Aggressive Dog? No Problem!
This morning, I visited Amazon online. Naturally, Amazon suggests things I might like to purchase. Usually I breeze past them. Elegant gold women's watch? Not my style. Cat tree? Hmm. I'm pretty sure...
View ArticleAn Argument for 'Sane' Fracking
I was cooking a meal recently at my home in Denver, Colorado on my natural gas stove when my mind drifted to the ongoing debate about fracking. You've got to love irony. Despite the comfort and warmth...
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Protect Your Pets Before Disaster Strikes
Just because most disasters strike with little or no warning doesn't mean we can't effectively prepare for them. But while a lot of attention has been devoted to disaster planning for people, disaster...
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Drones Are Good, Bad, and Proving Vital to Protect Endangered Species
Technology is good: It heralds a Star Trek future where we no longer need to plunder the planet to meet our needs and we work for fulfillment not a pay check. Technology is bad: It will cause massive...
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Life On The Lake...An Overview
I am a retired Biologist and High School Teacher living in South Carolina (near Charleston). I have always enjoyed the outdoor life and am enjoying the freedom I now have. Most of These photographs...
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5 Ways to Support the People's Climate March Without Marching
Here's the truth: I've been known to faint in crowds and heat. As an activist spirit, I've joined big groups to march for change -- the walks for AIDS and cancer; the Take Back the Night rallies; the...
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Evolution Helps Those Who Help Their Selves
Right now you have a chance to help the late evolutionary biologist Lynn Margulis, one of the most important scientists the United States has ever produced, help us all a little bit. If you enjoyed...
View ArticleEnergy 2030: The Next Generation of Energy Policy
America sits at a crucial decision point that will affect its energy landscape far into the future. These are exciting times -- we are living in the midst of an energy boom. But the biggest game...
View ArticleWhy the World Must March for the Climate
One of the more remarkable days in my political career came in the fall of 2009. The climate change activists at 350.org were putting together their first big global day of action, and they asked us in...
View ArticleThe Climate Post: The Cost of Fixing Climate Change
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions could boost the economy rather than slow it, according to a new study by the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate. Better Growth, Better Climate: The New...
View ArticleRubio for President?
Virtually every politician is an opportunist, but Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio has to be at the head of the crowd. In his apparent desperation to win his party's 2016 presidential nomination,...
View ArticleNeither Rain, Nor Flood, Nor Drought Can Stop the Climate Change Deniers
Democrat or Republican, farmer or urban dweller -- no one can deny that California is facing one of its worst droughts in recorded history. Yet, like most issues today in our dysfunctional Congress,...
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Sea of Change: A Company That Views Seaweed as an Infinitely Nourishing Gift...
There are more than 400 kinds of edible seaweed. The Great and Wonderful Sea of Change Trading Company, based in Northern California, wants to get as many of those vegetables into your diet as...
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'Green News Report' - September 18, 2014
The Green News Report is also available via... IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Leo DiCaprio takes on his most important role yet; Louisiana's Gov. Bobby Jindal plays his dumbest role yet; Fracking operations...
View ArticleFarmers, Fighters, Clean Energy: How Smart Policies Help the Economy and the...
The Obama administration has come up with a way to support our farmers and our military veterans -- while at the same time helping our economy and our environment through more clean energy. On...
View ArticleWhile We March for the Climate, Governments Meet With Polluters
This article was originally published by Foreign Policy In Focus and TheNation.com. As climate activists converge on New York, world leaders will meet behind closed doors with corporate honchos who...
View ArticleOpen Letter to Canada's U.S. Ambassador: If You Are Already Going to Lose...
Dear Ambassador Doer, I read with interest the news accounts of your government's recent spending to advertise on behalf of TransCanada's proposed Keystone XL export pipeline. Though this $24 million...
View ArticleDeaths in Peru Show the Need to Protect Land Rights of Local Communities
Earlier this month, indigenous activist Edwin Chota and three Asháninka community leaders were murdered as they tried to stop illegal logging in the Peruvian Amazon. While the killers have not yet been...
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Massachusetts Promotes Electric Vehicles in Three-City Tour
We know that some of the most important ways to get more electric vehicles (EVs) on the road are 1) provide consumers with incentives that will make EVs less expensive and more convenient; 2) get...
View ArticleClimate Justice: World Council of Church's Interfaith Summit on Climate Change
I am in New York this week to help in the preparations of the World Council of Church's (WCC) Interfaith Summit of Climate Change. Having breakfast in a hotel before a meeting is always a rush. This...
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