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'Green News Report' - January 7, 2014
TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport FACEBOOK: Green News Report The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app! IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Baby it's record cold outside (but...
View ArticleGoing Green in 2014: A Conversation with Two Thought Leaders on Urban Green...
At the 11th annual Urban Green Gala awards dinner, Building a Greener New York, the Urban Green Council honored three innovators: Mark MacCracken, CEO of Calmac Manufacturing Corp.; Rafael Pelli,...
View ArticleWater Is the Enemy, Gatorade Mobile Game Tells Youth
If you thought Big Soda's decades-long "War on Water" -- part of their strategy to increase sales of soda and other bottled drinks -- couldn't get any worse, you were wrong. The latest assault,...
View ArticleHoly Icebergs! A Warmer, Thirstier Future on Tap
If you've spent the past few days battling the polar vortex, it might be hard to wrap your head around the idea that the freezing weather was actually caused by warming temperatures. But wait, there's...
View ArticleTop New 2014 Baby Names for Environmentalists
I've been noticing that everyone is coming up with lists for the New Year. At the same time, many of my friends in the environmental community will be having babies soon. So I thought I would help them...
View ArticleCollaboration, Not Heros, Drives Shifts in Climate Change
When I heard in late December that Bill McKibben had written another article for Rolling Stone, I was thrilled. His July 2012 piece for that publication -- "Global Warming's Terrifying Math" -- started...
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This Massive Chilean Lake Disappears Overnight
By Ken Jennings, Condé Nast Traveler Two people walk next to ice blocks in the Lake Cachet II in Aysen, Chilean Patagonia on April 6, 2012. Shortly before midnight of March 31, 2012, the lake with his...
View ArticleWhy I Joined the Food Movement
I first set foot on an industrialized farm seven years ago. I had decided to use a high school biology assignment to visit the hog farms that surrounded my rural hometown. I was nervous; I had read...
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Biking Into the Future
A few weeks ago, I was asked by a reporter, "What's the future of transportation?" He was wondering if I foresaw any far-out types of cars powered by some strange sustainable fuel like water, helium...
View ArticleMarijuana: The Tide Has Turned... Now What?
On New Year's Day, recreational marijuana sales officially began in Colorado. Legal pot shops opened to great fanfare with customers lined up at 2 a.m., some arriving in limos, others carrying guitars...
View ArticleColder Winters Caused by a Warmer Planet
"Dear future generations: Please accept our apologies. We were rolling drunk on petroleum."-- Kurt Vonnegut Let's play a game -- it's called "How long can CNN talk about a freak wave of arctic weather...
View ArticleThe Top 10 Marijuana Developments in 2013
This is my annual survey of the most significant marijuana policy developments in the United States. This means it excludes foreign developments, such as Uruguay becoming the first nation to legalize...
View ArticleCold Weather Brings Out the Climate Change Deniers
It shouldn't come as any great surprise that sometimes, it gets cold in winter. For much of the country, it's gotten really cold thanks to the polar vortex, which occurs when a whirlwind of Arctic air...
View ArticleLocal Veterans and Senators Support Proposed Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks...
They do a lot of things well in New Mexico. It is truly a Land of Enchantment. However, one area to address is the protection of significant historical sites and artifacts within the state's borders....
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Mosaic, Mobile Phones, and Clean Energy Access
Solar crowdfunder Mosaic, is the latest entrant into clean energy's next big market - off grid clean energy. Thanks to a top prize of $1 million from Verizon Powerful Answers Mosaic will be developing...
View Article10 Stories That Will Shape the Future of Canada's Boreal Forest
2013 was a big year for Canada's boreal forest. From new parks and protected areas to game-changing court decisions that saw First Nations receive more control over development projects within their...
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Peak Oil Is Dead
Long Live Peak Oil! Cross-posted with TomDispatch.com Among the big energy stories of 2013, “peak oil” -- the once-popular notion that worldwide oil production would soon reach a maximum level and...
View ArticleBusiness Resilience Comes From Working With Nature
Co-authored with Michelle Lapinski, a senior adviser on valuing nature at The Nature Conservancy Hurricane Sandy, the superstorm that pummeled the U.S. northeast in October 2012, ranks as the...
View ArticleExposed: Blackfish Documentary Affects Big Business and How Anyone Can Help...
By Donald Julius Rapier, 17 Donald Julius Rapier is a 17-year-old junior at Lindblom Math & Science Academy. He is a participant in the Youth Narrating Our World (YNOW) through the OpEd Project....
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