No More Excuses
We have run out of excuses to not act on climate change. While the Obama administration has set the crucial foundation for action, Congress frustratingly continues to impede initiatives at the behest...
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Why a (Nearly) Deserted Island Gives Me Hope for the Oceans
A red-footed booby flies over black-tipped reef sharks in Palmyra's western lagoon (Âİ Kydd Pollock, 2011) From Robinson Crusoe to Gilligan's Island, deserted islands have long captured our...
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Wolves in Paradise? Yellowstone's Wolves in Transition
When Congress listed the gray wolf as endangered under the Endangered Species Act in 1974, it set the stage for a famous ecological experiment. The federal government began to create a recovery plan,...
View ArticleWorld Catching On to Importance of Blue Economy
In this week's episode of "EARTH A New Wild," my colleague M. Sanjayan visits Papua New Guinea, the Bahamas, the Sea of Cortez and New York City to spotlight just a few of the ways people are...
View ArticleSlaughtering Wolves in Canada: A New Essay Shows Just How Unscientific,...
Many people, including myself, have written about the egregious killing of 890 wolves by the Canadian government "in the name of science" to attempt to recover threatened woodland caribou (please see...
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The 'Best' We Can Do for Homeless Animals
This past week, dog breeders and owners came together in New York City to celebrate their definition of "best dog" in several categories at the Westminster Dog Show. One of those categories, introduced...
View ArticlePrinciples for a Climate Deal
This is the third in a series of posts on the prospect that nations will reach a global climate agreement in Paris this December at the next big international climate conference. The first two...
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Tanzania's President Kikwete Promises One Million Solar Homes
Photo courtesy of Cleantech Finance India's Prime Minister Modi is dreaming big on solar, aiming to use this clean resource to bring electricity to the 300 million Indians currently living without it....
View ArticleNon-violent 'Terrorism'?
By Rachel Meeropol, Senior Staff Attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights. In a Chicago courtroom today, I will urge a federal judge to dismiss terrorism indictments against two animal rights...
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The Small Town Boy Who Charted a New Course for Our Oceans
As a North Carolina graduate student, Bill Hogarth remembers fishermen proudly hanging giant marlin high on the wharf at Morehead City so people could admire and photograph the prized catch. But after...
View ArticleThe Climate Post: Clean Power Plan Targets May Change
The EPA administrator this week suggested that interim goals for existing power plants to comply with the agency's proposed Clean Power Plan could be softened before the rule is finalized this summer....
View ArticleNo Evolution Deniers in the White House
The 2016 presidential campaign is already upon us and the debate is heating up over an unexpected issue -- the theory of evolution. Of course, in an ideal world, evolution would never really become a...
View ArticleWhy Gina McCarthy Should Not Trust the Airline Industry When it Comes to...
On February 6, a band of airline lobbyists penned a letter to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy and the head of the Federal Aviation Administration Michael Huerta, calling on them to yield their...
View ArticleLet Us Take These Unwanted, Unfed, and Unloved Bears and Give Them a...
Since 1993, the images of suffering brown eyes have haunted those of us in Animals Asia who have made investigations of over one hundred bear bile farms across Asia. Despite ongoing reassurances from...
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We Need a Climate Insurance Policy – Now
Q&A with Karin Rives first published on EDF Voices. Karin Rives: Before climate change gets so bad that we may be forced to "geoengineer" ourselves out of catastrophe, a new book -- Climate Shock...
View ArticleSen. Hatfield's Legacy to Three Friends
Excerpt from Inside Out: Finally, a round of traditional spirits properly poured, raising our level of civility as the temp drops from rain to snow. "You know it was Senator Hatfield who pushed this...
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Farm #LikeAGirl? Real Girls Don't Abuse Female Animals
If you missed the Super Bowl commercial that reframes the idea of doing something "like a girl" as a compliment (as it should be), I can't recommend it highly enough. But one pork industry spokesperson...
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'Green News Report' - February 19, 2015
The Green News Report is also available via... IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Another day, another oil explosion, this time at an Exxon refinery in CA; 'Anti-petroleum' activists are a security threat, says...
View ArticleDognapping: How to Steal a Dog in 6 Easy Steps
Step 1: Be friendly and engaging. I really didn't plan to keep her. When I found a beautiful yellow Lab mix sitting outside my fitness club one morning, I already had four other dogs and two cats, and...
View ArticleEnvironmental Collapse and Extinction: The Bright Side
It has always seemed painfully clear, that the human race was on a collision course: incessant war, casual destruction of natural habitats for quick profits, unbridled expansion, overconsumption; an...
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