Making Room for More Water: Retreat from the Coast
Sea levels are rising. Louisiana is losing her boot and nuisance flooding now chronically inundates coastal communities in the U.S. during high tides. Two major scientific reports from the...
View ArticleWorld Looks to OECD as High Level Commission Calls for Phasing Out Coal
Co-authored with Nicole Ghio, Sierra Club International Climate Program Today, the high powered Global Commission on the Climate and Economy released its flagship report on global coal use and the...
View ArticleThe Time to Act Is Now!
Climate change action: A matter of political will We can no longer deny that the ways in which we fuel, feed, finance and secure our societies have long exceeded the sustainable limits of our...
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'Green News Report' - September 16, 2014
The Green News Report is also available via... IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Baby, it's hot outside: Hottest year on record in California, hottest August on record for the entire planet; Record hurricane...
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The Legacy of Lonesome George: Rescuing Tortoises From Extinction
Authors: George Lewis and Cecilia Alvear They look invincible-with their built-in body armor and their enormous bulk. But giant tortoises, the very symbol of the Galápagos, are among the most...
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Australia's Shark Ecocide, Over
Last week, Western Australia's (WA) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rejected the cruel shark cull. The EPA found a "high degree of scientific uncertainty" surrounding the impact of baited...
View ArticleWhy on Earth Is This Gay Guy Marching for Climate?
After a ridiculously long stint trying to de-gay myself through gay conversion therapy, I finally came out. Then, happily settled with a hunky smart stud, I got smacked in the face with a hot, nasty...
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Failure Is Not an Option
Sometimes failure is a good teacher. We fail exams, love affairs fail, we fail to stay on diets or we fail to find our keys. We learn something about ourselves in the process. But there is another...
View ArticleBig News: FBI to Start Tracking Animal Cruelty Cases
Cruelty to animals will get its own category in federal crime reports for the first time. I got that word yesterday from John Thompson, my friend at the National Sheriffs' Association, who told me that...
View ArticleThere's No Planet B for Youth
The time has come for us to develop new and sustainable methods to maintain our economy while managing our resources responsibly. We have come to the realization that climate change is one of the most...
View ArticleThe ALERT Project: Why It Matters and Why You Should Care
Imagine if you were one of the people in Greeley, Colorado, on September 12 who had been stuck in traffic for hours, because unknown chemicals that had "something to do with fracking" had been spilled...
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The New Norm: Hotter Than Hades
The dichotomy between grass and desertification provides an insightful representation of California's record-breaking warmest January through August. MALIBU, CA - It was way in the 90s here today...we...
View ArticleGetting Energy Subsidies to Work in Favor of the Environment
Free market economics is based on the equilibrium of supply and demand, in which incentives naturally align to optimize the price of goods and services. Yet often our "free market" doesn't operate...
View ArticleGrappling With The World's Man-Made Extremes
The river was cold, fast, and had a wavering log and three rocks as a bridge. Water sprinted past me, down the mountainside, stalling my exit from a village in Himalayan India where I was studying...
View ArticleWorld's Philanthropists and Foundations, Use Your Financial Power Against...
In the largest and most international declaration ever published by environmentalists, 160 leaders from 46 countries have called on the world's foundations and philanthropists to use investments worth...
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The Tale of an Accidental Pig Farmer
Back around Easter, I got the brilliant idea to post on Craigslist that we would accept farm animals, no questions asked. I was hoping to take in some chicks and rabbits which parents may have...
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People's Climate March: 10 Reasons Why This Mom Is Marching
I'll be in New York City, my hometown, on Sunday, September 21, marching with thousands of others who want to see meaningful action on climate change. Why am I marching? 1. Because climate change is...
View ArticleReligious Groups Mobilize at People's Climate March
The countdown for the New York City People's Climate March is on. Taking place on Sunday, September 21, the preceding days will be packed with activities. Planned to coincide with the United Nations...
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Why Am I Marching? It's Personal
As someone who writes about climate change, I can readily tell you about biodiversity losses on the Amazon, declining polar bears in the Arctic due to melting glaciers, surging wildfires in Colorado,...
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Gloom and Doom Not a Good Strategy for Climate Change Advocates
The idea of branding climate change could seem like another exercise in navel-gazing unless you consider the effectiveness of the opposition. They've got branding down, relentlessly repeating the...
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