Water Efficiency in a Global Crisis
Listen to the headlines and you will hear more and more frequent anecdotal evidence of the crisis facing our global fresh water supply. Only 3 percent of the water on earth is fresh, and of that some 2...
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Oceanic Coal Pollution, Epic Rate
Each year, the lion's share of mercury poison comes from burning more than 8.3 billion tons of coal to provide energy for electricity grids. Join Earth Dr Reese Halter from Los Angeles in another...
View ArticleAlien Species: Not All Bad, and Not Even All Alien
North America has beavers. Europe and Asia have beavers. Britain should have them too, but we killed the last one a few centuries ago. But now they have turned up on a river in southern England,...
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What Are Pesticides, and Why Do We Use Them on the Farm?
When people talk about using chemicals on the farm, oftentimes they use the word "pesticides." To people outside agriculture, pesticides tends to be the catch-all category for any and all chemical...
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How Preparing for Hurricaness Taught Me How to Prepare for the Future
When predictions of Iselle arrived, I didn't take them lightly. And for good reason, this wasn't my first rodeo. I've been in a hurricane when a tree fell on our house, I've been in a lightening storm...
View Article#DirtyDenier$ Day 7: Congressman Leonard Lance
When it comes to environmental protections and addressing climate change, Congressman Leonard Lance is, in the words of Lewis Carroll, getting "curiouser and curiouser." Lance once had a respectable...
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Sharks Winning Shark Week: Obama Acting to Protect America's Oceans
Photo source: National Geographic/Enric Sala President Ulysses S. Grant signed the legislation establishing Yellowstone National Park in 1872, making it the first such place preserved for future...
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Predators, Prey, and the Trans-Pacific Partnership
If you're one of the 29 million Americans that can't wait to tune in to this week's Shark Week spectacular, you're probably familiar with the incredible power, grace, and agility of the world's...
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These 7 Elephants Are Being Extra Adorable for World Elephant Day
In case you didn't know, today is World Elephant Day. As we celebrate a species that manages to be scared of mice yet can also weigh up to six tons, here are some pictures to make you smile and...
View ArticleWho's Cool?
For the eighth year in a row, Sierra magazine has dedicated a big chunk of its September/October issue to higher education. So why is the "Cool Schools" issue such a big deal? I'll give you a hint:...
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Science Academy Falters in Launch of New GE Study
One morning a few weeks ago, I received an email from the National Academy of Sciences' National Research Council (NRC), announcing the makeup of a provisional committee of experts that has been...
View ArticleGlobal Policy Needed to Keep Sharks in Our Oceans
Sharks swim in every ocean. They are important not only for the complex ocean ecosystem, but for people everywhere who, believe it or not, benefit in some way from them. The past decade has seen...
View ArticleWill the Tea Party Impeach Governor Pat McCrory?
"With or without legislation, we're going to move forward to protect the waters of North Carolina from coal ash." -- Governor McCrory, August 2 Any informed observer of North Carolina politics is...
View ArticleWhere Divesting From Fossil Fuels Was Born
There is a lot of news about Colorado lately, but I bet this story is still under the radar. I interviewed John Powers who is the founder and visionary for the Alliance for Sustainable Colorado and...
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New York Leads the Way in Protecting African Elephants and Rhinos
Today we laud New York Governor Andrew Cuomo for signing a historic law banning the purchase and sale of elephant ivory and rhino horn. Through their leadership, Gov. Cuomo and New York's legislators...
View ArticleThe Impact of the STIHL Tour des Trees
"In the end...we are only cyclists." To describe this year's STIHL Tour des Trees in words is like trying to write about a color or describe a sound. It is often a challenge to equate in words the...
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The ABCs of Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management Part V -- 'Starting Smart'
An old adage popularized by Benjamin Franklin says that "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." Many of us in the marine conservation community believe that would, indeed, be a good way to...
View ArticleBuilding a Community of Truth-Tellers to Answer Daunting 'What's for Dinner'...
By AMANDA HITT Across the nation, millions of Americans are asking the age-old question: "What's for dinner?" It used to be as simple as choosing between chicken and beef, but today the choices have...
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Big Oil Attacks California's Climate Revolution
Last month I wrote about California's quiet revolution in climate policy, a revolution that has the potential to both save our air and create thousands of jobs in economically struggling communities....
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A Visit to the Aral Sea
Over much of 2014, David Kroodsma and Lindsey Fransen are riding their bikes across parts of Asia, and sharing what they learn about the climate issues facing the countries they bike through. When we...
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