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More Lies From ALEC About Climate Change
American Legislative Exchange Council CEO Lisa B. Nelson helped House Speaker Newt Gingrich promote his Contract with America in the mid-1990s. I don't envy Lisa B. Nelson, the new CEO at the American...
View ArticleWhy the Soda Tax Is So Important
Berkeley made history this November with the passage of the soda tax. It's the first city in the U.S. to crush Big Soda and pass a tax. Neighboring San Francisco is entitled to some bragging rights as...
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In the Fight Against Climate Change, Solar's Ready to Roll
This week the U.S. and China announced an historic agreement on climate, and while questions remain about some of the details of the accord, most experts and climate activists agree: a commitment from...
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Profile in Cowardice: Senator Don Harmon Fracks Illinois
Don Harmon is known as en environmental leader in the Illinois State Senate. His last facebook post before election day is about an environmental award given in his district to the village of Franklin...
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China and US Make Important Commitment to Deep Climate Targets
Chinese President Xi and President Obama just made a huge announcement. They committed to even deeper cuts in their climate pollution than many expected was achievable just a few short years ago. They...
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Saving the World, One Park at a Time
Five thousand people have gathered in Sydney, Australia, to save the world. Not in some metaphorical or whimsical way but in the real sense. The secret weapon being discussed at the IUCN 2014 World...
View ArticleVoters Cognitive Dissonance
According to recent polls, a majority of Americans believe global warming is a matter of concern, primarily human-induced, and deserving of prompt attention. An overwhelming number of Democrats and...
View Article50 Years Later: How the Civil Rights Act and the Wilderness Act Changed the U.S.
Co-authored by Hilary Shelton, Senior Vice President for Advocacy and Policy and Director of the Washington Bureau of the NAACP. Fifty years ago, Congress passed two landmark pieces of legislation....
View ArticleDogfighting Smackdown
Yesterday, we closed an important chapter in a long-running anti-cruelty case when a federal judge in Alabama handed down tough sentences for a number of active participants in a dogfighting network...
View ArticleHow The Warsaw Climate Talks Spawned The New China-US Climate Deal
The Kyoto Protocol failed in part because it tried to offer a one-size-fits-most solution to a challenge that manifests itself differently from state-to-state, country-to-country, and region-to-region....
View ArticleEarning Our Children's Trust
Our Constitution was established to "promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity." And yet, our government persists with a business-as-usual path,...
View ArticleThe Climate Post: U.S., China Reach Climate Deal
Two nations that account for more than one-third of all greenhouse gas emissions reached a climate deal. The United States will accelerate the pace of its net greenhouse gas emissions reductions from...
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Solar Road Showboats Innovation, G20 Brisbane
Innovative Dutch leadership provides an outstanding model for all countries to go solar, protect our oceans and the environment. Join me for another segment of SOS from Los Angeles, California as I...
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'Green News Report' - November 13, 2014
The Green News Report is also available via... IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Historic climate deal between U.S. and China: it's the deal Republicans said could never be done; Hope breaks out for...
View ArticleJobs, Jobs, Jobs: Not From Keystone -- From Clean Energy
As Congress tries to go around President Obama to approve Canada's Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, we continue to hear about jobs, jobs, jobs. If members of Congress are so concerned about jobs, why in...
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Being Good Environmental Stewards, No Matter Where We Live
Davon Baynes, a Corpsmember with Civic Works Real Food Farm in Baltimore, MD - recently travelled to the Boulder White Cloud Mountains in Idaho. Watch a video from Davon's trip here. By Davon Baynes,...
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Chevron's Sham Remediation in Ecuador: Toxic Oil Pits Continue to Contaminate
Chevron, Chevron Quite Contrary, How Does Your Garden Grow With Polluted Soil & Toxic Water And Wealthy Lawyers All In A Row During the historic contamination trial against Chevron in Ecuador, the...
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PETA Reportedly Steals and Kills a Family Dog
PETA reportedly stole a family's pet chihuahua from their porch, and killed it. You heard that right. Yes, we're talking about that PETA: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. The theft was...
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Despite Crackdown, Indian Courts Side With Public Health, Against Coal
In a huge victory for local communities, public health, and the rule of law, yet another enormous proposed coal plant has been denied clearance in India. In another major setback for the expansion of...
View ArticleKeystone Vote: Three Years Late, and for the Wrong Reason
The Keystone XL pipeline extension, proposed by TransCanada Pipeline to increase capacity of oil from Canada to refining centers on the Gulf Coast, has become a political football over the last several...
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