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UN World Food Programme in Ecuador: Helping Colombian Refugees Transition...
A woman and her child near the northern Ecuadorian border. Photo by Gabriela Malo/WFP In 2001, Diego and his family were displaced from their home by irregular armed groups in Colombia. In a recent...
View ArticleWATCH: What Is A 'Sexy Body'? This Remarkable Model's Photos Are Redefining...
What if you could choose body parts like you choose a pair of shoes? And what if these prosthetics could help you do new things and express new parts of yourself? Aimee Mullins shares what she calls...
View ArticleMoving Mountains Tragedy 2014: Stunning Court Denial of Appalachian Health...
In a breathtaking but largely overlooked ruling this week, a federal judge agreed that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers may disregard studies on the health impacts of mountaintop removal mining in its...
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Are Male Cats Good Kitty Daddies?
This question originally appeared on Quora: Can male cats recognize their own kittens? Answer by Dianne Meriwether If it wasn't for personal experience I would have said the answer is no, but I once...
View ArticleRebuilding Hungary's Green Politics
Hungary has a rich tradition of environmental activism, from the anti-dam campaigns of the 1980s to the nature conservation efforts of the post-Communist period. It has also seen the rise and fall of a...
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Climate Change This Week: China Out Competes US on Solar, Droughts & Chills,...
Today, the Earth got a little hotter, and a little more crowded. Daily Climate Change: Global Map of Unusual Temperatures, Aug 22, 2014 How unusual has the weather been? No one event is "caused" by...
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How Transit, Walkability Help Make Cities More Affordable
Highly enlightening new data from the New York City-based Citizens Budget Commission demonstrate the immense importance of walkability and transit in shaping how affordable large US cities are for a...
View ArticleSolar Could Grow Faster if We Had a Functioning Federal Government
It is obvious that the United States federal government is struggling to perform basic governance functions and, as I wrote earlier this summer, it is incapable of leading the transition to a renewable...
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Meatless Monday: The Punk, the Samurai and the Salad Bowl -- Terry Hope...
"Vegan and punk -- there's a strong relationship. We're angry at the world and let's make it a better place," says Terry Hope Romero , who teamed up with Isa Chandra Moskowitz for "Post Punk Kitchen."...
View ArticleThe Passenger Pigeon's Everlasting Mark: America's Most Infamous Extinction
We rarely know the exact date and time an entire species goes extinct, but in the case of the passenger pigeon, we do. Martha, the very last of her species, took her final breath at the Cincinnati Zoo...
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Are Farm Animals Not Considered Animals?
Yesterday, August 24, was the 48th anniversary of the federal Animal Welfare Act (AWA), a groundbreaking law establishing minimum standards of treatment for animals... Well, some animals. You see,...
View ArticleMicroplastics: New Threat to Our Aquatic Ecosystem
The use of plastics in our daily lives has grown drastically over the last several decades. It is difficult for us to function without using plastics in some form. Think about our annual use of nearly...
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Bringing Conservation and Development Together
Development and conservation are often viewed as separate or even opposing needs. The truth is, we simply won't be successful in addressing either the world's economic or environmental challenges...
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In Defense of Pamela Anderson
Pamela Anderson has made a media splash by refusing to take part in the ice bucket challenge in support of the ALS Association because of its history of funding animal experiments that she describes as...
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25 Years Ago -- The 'Big One' of '89
I wrote and published the column below almost five years ago, so I really should have included "From The Archives" in that title (but didn't because it would have made it too choppy, I felt). I had...
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Dirty Denier$ Day 17: Congressman Rodney Davis
On climate change, Rep. Rodney Davis' actions certainly speak louder than words. We'll give small bit of credit to the first-term congressman from Illinois' 13th District for publicly acknowledging...
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UPDATED: Decorated War Veteran/Resident Arrested: Peabody Coal Overruns Rocky...
Rocky Branch, Illinois. Photo courtesy of Jeff Lucas, Gutting the Heartland. UPDATED: 10:30am CST Rocky Branch residents are reporting that decorated Vietnam War-veteran Glenn Kellen, a Rocky Branch...
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Yellowstone in the Backyard: Time to Declare LA's San Gabriel Mountains a...
As we head into the final days of August, most Americans are looking for one last summer escape. Many people have to travel hundreds of miles to find a refuge from the crush of everyday life. But the...
View ArticlePraying for Wind: Pollution Solution?
Before the wheels touched down, last March, at Beijing's spectacular airport, we could smell the pollution. Burning eyes, raspy throats, and persistent coughing got our attention faster than smart...
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A Global Ecocide Rampage (WARNING: GRAPHIC PHOTOS)
Each year, looting Earth's forests, its animals, waterways, wetlands, coral reefs and its oceans account for $400 billion in commerce. Join Earth Dr Reese Halter in another segment of SOS from Los...
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