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A New Shade of Green Collaborations Taking Shape in Boulder
Something extraordinary is happening in Colorado right now. Between now and September 16th, many scientists, conservationists, environmental entrepreneurs, artists, film makers, authors, educators,...
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Lobster Boat Blockade of Coal Plant Leads District Attorney to Climate...
When I met my husband Geof Day, his work as a climate activist introduced me to some interesting people involved with 350.org. Recently, I heard the inspiring story of Ken Ward and Jay O'Hara, two...
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Minnesota PUC Stymies Enbridge Sandpiper Pipeline Plans
Graphic from Friends of the Headwaters Last Thursday The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC), in a 3-2 decision, vexed the Enbridge Energy Corporation and encouraged environmental activists...
View ArticleDogs in Asia: Doctors Not Dinner
In a continent where dogs are often regarded as food, a change in attitude is palpable as the science behind the healing powers of canine therapy is being embraced by animal lovers and doctors alike....
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Don't Think of a Clean River
It's mystifying, but the debate over the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's proposal to restore Clean Water Act protections to 60 percent of the nation's rivers and streams has centered mostly on...
View ArticleLive Action in Pennsylvania on Live Pigeon Shoots
Today, I was in Harrisburg advocating for the enactment of H.B. 1750, which would ban the eating of dogs and cats and end live pigeon shoots. I was joined by lawmakers from both parties and by...
View ArticleUN Climate Summit Approaches, as Evidence Against UNnatural Gas Rises
The United States has its foot hard on the natural gas pedal, as we careen towards United Nations Climate Summit Program 2014. Next week world leaders will gather at U.N headquarters in New York, and...
View ArticleA New Coal Power Station the Coal Industry Won't Boast About
When the US$1.35 billion coal-fired Norochcholai Power Station is commissioned by the Chinese President Xi Jinping on his visit to Sri Lanka this week, it is unlikely that the global coal industry...
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Chelsea Sexton Explains Why Getting Butts in Electric Cars Is Top Priority
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Chelsea Sexton is famous -- among electric car fans, at least -- for her role in the documentary Who Killed the Electric Car? I caught up with Sexton at...
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Who's in Your Country's 'Social Network'?
This post was co-authored with Alisa Zomer, Research Fellow at the Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy. Leaders from around the world will gather at the United Nations this month to tackle...
View ArticleWhy Climate Change Concerns Pro-Life Christians
This is not a post dedicated to bludgeoning those unmoved by liberals' warnings about climate change. It is an invitation to people, especially Christians, to think about what's happening to the water,...
View ArticleSteps Toward an Ecological Seafood Menu
Sustainability in seafood -- is it really so hard to attain? And what can the average seafood lover do about it? We frequently hear from distributors and from chefs that they admire and some even are...
View ArticleClean Transportation Is Driving Us Toward a Low-Carbon Future
Some snapshots from across this legendarily car-loving nation: American car buyers can get more miles per gallon than ever before. Window stickers at new car lots displayed a record high average fuel...
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Blue Cities Have a Sustainable Relationship with Oceans
A fascinating new book by University of Virginia professor Timothy Beatley argues that while cities must continue to merge with the "green" -- by adding more trees, green roofs, and green buildings --...
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Pump the Movie -- Pricking Petro-Nonsense
It's about time that someone pricked the fraudulent "Saudi America" narrative that the oil industry and its allies have been peddling successfully to the media for the past several years -- and a new...
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Two Silences and a Big Loud Noise at the People's Climate March
Sunday will see the biggest march against climate change in the planet's history. But as we parade through the streets of New York, it will look -- and sound -- different than the big mass gatherings...
View ArticleEnvironmental Injustice is Personal
For me, environmental injustice is personal. I grew up in Los Angeles, with older foster brothers and dozens of extended family members who lived across the city. Air quality, and a multitude of other...
View ArticleThe Triumph of the Cyclops Polyphemus
The ancient Greeks were primarily very small family farmers, intimately connected to the land and the growing of food. Agriculture for the Greeks was food, economics, natural history, science, religion...
View ArticleSustainability: The First Postmodern Discipline
As someone engaged with a variety of sustainability research, I am always struck how difficult it is for many of us to define "sustainability" well. I have been slowly coming to terms with the reality...
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A Powerful New Tool to Help Track Deforestation
Mountain View, California. When Professor Carlos Souza of Brazil approached Google for the extra computing power he needed to calculate deforestation, he set into motion a chain of events that led to...
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