OurEnergyPolicy.org: Moving Forward on Climate Strategy
We recently marked the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy's deadly and massive destruction in New Jersey, New York and the East Coast. In conjunction with this anniversary, President Obama signed...
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Invite a Polar Bear Into Your Bed This NYE
Polar bears are in trouble. Climate change driven by runaway human population growth and reckless overconsumption is melting the sea ice they need to survive, leading to heartbreaking accounts of...
View Article'Big Data' Is an Investment in Nature -- and Human Well-being
The foundation of Conservation International (CI) is built upon the integration of comprehensive data and responsive science. Those committed to this premise invest in good data and sound measurement...
View ArticleWhy Are the Detroit Three Resisting New Mileage and Emissions Rules?
The biggest single step any nation has taken to fight global warming is working. Now if the auto industry -- finally selling cleaner cars and making real profits -- would just stop fighting it. The...
View ArticleTop Clean Energy and Climate Breakthroughs in 2013
The United States broke one record after another for extreme weather in 2013. From deadly floods in Colorado to prolonged drought across the Southwest, Americans saw what unchecked climate change can...
View Article2013: A Year to Remember
Although 2013 had its share of tragedies (Typhoon Haiyan), portents (reaching the 400 ppm mark for atmospheric CO2) and absurdities (the shutdown of the federal government), it also was in many ways a...
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Maybe It Was the Mistletoe: Huge Settlement in Lawsuit Over Dirty Stormwater...
This post was written in collaboration with Columbia Riverkeeper. Was it the holiday spirit of reconciliation? Or did everyone just spend too much time lingering under the mistletoe? In the end, we'll...
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'Tis the Season to Be Owlly
It's that time of year. You better watch out . . . There is a dramatic movement from the Far North this winter coming from the land of reindeer and caribou. The whiteness of the character is its most...
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9 Actually Legit Reasons for Sending Food Back at a Restaurant
We've all been there: sitting at a restaurant with a plate of food we don't want, pondering whether to send it back. On the one hand, you want what you ordered. On the other hand, you fear your fish...
View ArticleInstitutionalized Insanity and Humanity's Existential Crisis
"I know what you're thinking. I am proposing a sane world -- I must be crazy." -- Swami Beyondananda Japan just made reality illegal. Well, maybe I exaggerate just a little. Reality is still permitted...
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Former DEA Agent Finds Employment in the Recreational Marijuana Industry
Former Drug Enforcement Administration agent Patrick Moen has recently gained employment via Privateer Holdings, a private-equity firm, in order to assist them with their investment strategies. What...
View ArticleCarbon-Free Energy Is Possible -- Without Nukes
We can have the energy we need without emitting carbon or using nuclear energy. That's the takeaway from my recent interview with Dr. Arjun Makhijani on Progressive Radio Network (www.prn.fm, "All...
View ArticleMeatless Monday: Spice Me Up for Christmas
If the idea of anything other than a white Christmas seems strange, spend Christmas in the islands -- they love it there, decorating lavishly, yet tropically, playing their own Christmas carols, more...
View ArticleA Sound Reason to Oppose the Big Oil Law Suit in Louisiana Doesn't Exist
It's embarrassing enough that the governor of Louisiana would side with corporate interests in trying to abort the lawsuit filed by public officials against 97 oil, gas and pipeline companies for...
View ArticleDuck Dynasty, the Green Party, and Steady Statesmanship
I've never seen an episode of Duck Dynasty, and I'm not a member of the Green Party, at least not any more. But who hasn't seen the news? And the Duck Dynasty reminds me why I left the Green Party. I'm...
View ArticleTop 10 Sustainable Business Stories of 2013
Somehow it's already year-end, a time to look back and try to make sense of what's happened. Creating any "top" list of stories from 12 months is nearly impossible. But as I've done for the last 4...
View ArticleGrow Money With Living Trees
Growing money over trees is now possible. Pakistan just made it to the list of countries who will earn money from the World Bank's Readiness Fund for preserving their forests. After a tough competition...
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Can Sustainable Tourism Thrive in Belize?
Photo credit: Jonathan Cariddi Interview with Mike Green, Sustainable Tourism Consultant in Belize Two weeks ago, I attended the 28th Annual General Meeting of the Belize Tourism Industry Association...
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More Bad News for the Pebble Mine: Rio Tinto Announces It May Divest
Today, in yet another sign that the massive Pebble Mine is doomed, the London-based mining giant Rio Tinto publicly announced that it is considering "divestment" from the uniquely reckless project,...
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Waiting With Ellie
In this season of Advent, I have been thinking a lot about waiting. I am not a huge fan. In fact, I hate to wait. I am impulsive and impatient. I make hasty decisions, especially when I am tired or my...
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