
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There Shouldn't Be a Job Like This
Two and a half years ago, I coordinated a commemoration of the 50-year anniversary of the Civil Rights era Freedom Rides. We called our journey the Food & Freedom Rides: 25 young adults from...
View ArticleGood News for Birds as Everglades Wind Farm Scrapped
And now, a Thanksgivukkah miracle for the birds: This week, Wind Capital Group announced that it will not move forward with the Sugarland Wind Farm, a project that would have placed 124 Statue of...
View ArticleCan the Presidential Turkey Pardon Just Go Away Already?
Ah, the annual Presidential Turkey Pardon has come and gone. Once again, the National Turkey Federation has given the president two turkeys, which the White House proceeded to give cheerful names to...
View ArticleWhy is The Country I Love Spying On Me?
Last week, I found out that my government is spying on me, Canada ranked worst in the developed world for response to climate change, Canadians rose up against pipeline proposals all across the...
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Turkeys Get Spa Treatment and Love on Thanksgiving (VIDEO)
Please meet Anne and Jessica Turkey, named for vegan beauties Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain. Having been given the full spa treatment, including bath and blow dry (see video), they will be joining...
View ArticleWhy COP19 Fell Woefully Short of the Urgent Action We Need
History was made at the UN climate talks last week - not by the achievement of a breakthrough in negotiations, unfortunately, but by the unprecedented walk-out by 800 civil society groups and trade...
View ArticleI Suddenly Realized I Had Become a Farmer
Click here to watch the TEDTalk that inspired this post. Watching Mike Rowe's TEDTalk "Learning from Dirty Jobs," I was taken by his humorous, but meaningful discussion of the Aristotelian terms...
View ArticleHollywood Must Protect Animals
The Hollywood Reporter's scathing investigation of the American Humane Association (AHA) this week supports and expands upon what PETA US has been reporting for years: AHA monitoring is woefully...
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Climate Change This Week: Warsaw Walkout, Clean Energy Pride, and More!
To tackle pollution, China to Drop Pursuit of "Growth at All Costs" reports David Stanway at World Environment News, steering local governments towards economic growth balanced with environmental...
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Free Mike Roselle From Jail: Free Appalachia From Mountaintop Removal
Nearly four years ago, long-time environmental activist and Kentucky-native Mike Roselle sat in the Southern Regional Jail in Beaver, West Virginia, with one simple message: Mountaintop removal mining,...
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