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Preserving the Legacy of North Dakota's Wild Horses
Theodore Roosevelt never foresaw unprecedented human population pressures and certainly not Big Oil on the horizon when he first became enraptured by the North Dakota Badlands. The former President...
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'Green News Report' - August 12, 2014
The Green News Report is also available via... IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: If it seems like there's more extreme weather -- you're right; What sanctions? ExxonMobil begins drilling with Russia in the...
View ArticleSimple Complexity
A small group composed of CEOs, conservationists, funders and advisors recently unplugged from technology and headed into the wilderness. A string of 20 mules and a dozen horses packed us and our gear...
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#DirtyDenier$ Day 8: Shelley Moore Capito
Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito has received $865,436 from the Mining Industry over the course of her career. This is more money than any other House or Senate candidate besides House Speaker John...
View ArticleLet Your Children Grow Up to Be Farmers
"Don't Let Your Children Grow Up to Be Farmers." That was the title of an op-ed piece in the New York Times circling around my Facebook feed this week. You may have read it yourself, but if not here's...
View ArticleLet's Use Organic and GMOs to Feed the World
As anyone who follows food and agriculture issues knows, much of the public discourse -- particularly around genetically modified organisms (GMOs) -- is highly polarized. The debates are often as...
View ArticleProposed City of Chicago Ethanol Ordinance Would be a Step in the Right...
At Argonne National Laboratory, we work to discover and invent revolutionary green technologies that will build a new energy economy. But while we seek tomorrow's game-changing technologies, we also...
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Rail CEOs to Investors: "Bomb Trains" Safe At Almost Any Speed
Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlogBurlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) recently said it would proceed with plans to increase speeds for oil-by-rail unit trains in Devil's Lake, N.D. to 60 MPH from 30 MPH,...
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Bill McKibben Coming to Boston for Major Climate Change Event
This Friday, August 22, author, activist, and climate rabble rouser, Bill McKibben will be coming to Boston for a major event at the Boston Opera House to build support for what he and fellow...
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Lady Bird Johnson's Letters Affirm Passion for Nature
Living in Austin, Texas, less than two miles -- as the crow flies -- from the beautiful Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center and having frequently jogged in my younger and fitter days on the scenic...
View ArticleActing Like Hammer Heads When It Comes to Sharks
This week, Shark Week returned to Discovery Channel as it has every summer since 1988. Shark Week's programs tend to portray the shark as aggressive predators, mainly to titillate viewers -- though not...
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#DirtyDenier$ Day 9: Congressman Jon Kline
Today's featured Dirty Denier is Rep. Jon Kline from Minnesota. While his denialism is more mild-mannered than the brash, outspoken style of some of his #DirtyDenier$ compatriots, it's no less...
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Montana: Big Sky Country, Big Climate Problems
Entomologist Diana Six and some dead whitebark pines in Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, about 40 miles southwest of Butte. (Photo: Krysti Shallenberger) No matter how far you go on vacation,...
View ArticleOptions for Severely Aggressive Dogs
Mechanics have weeks where they see a slew of brake jobs, or more carburetor issues than usual. There's no rhyme or reason; it's an odd universal phenomenon. Dog trainers, too, have weeks where they...
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Paddle Into History in the First Los Angles River Boat Race
The City of Angels is fast becoming a city of river enthusiasts thanks to a confluence events: the recognition and protection of the Los Angeles River as a navigable waterway by the United States...
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Science Advice? We Don't Need No Stinkin' Science Advice!
More and more often, societies around the world are facing a conflict that puts us all at risk. People reject scientific evidence when it does not fit their worldviews and values, challenging...
View ArticleDealing With Pet Loss
When people ask me why I became a veterinarian, I usually tell them it was to help animals stay healthy and to cure them of illness. I share these similar desires with my friends who are human...
View ArticleNew Air Quality Index May Help India's Cities Breathe Easier
These days in New Delhi, white shirts stay a lot whiter after a long day outside than they did in the late 1990s. Back then, India was in the thick of rapid industrialization, and millions of cars were...
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A Little Touch of Climate-Change Despair
Do methane bubbles in the Arctic signal a new level in our dangerous game with climate change? I was passing through Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport last Sunday, on my way home with my two sons. We'd...
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#DirtyDenier$ Day 10: Senator John Boozman
Arkansas Senator John Boozman may have done well as an optometrist before he was first elected to public office in 2000. But, when he shares his views on energy policy, it appears he needs to get his...
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