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An Abundance of Loss With the Loss of Abundance
"If the laudable quest for survivors of the species proves not forlorn, we trust our boasted humanity will hold the protection of this beautiful bird to be a most sacred trust -- an attitude rarely...
View ArticleHeinz Makes New, Important Animal Welfare Commitment
Today, I'm pleased to report that, after working with The HSUS, Heinz announced that it will be switching 20 percent of its eggs to cage-free throughout its North American operations by the end of...
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Urge Pepsi to Stop Guzzling Tar Sands
In July of 2013, Moms Clean Air Force joined in an open letter to top North American businesses. The agenda was to strongly "urge" them to stop using fuel derived from tar sands sources. A call for an...
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Five Facts about Fungi: The Unsung Heroes
Sometimes, it's all too easy to overlook what's really important in life. Countless heroes go unsung as they carry out their important work behind the scenes. Today I would like to take a moment to...
View ArticleDavid Keeps Winning: 10 Recent Victories That Will Give You Hope for the Planet
Wow. That's the word I repeated over and over this summer, as news rolled in of one clean energy victory after another. These are David and Goliath campaigns, led by community groups fighting for the...
View ArticleTo Frack or Not to Frack: That Is The Question
The Latest IPCC Report The latest draft edition of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report includes some rather stark language: Continued emission of greenhouse gases will...
View ArticleDon't Let Misinformation Prevail Over Clean Water
This week, the U.S. House of Representatives will vote on a bill known as H.R. 5078, "Waters of the United States Regulatory Overreach Protection Act of 2014." This bill threatens to muddy the waters...
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Edwin Chota's Dream
Edwin Chota was one of four members of the Ashéninka people murdered in the Peruvian Amazon last week for the sin of protecting the forest. But Chota was more than just a leader. He was a father, a...
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Defend Your Natural Rights
by guest blogger Maya K. van Rossum, the Delaware Riverkeeper Our rights to free speech and religious freedom are among the many fundamental rights guaranteed by our federal and state constitutions,...
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Beauty and Blood
Dateline: Niassa Reserve, Mozambique, Sept. 9, 2014 I had read the reports and seen the PowerPoints. And now I have seen the faces. The faces of the on-the-ground experts as they rush into the vast...
View ArticlePeople and Other Animals: Stray Cobra Found But Who Else Is Out There?
Residents of Los Angeles' Thousand Oaks neighborhood had a bit of a scare last week when an albino monacled cobra was spotted making his or her way across Rancho Road. Most stray snake reports turn out...
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Clean Energy Can Multiply Gerald L. Chan's $350 Million Gift to Harvard
When I read The Harvard Crimson Staff Writer Matthew Q. Clarida's headline, "School of Public Health [HSPH] Renamed with $350 Million Gift, Largest in Harvard History," I thought that perhaps the...
View ArticleWill Airlines Wreck Crucial Chance to Cut Global-Warming Gases?
It's one of the fastest-growing sources of greenhouse gas pollution. And the airline industry's massive emissions of global-warming gases are completely unregulated. But that might be about to change...
View ArticleNeed or Greed? Biodiversity, Conservation and Ocean Health
Since the founding of the World Ocean Observatory more than a decade ago, I have attended many conferences and international meetings on ocean and climate policy and issues. Sometimes I have attended...
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What China Is Doing to Clear the Air and Fight Climate Change
BEIJING -- The Japanese paper Nikkei recently published a report on China's environmental pollution. I was shocked and dumbfounded by the sensational headline -- "China, A Perishing Nation Amid...
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China's Coal Imports Drop For The First Time Since Country Became Net Coal...
Co-authored by Lauri Myllyvirta, Greenpeace International A recently published analysis compiled by Lauri Myllyvirta and Greenpeace International showed the unthinkable -- Chinese coal consumption fell...
View ArticleFor the Good of Our Shared Earth: The World Council of Churches and...
They pick up our garbage on Mondays. I run for exercise, early in the morning, every day, through my neighborhood. On Mondays, I cringe as I run and pass by each house and see the amount of garbage. It...
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Will Raju's Freedom Last?
The fight to help Raju, the elephant that cried tears of joy, has been an emotionally exhausting one. When I first saw the photos of a lonely and old elephant named Raju, and read the information about...
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Getting Outside to Heal Inside
Greater Canyonlands, photo courtesy Ray Bloxham There are many reasons why President Obama should protect Greater Canyonlands -- the stunning 1.8 million acres of public land surrounding Canyonlands...
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Green Groups to New York City: Drop Dead
"It's like a forest," the high school student marveled as she strained her neck to see the oak and maple trees that rose high above her head. "Like"? That's a peculiar qualifier to use for a forest,...
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