Obama's 2014 UN Speech Marks Turning Point in his Presidency and Foreign Policy
This morning, President Barack Obama delivered a speech at the United Nations that marked an important turning-point in American foreign policy -- and in his presidency. Although the speech was...
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Congress Needs to Think Big About Fish
When you buy a house, do you inspect only the roof? Of course not. You look at the whole structure: the foundation, insulation, plumbing, and many other aspects that indicate the overall condition of a...
View ArticleCarry a Torch
"Many Native people would say this needs to be burned." Rob Cuthrell, having just the weekend before become a newly minted doctor of archaeology, looked down from the edge of the 225-acre Quiroste...
View ArticleClimate Change and Our Kids' Future: An Excerpt From A Drowning World
It's not just up to scientists and activists to tell the world about climate change. It's up to storytellers. We can vividly imagine the future so we can change it. In my YA novel, The Drowning World,...
View ArticleU.S. Must Do Its Part to Support Green Climate Fund
Among the blizzard of announcements made as part of the UN Climate Summit over the past few days, one that should not be lost in the storm is the pledge made by French President Francois Hollande to...
View ArticleThe Courage to Lead
Henrik O. Madsen joined Norway's DNV, the world's leading ship and offshore classification company in 1982. Thirty-two years later, as Group CEO of the recently merged DNV GL, now a Euro 2.5 billion...
View ArticleBeware the LNG Memes
Any reader of Richard Dawkins, the biologist and New Atheist, is well acquainted with his coining the word, "meme." Once you hear it described, its explanatory power seems undeniable. "Memes propagate...
View ArticleCasu Marzu and Nordic Food
You may be aware of the existence of casu marzu, a sheep milk cheese from the island of Sardinia, in the middle of the Mediterranean. Unlike other cheeses from Italy, casu marzu has the peculiarity of...
View ArticleFrom Rio to New York -- The (Long) Path Towards a Safer Planet
The science of climate change is robust enough to inform the world that the safe and stable planet, on which humanity has thrived for millennia, may be approaching the end of a very benign chapter in...
View Article"Put a Price on Carbon. Now."
Business understands that the climate is changing, that humans are causing this, and most importantly what we can do to reverse the trend. We also understand, better than anybody, the scale of the...
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New Survey Uncovers the Lure of the City
What attracts us to city life? A new survey offers some insights. A thousand urbanites - young and old - across major cities in the U.S. were contacted by Sasaki Associates, a planning and design firm...
View ArticleNobel Laureate Mario Molina: Denying Climate Change 'Outrageous', 'Hugely...
Out of the thousands of signs carried by the 400,000 participants in the People´s Climate March in New York City last Sunday, there were two that really stayed with me. One read: "Mother Earth is not a...
View ArticleRockets Red Glare Distract Nation From UN Climate Summit and Import of Global...
With the dramatic launch of the American-led air war in Syria, and the escalation of Middle Eastern hostilities against ISIL, the critically important UN Climate Summit in New York has had to compete...
View ArticleThe Climate Post: World Sees Some Tangible Outcomes from U.N. Climate Summit
World leaders gathered in New York this week for the United Nations Climate Summit, a meeting aimed at raising carbon reduction ambitions and mobilizing progress toward a global climate deal. In...
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We Love Fear
This post was originally featured on Agriculture.com - Copyright Meredith Corporation October is coming up and that means Halloween is right around the corner. Now I love Halloween. I love the pumpkins...
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Over 100,000 Elephants Killed in 3 Years, But We Can Stop the Slaughter
When sitting in close proximity to a group of elephants, it always amazes me how small an elephant's tusks are relative to its body. Certainly far less than a hundredth of its weight. But because of...
View ArticleHey! I Am Knocking on Your Door
Since our founding, I started knocking on doors for individuals, communities and lawmakers to take on leadership within their communities to protect human health. I ask that people make a commitment to...
View ArticleIs Common Ground Possible Anymore on Global Climate Change?
If you enjoy good writing, solid thinking and interesting perspectives on issues such as global warming, you're probably a fan of David Roberts on Grist. Recently back from a yearlong hiatus in which...
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Climate Reckoning: My Own Private Coal Story
Four years after the publication of my memoir/history, Reckoning at Eagle Creek: The Secret Legacy of Coal in the Heartland, I found myself sitting in the front row of an Illinois Environmental...
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'Green News Report' - September 25, 2014
The Green News Report is also available via... IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: 'GNR' Special Climate Week Coverage continues: China's first-ever pledge to cut emissions; Environmental experts say we're not...
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