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Hall of SHAME? We Have a Winner!
Please vote for Chevron in the 2014 Corporate Hall of Shame today! Reposted from the Eye On The Amazon There are many corporations worthy of being condemned for their actions that harm people and the...
View ArticleBeing a Couch Potato Could Harm You in Ways You Don't Even Know
Is your sofa bad for your health? A host of scientists and advocacy groups say the answer may be yes -- and some government officials may slowly be agreeing with them. The problem lies with...
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Bronx River Provides Blueprint for Urban Waterway Restoration
We sometimes take our waterways for granted. We know that they run through our cities and neighborhoods, but because we don't all directly rely on them every day for our livelihoods, it is easy to...
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Google Quits ALEC, But Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell Stay Put
Shell CEO Ben van Beurden says: "Climate change is real and it's a threat that we want to act on. We're not aligning with skeptics." Then why is Shell funding ALEC? When Google Executive Chairman Eric...
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Quiz: Is an Electric Car Right for You?
A lot of people have heard the buzz around electric vehicles (EVs), but they don't know if an EV would be right for them. In fact, many don't even know what would be the right questions to ask...
View ArticleIs Energy Efficiency a Good Thing Even With Rebound?
Co-authored with Inês Azevedo, Kenneth Gillingham, and David Rapson. Lighting is critical to our livelihoods. Humans have used lighting technology since long before industrialization. For many...
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What Does Proposition 1 -- the 2014 California Water Bond -- Really Say?
On November 4, California voters will decide the fate of Proposition 1 -- the 2014 Water Bond -- which authorizes the sale of $7.12 billion in new general obligation bonds and the reallocation of an...
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Just in Time for Halloween: It's the Invasion of the Body Snatchers
WildCare's Wildlife Hospital treats nearly 4,000 ill, injured and orphaned wild animal patients from over 200 species every year. This is one patient's story. This Deer Mouse probably felt like she had...
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What Is 'No!' Really Telling Your Dog?
This past weekend my husband and I saw the film Whiplash. The story centers around a teenage music student whose teacher is... well, I can't really print the words that would most accurately describe...
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Millions in New Investment Cap Record Year for Beyond the Grid Solar Markets
Co-authored with Vrinda Manglik, Sierra Club Associate Campaign Representative, International Clean Energy Access It has been a record year for beyond the grid solar investment. Photo courtesy of OMC...
View ArticleFusion Energy: Hope or Hype?
The IPCC Report's Warning The latest draft edition of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report bluntly warns that business-as-usual increases in greenhouse-gas emissions will...
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Caution: Slippery Loan Ahead!
Co-authored by Nikola Perušić, Project Manager at Cekor in Serbia Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina suffered many losses and damage this spring when both countries were hit hard by the heaviest rain in...
View ArticleThe Missing Smart Power Chapter
This fall, Island Press released an Anniversary Edition of Smart Power, allowing me to supplement the original text with forewords from industry leaders such as Jim Rogers, Daniel Esty, Daniel Dobbeni,...
View ArticleThe Climate Post: Ozone Focus of EPA's Latest Rulemaking
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a rule that sets domestic production consumption limits for hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs)--eventually phasing them out completely by 2020....
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Ebola and Animals -- at Home and West Africa
Bentley waits patiently for the ball from one of his caretakers whil in quarantine. Photo by Dr. Catherine McManus, Dallas Animal Services It was heartening to learn that Bentley, the dog of Dallas...
View ArticleIllinois Wasting Millions on Another Coal-to-Gas Pork Project
The state of Illinois is throwing millions of taxpayer dollars at another coal-to-gas plant just two years after a similar project ended in failure. The Coal Development Fund has so far given Homeland...
View ArticleThe Bottom Line on Climate Change Costs
The recent report published by the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate, an organization aimed at helping the world's societies to combat the effects of climate change, suggests that the costs...
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The Real Climate Game-Changer? Humility and Hauling Ass on a Plan B
Ernest Hemingway wrote, "Never confuse movement with action." So while I applaud the 300,000 people who passionately hit the streets of Manhattan during climate week and am encouraged by the long list...
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Jaime Lerner's Pinpricks of Change
Urban Acupuncture / Island Press Jaime Lerner, one of the most influential urban leaders of our time, has written down all of his hard-earned wisdom about the city in one slim yet rich volume, Urban...
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President Obama Should Embrace Disclosure of Climate Damage
Climate pollution threatens our children's health, cherished wildlife and forests, agriculture and our coastlines. Its impacts only get worse, and more costly, the longer we continue to make decisions...
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