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9 Ways My Large Family Makes Me More 'Green'
A few weeks ago, I published a blog post on HuffPost Parents about how I chose my large family and none of my six boys were "accidents," and here came all the "environmentalists" calling names...
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The Keystone Veto: You Want Jobs? Try This
In the most contentious veto of his tenure, President Obama has rejected legislation that would have cleared the way for construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline. For now, at least, completion of the...
View ArticleKXL: The End Game Begins
Surprising nobody, President Obama has quietly followed through on his promise to veto the bill from Congress that would have authorized construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. It's only the third...
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Protecting Water: The Pulse of Our Civilization
In this week's episode of EARTH A New Wild, host Sanjayan discovers firsthand that not all rivers flow to the sea. Beginning in the Grand Canyon, Sanjayan attempts to kayak down the Colorado River to...
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Changing the Way We Think About Water: Q&A With Peter Gleick
Peter Gleick knows water. An environmental scientist and communicator and co-founder of the Pacific Institute, the MacArthur "genius" fellow and member of the U.S. National Academy of the Sciences is...
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How to Appreciate Progress? Go Take a Hike.
When I was growing up in Azusa (whose motto was "From A to Z in the USA") back in the early 1960s, we relished the rare days after a winter rainstorm. On those days we could go outside and see...
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Euthanasia Drugs Reach the Wrong Animals
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has confirmed that several turkey vultures have been poisoned from the veterinary euthanasia drug pentobarbital in Marin County, California. Six...
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'Green News Report' -- February 24, 2015
The Green News Report is also available via... IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: VETOED: Obama nixes Keystone XL pipeline bill; EXPOSED: prominent climate denier researcher funded by fossil fuel industry;...
View ArticleCelebrating Black Leadership on the Environment
Black History Month calls for a celebration of the visionary environmental leadership of black individuals and communities, as well as an examination of the many environmental injustices faced by...
View ArticleYou Need to Know: The Slavery Conditions on Tomato Farms
We think of slavery as something abolished sometime around the end of the Civil War, but it's not as simple as that. Thousands of farm laborers work under slavery-like conditions today in the U.S. and...
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Nuisance or Catastrophe? How you Feel About Snow May Depend on Your Job
There's nothing like a little snow to throw the whole precarious balance of work and life right off its metaphorical fulcrum. Ok, a lot of snow. Here in New York City, we've had our small share of...
View ArticleWe Make Progress -- but Need More -- on Climate Change
While we were experiencing record cold weather in Central New York (-17°F on Feb. 16, 2015), it was hard to assimilate the Jan. 16 New York Times article headlined, "2014 Breaks Heat Record,...
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U.S. Utilities: For or Against a Green Future?
The photo here is of a Berlin street lined with electric vehicles recharging. Are we likely to see anything similar here in the U.S.? Electric Vehicles (EVs) aren't selling well in part because retail...
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Who Controls Federal Public Lands? All Americans or a Handful of Welfare...
In a standoff worthy of a John Wayne movie, a group of "welfare" ranchers in Eureka County, Nev. is blocking the release of federally protected wild horses back to public lands after the Bureau of...
View ArticleDrinking Water: A Human Right at Risk in America
Take a moment to imagine life without running water. Imagine the ordeal of having to find water not only to stay hydrated but also to bathe, clean, and cook. Imagine the challenge of caring for...
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Go the Distance! Hiking With Your Dog
John Muir said "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks," I couldn't agree more. Hiking with the pack is one of my favorite things to do. The level of happiness I feel on those...
View ArticlePlanning With Water (Part 2)
If global leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, have now suddenly realized how much our economy and society rely on hydrologic stability, what do they intend to do about it?...
View ArticleWhat Do Apple, Citi and Shell Have in Common?
Everywhere you look, renewable energy is in the news this year. Corporate leaders like Apple, Google and GM are making significant new investments -- blink and you may miss the latest deal. While I...
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To Love Water Is to Celebrate Life: World Water Day
Expressing love is the best way to nurture relationships of all forms. When we love our garden we will spend time with it, this will make our plants blossom and bloom with vibrancy. When we express...
View ArticleFirst 50 Days: Nothing but the Big Polluter Agenda
Around the time the new Congress marked its first 50 days, my children's classes were celebrating the 100th day of school. Students did a hundred math problems, read books for a hundred minutes, and...
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