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Low Carbon Cities in China, Serious Challenges and Signs of Hope
This post is co-authored by Travis Bradford. Our recent trip to China was designed to explore sustainability issues in several megacities. The continued growth of the world's largest and fastest...
View ArticleIs Toxic Algae Good for You?
While the recent shutdown of Toledo's municipal water supply due to toxic algae is in the news, it seems a good opportunity to say a word or two about the growing risks that are being taken by a...
View ArticleAt the American Renewable Energy Day Summit, a Call to Accelerate Solutions
Can we truly speed up the world's transition to clean tech? Can America's splintered right and left find common ground on the climate debate? What is the best way forward for America to achieve energy...
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Talking on Sunshine; WX GEEKS, the Weather Channel's New Sunday Show
Image courtesy of The Weather Channel The Weather Channel's new Sunday lunchtime talk show, WX Geeks, might be a peace offering to DirecTV -- to whom The Weather Channel promised a decrease in reality...
View ArticleWhat Are the Benefits and Costs of EPA's Proposed CO2 Regulation?
ÂOn June 2, the Obama administration's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its long-awaited proposed regulation to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from existing sources in the...
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Bring it in for a #SmokeyBearHug
As I sat down under the dappled shade of an oak to write this blog post I took a moment to listen to the world around me. The high pitched chicka-dee-dees of my black-capped friends. The scurry of...
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First City in Iran to Ban Killing Stray Dogs and the Woman Behind It
Jila Pourirani at Pardise Animal Shelter, Credit: Facebook Shooting stray dogs is common practice in Iran. However, now the northwestern city of Tabriz has become the first and only city in the...
View ArticleEcover, Come Clean About Using Extreme Genetic Engineering in Your Products
If the ingredients in your food and household products were quietly replaced with new substances manufactured by genetically engineered microbes, would you have a right to know? You should, but...
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Top 5 Ways to Save Our Elephants From Distinction
Photo credit: Global March for elephants and rhinos - 4 October / savingthewild.com World Elephant Day is recognized on August 12, an appeal to all global citizens to help conserve and protect...
View ArticlePower Up
U.S. president Barack Obama invited nearly 50 Africa heads of state to Washington D.C. this week, for an unprecedented summit aimed at forging a stronger relationship with the continent. A series of...
View ArticleOn Indigenous Peoples Day, Let's Move on to a New View of Native Americans
When most Americans think of Native peoples, if they think of us at all, they think of Thanksgiving and its benign legend of Pilgrims and Native Americas sitting down together to a shared meal long,...
View ArticleChemical Industry Manipulations Fail to Change Scientific Fact
The verdict is in... again! Formaldehyde is a known human carcinogen. This is not earthshaking news or even news, but apparently Congress felt it was worth a million of your tax dollars to confirm what...
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Climate Change This Week: Mega Methane, Tidal Power, and More
Today, the Earth got a little hotter, and a little more crowded. Daily Climate Change: Global Map of Unusual Temperatures, Jan 16 2014 How unusual has the weather been? No one event is "caused" by...
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#DirtyDenier$ Day 6: Scott Brown
In 2012, Massachusetts voters decided they didn't like Senator Scott Brown's loyalty to Big Oil and they voted him out of the Senate. This year, he's back, but in New Hampshire, where he is trying to...
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Who Grows Our Food: Wild Blueberries, Honeybees And Wyman's Of Maine
Who Grows Our Food is an occasional Meatless Monday series taking a close look at some of the people, so often unsung, who give us the food on our plates. "Sustainability isn't a thing, it's a way of...
View ArticleWill de Blasio and Cuomo Make Sustainability a Higher Priority?
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has allowed the Mayor's Office of Long Term Planning and Sustainability to lose nearly all of its talented staff, while New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is using...
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What Ecologists Are Most Worried About Right Now: 5 Emerging Trends in...
When scientists publish an analysis of the impacts of climate change on species, ecosystems and people, the language used can sound terribly distant and cold. In truth, the tone of these studies...
View ArticleCutting Carbon Pollution Will Help Create a Healthier Planet
In June, President Obama and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) unveiled a proposal that would cut carbon pollution from electrical power generators by 30 percent compared to 2005 levels....
View ArticleIt's Time for Fiduciaries to Divest
I was dismayed when I read Terry Tamminen's article "Divest or Double Down?" Then, when I learned that he was part of a University of California task force that will be making a recommendation to the...
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Climate Science Literacy from A to Z in the Interest of Global Stewardship
More than 15,000 chemists are gathering in San Francisco this weekend for the upcoming August 10-14 National Meeting of the American Chemical Society. The theme for our national meeting is "Chemistry...
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