Running Clean or Running Scared?
A batch of Senate amendments this week revealed the awkward maneuvering going on within the Republican Party on climate change. After months of some GOP lawmakers holding fast to denial and some...
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Never List Animals on Craigslist!
Working at an animal shelter for three years, one of my responsibilities was to make sure no animals adopted from the shelter ever wound up on Craigslist or any other site to be re-homed. Did it...
View ArticleThe Possible India-US Deal on Climate Change: Will Obama's Visit to Delhi...
When President Barack Obama visits Delhi for the Republic Day celebrations, climate change--a bugbear in the US-India relationship--is expected to be high on the agenda. The US president, heady from...
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Self-Interest Will Drive Fossil Fuel Divestment More Than Idealism
If anyone needed more proof that economics trumps sustainability: low gas prices are causing a plunge in electric vehicle and hybrid sales. The same phenomenon is happening in the divestment movement....
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Ohioans Stand Up in Force to Oppose Bailing out Old, Dirty Power Plants
As coal plants around the U.S. become increasingly filthy and decrepit with old age, some utilities want ratepayers to pay billions of dollars to keep them running. We're already paying with our...
View ArticleAlternate Universe
In the Republican response to President Obama's State of the Union address, freshman Senator Jodi Ernst of Iowa pledged that her party would steer the country in a better direction. Just where would...
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Heather Zichal, Former Obama Energy Aide, Named Fellow at Industry-Funded...
Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlogHeather Zichal, former top climate and energy aide to President Barack Obama his top aide in crafting his 2008 presidential campaign energy platform, has joined the...
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Eric McDavid Deserves Answers From Federal Officials Who Kept Information...
(Eric McDavid leaves federal court in Sacramento, CA on January 8, 2015, free for the first time in nine years, followed by his attorneys Ben Rosenfeld (left) and Mark Vermeulen. Photo courtesy of...
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An Interview with WIldlife Photographer Chris Burkard
www.wildernessculture.com www.chrisburkard.com Chris Burkard has the ability to capture Mother Nature's most beautiful moments. His photos allow us to join him in his adventures and in his passion for...
View ArticleNew Yorker Cartoonist Live Tweets the State of the Union
We all need to laugh! So when Moms Clean Air Force was told Florida Field Manager, Nicole Hernandez Hammer was invited as a personal guest of First Lady Michelle Obama at the State of the Union, I was...
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The View on Climate Change Is Different From 4.5 Feet
Middle School students posing with the Green Ninja We all know that climate change is not an easily resolvable problem. It has become a point of contention and the center of discussion for a plethora...
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Native Americans and Supporters Fight Keystone XL Pipeline With Spirit Camp
If you head south on route 183 in central South Dakota, you'll see sprawling farmland all around you. Bald eagles, some as tall as children, will stand guard at the side of the road and swoop low over...
View ArticleSo Much for a More Open, Respectful GOP Senate
I wasn't shocked when Senate Republicans made their first order of business a bill pushed by Canadian special interests. I knew they had made a commitment to Big Oil to force through a vote on the...
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Businesses and Environmental Groups Call on President Obama to Create Clean...
In the lead-up to President Obama's visit to India for Republic Day, environmental groups and solar companies -- including Sierra Club, Schneider Electric, OMC Power, d.light, SunFunder, and Simpa...
View ArticleRedefining Business Purpose: Driving Societal and Systems Transformation
A Growing Threat The world faces enormous human development and environmental challenges, from poverty and disease to food security and climate change. Significant progress has been made in the last...
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Appointment With The Climate Psychologist
Hmm..and how does that make you feel? This week I checked in with Dr Margaret Klein a.k.a The Climate Psychologist to share some ideas and inspiration about climate change action. A Case Of Climate...
View ArticleThe Heat Is On: Via Campesina and Allies Challenge Climate Capitalism
A new report by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) indisputably confirms what many scientists had predicted: 2014 is officially the hottest year on record. And this...
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A Tale of Two Washingtons
When I first visited Washington state more than a decade ago as journalist covering Microsoft, Amazon, and other companies, I remember being impressed with the state's idyllic blend of economic growth...
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11 Ways To Do Your Dog Right
(Myself with Kisco, photograph by Jody Buren) In my last post, I explained why any "training technique" that scares your dog isn't good. Fear is a terrifying teacher. Poking, hitting, shocking --...
View ArticleThe Eight Kinds of People Who Post on Facebook During #Snowmageddon
1. The Panickers: provide constant weather status updates, bread and milk status updates, traffic updates and temperature updates. Can also be Photographers (see #7), by dint of Instagram shots of...
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