US-China Agreement is Good for American Cities
The historic agreement announced this week between the United States and China to limit carbon emissions is a major step toward both helping solve the problems caused by climate change and also...
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Urban Agriculture: A New Kind of Fast Food
Co-authored with Emily Rodgers For many of us, we fly through our jam-packed days with hardly any time for breaks - let alone healthy meal planning. So, it's no wonder fast food becomes an option when...
View ArticleEmerson Electric Latest to Confirm ALEC Exit
Emerson Electric is the latest corporation to confirm it has ended funding for the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), joining a notable wave of recent corporate defectors that has included...
View ArticleHow China Made Its Climate Change Decision, and Why It Will Stick
SYDNEY -- The consensus amongst the political elite in China since the 11th Five Year Programme issued in 2006 has been that climate change is a reality, and that its fiercest impact will fall on their...
View ArticleSecond Canadian Company Completing Tar-Sands Pipeline into the U.S.
Originally published by The Washington Spectator. For six years, TransCanada has negotiated federal and state laws, and contended with the opposition of environmental organizations and landowners, to...
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Test Driving a Tesla Model S P85 Performance Electric Car
There have been many cars I have tested as of late. However, the one car now that all other cars will be based upon (excluding some design components to the interior, which we will get to) is the Tesla...
View ArticleHotter Sex, Cooler Planet
Originally published on TIME.com Earlier this year, NASA issued a report declaring that global warming isn't coming, it's already here. "This Is What a Holy Sh*t Moment for Global Warming Looks Like,"...
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Timothy Geithner's Warburg Pincus May Profit from Tar Sands Exports
Photo Credit: Wikimedia CommonsCross-Posted from DeSmogBlogSeveral environmental groups have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of State and Secretary John Kerry over the permitting of a...
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Would Regulated Warranty Plans Help Save the Environment?
I was talking to Nick about what I'll call The Ikea Problem: cheaper, poorly made products appear to be more cost-effective than more expensive ones. When the expensive ones will last many times...
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5 Measures of Conservation to Affordably Monitor Our Effectiveness
Let's face it. Most conservation practitioners would rather spend the next dollar raised on reducing threats than monitoring the effectiveness of their actions. Not surprisingly, few have ever...
View ArticleHillary, Please Lead on Climate Change
"We don't have time - particularly as mothers -- to wait on anyone else. Delay has a direct impact on the future my children will have - and that's not acceptable to me." -- Letha Tawney This week, by...
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American University: Rising for Fossil Fuel Divestment
On Monday, Nov. 17 at 1 pm, hundreds of students, faculty, alumni, and community members will gather at American University for the largest action ever organized by Fossil Free American University, a...
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Extreme Ice Survey Returns South
Extreme Ice Survey, the team behind the acclaimed film Chasing Ice, is aboard our ship National Geographic Explorer right now sailing towards South Georgia. When they arrive they'll place solar-powered...
View ArticleThe Final Indian War in America About to Begin
Notes from Indian Country By Tim Giago (Nanwica Kciji) © Native Sun News (Note: This column will appear before the Senate votes on the Keystone XL Pipeline. The House has already approved the...
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Elephants and Other Wildlife Rely on the World's Protected Areas
Sydney, Australia Parks come in all shapes and sizes, from the neighborhood pocket park with just a swingset and jungle gym to New York's iconic Central Park to the spacious and picturesque Adirondack...
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State Dept. Keystone XL North Contractor ERM Approved Project Now Melting...
Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlogPhoto Credit: Wikimedia CommonsA controversial government contractor once again finds itself in hot water, or in this case, melting glacier water.TransCanada chose...
View ArticleDemography, Democrats, and a Metropolitan Vision
Writing in the New York Times (Sunday November 16, 2014), Kevin Baker accuses the Democratic party of being delusional. The thrust of this charge is that in the wake of the mid-term disaster,...
View ArticleThe Importance of the U.S.-China Climate Accord
Last week, the United States pledged to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 26% from 2005 levels before 2025, and China agreed to stop growing its carbon emissions by 2030. Since we do not have a...
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5 Reasons the Senate Must Protect Our Communities from the Keystone XL Pipeline
On Tuesday, the Senate will vote on a bill forcing President Obama to green light the Keystone XL pipeline for dirty tar sands oil. Keystone threatens our air and water and would intensify the climate...
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Honoring Those Who Make a Difference for Animals
One of the most remarkable things about animal advocacy is that, while our mission has never been more urgent, the opportunity to create substantial and lasting change has never been more obtainable....
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