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4 Environmental Health Lessons Learned From the Bhopal Disaster
Photograph by Bhopal Medical Appeal The Sambhavna Clinic in Bhopal, India is an oasis of healing. Combining Western and traditional healing philosophies, the clinic empowers people to take...
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The Fake Stuff Makes Us Want the Real Stuff
I was 10 years old, enjoying a scoop of ice cream, when my dad, a marketing director, pointed at a poster on the wall, and said: "did you know that the ice cream in that picture is really mashed...
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Cop 20 Climate Solutions: A Small and Mighty Consortium in the Spotlight
The flashbulbs will pop as Leonardo DiCaprio mingles with heads of state at this year's Conference of the Parties climate talks in Lima, Peru, which officially began on Monday. But in another part of...
View ArticleDo I Enjoy Killing?
While sitting in the hunting blind, my father's deer rifle resting across my thighs, I kept thinking of an accusation someone wrote to me months ago here. The comment came from a member of the Animal...
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The Last Undammed River in the Sierra Madre Occidental Is Under Threat
Top image: Jaime Rojo In mid-September, 2014, Mexico's Secretary of the Environment and Natural Resources authorized the construction of the Las Cruces hydroelectric dam in the San Pedro Mezquital...
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For Inspiration: Mark Ruffalo at Uplift Fest
When the mainstream channels only lead to divisive conversations that leave a person feeling hopeless, we look to visionaries who offer solutions. The internet is full of these resources whichĀ showcase...
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Who's Killing Hawaii's Endangered Monk Seals?
It's happened again. Another endangered Hawaiian monk seal has been beaten to death in Hawaii. Sunday's death of this young female monk seal -- known as RF58 - is the ninth suspicious death since...
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Super Pollutants to Face Bipartisan Battle in Congress
This autumn was a significant time for climate action and raising awareness about climate change, featuring the massive People's Climate March and the United Nations' Climate Summit. Despite these...
View ArticleOrca Rescue
Dr. Ingrid Visser, is very passionate about Orca's and embarked on her life-long dream to study orcas in 1992. She is an internationally published researcher who's work was instrumental in the New...
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What Do Birds Have to Do With Anything?
Photo credit: Diane Husic The annual United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change conferences (COPs) are, by design, scheduled in different parts of the world, and thus, I have had the...
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Connecting With Nature? There's an App for That
How would you feel if you were asked to turn in your mobile phone while entering a national park? Would it help you connect more deeply with nature? That's exactly what New Forest National Park in...
View ArticleThe Climate Post: Optimism at UN Climate Change Conference
At the 2014 United Nations Climate Change Conference twentieth Conference of the Parties, known as COP20, in Lima, Peru, delegates from more than 190 nations are hashing out details of an international...
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Religion Scholars Address Climate Change at Annual Meeting
This week over 10 thousand scholars gathered in San Diego for the joint annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion (AAR) and the Society of Biblical Literature. Professionals in higher...
View ArticleLeaving a Downstream Legacy
"Upstream is where you grew up, where you came from. Downstream is what you leave behind, your legacy." -- Carol Armstrong, Los Angeles Mayor's office Eighty percent of Americans live in urban areas...
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First Texas City to Ban Fracking Cites 'Public Nuisance' in Lawsuit Response
Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlogAttorneys representing Denton, Texas, the first city to ban hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") in state history, have issued rebuttals to the two lawsuits filed against...
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'Green News Report' - December 4, 2014
The Green News Report is also available via... IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Germany's biggest utility spins off its fossil fuel assets; Are fossil fuel companies running scared? Florida punishes homeowners...
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Environmental Groups File Motion to Intervene in Defense of Denton Fracking Ban
Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlogJust days after attorneys representing Denton, Texas submitted their initial responses to two legal complaints filed against DentonĀ -- the first Texas city ever to ban...
View ArticleWe Can't Breathe: An American Travesty
It's America and Mother Earth that cannot breathe, not only Eric Garner. Listen to the truth: We who believe in freedom cannot restWe who believe in freedom cannot rest until it comesUntil the killing...
View ArticleThe DOE Loan Program Is a Winner: Here's Why the Critics Were Wrong
Recently, the U.S. Department of Energy released a report on the interim results of its loan guarantee program, the federal government's huge clean energy investment fund. The results should finally...
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Poaching for Chinese Markets Pushes Tigers to the Brink
While playing with a submerged log in a pond, this 14 month-old cub spotted a deer in the distance. Photo: Steve Winter Tiger Deaths Increase Inside Protected Areas Inflamed By Poaching, Record-High...
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