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What the Midterms Mean for Keystone XL
Votes are still being cast, but we already have a sense of what this election means for the fight against the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. When it comes to the pipeline, these midterms have been...
View Article5 Reasons Chicago Is a Clean Energy Powerhouse
Recently U.S. Department of Energy Assistant Secretary David Danielson visited Chicago and spoke at the new Chicago Innovation Exchange, a new tech incubator on Chicago's South Side. During Dr....
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In Hawaii's Colorful Reefs, a Harrowing Death Knell
It's no secret that the world's corals are in trouble but right now in the waters around Hawaii, it's some of the rarest corals on Earth that are getting hammered. In recent weeks warming ocean...
View ArticleSocial Movements Gain Momentum in the Fight for Climate Justice
Upwards of 400,000 people taking to the streets of Manhattan this past September 21, combined with parallel protests around the world, was truly a spectacular scene. Even while energized by the...
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Sustainable Tourism Consultation Seeks to Provide Input To the United Nationsm
The University of South Florida Patel College of Global Sustainability hosted a Sustainable Tourism Consultation on U.N. Day, October 24, 2014. The Consultation was moderated by Dr. David Randle,...
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The California Water Bond is a Beginning, Not an End: Here's What's Next
by Peter Gleick, Kristina Donnelly, Heather Cooley California voters have approved Proposition 1 - the 2014 California Water Bond. The ultimate value and effectiveness of the bond will depend on how it...
View Article4 Midterm Lessons About the Politics of Climate Change
The Republican Party has taken control of the Senate after winning a handful of red states. This makes Senator Mitch McConnell the new Majority Leader, yet voters have not endorsed McConnell's...
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Peak Water: United States Water Use Drops to Lowest Level in 40 Years
The most important trend in the use of water is the slowly unfolding story of peak water in the United States and elsewhere. Data on US water use are compiled every five years by the US Geological...
View ArticleGOP Leadership Promises Worst Attack on Environmental Protection in Decades
Concerns about the economy and heath care may have dominated the midterms, but the election results have unleashed a major threat to our children's health and the environment. The Senate is now in the...
View ArticleTuesday's Election: A Record Day for Land Conservation
Politicians, pundits and public officials are looking at Tuesday's election results, to parse exactly what messages the voters were sending. But one clear message was delivered: Americans cherish land...
View ArticleLeveling the Playing Field
I may be new to politics, but there's one thing I know -- investing in democracy is, without question, a winning proposition. In the presidential debates back in 2008 and 2012, the candidates clearly...
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China Evolving to Coal Consumption Peak and Strong Climate Commitments
Working on international climate change issues over the years I’ve seen the debate shift profoundly in several ways. One of the key shifts is the perception that countries like China aren’t doing...
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Maple Syrup Says No Formaldehyde
It's Sunday morning and I'm at the breakfast table with my older son who is visiting for the weekend. I'm serving a delicious Challah French toast from a recipe out my book Beyond The Mediterranean...
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Post-Election Report: Clean Energy Jobs Grow in Republican (and Democratic)...
Win, lose or draw, here's one nonpartisan issue on which Republicans and Democrats alike should agree: Clean energy works for America. Many of the Republicans elected Tuesday hail from states that lead...
View ArticleKilling Barred Owls to Save Spotted Owls? Let's Stop Bloody Conservation...
A recent essay in the magazine Conservation by science writer Warren Cornwall called "There Will Be Blood" is a must read for anyone interested in keeping up with current discussions and debates about...
View ArticleFor the Love of Dog, Put Us Out of Business
We can feel the holiday season lurking around the corner, hawking its sparkly greeting cards and bow tied boxes. We dread the day you start to see Christmas tree stands pop up on every corner and hear...
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Four Ways the Pacific Climate Warrior Coal Blockade Reshaped the Future
For a day the narrow channel of the world's largest coal port, the Port of Newcastle in Australia became a non-violent, but intensely contested battlefield. On that day, October 17th, 30 Pacific...
View ArticleUnderstanding and Overcoming America's Plutocracy
Pity the American people for imagining that they have just elected the new Congress. In a formal way, they of course have. The public did vote. But in a substantive way, it's not true that they have...
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Sapping ALEC's Power: Software Giant SAP Dumps Group Over Climate Denial
The tech exodus from the American Legislative Exchange Council continues, with German software giant SAP ending its membership in the anti-climate lobbying group. The blow is especially harsh as...
View ArticleThe End of the Big Oil and Gas Game Has Come
Co-authored with Grant Cooke Sheikh Ahmed-Zaki Yamani said in 2000, "The Stone Age came to an end, not because we had a lack of stones, and the oil age will come to an end not because we have a lack of...
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