Climate, Civil Rights and Dr. King
I participated in the "Poor People's March" organized by Dr. Martin Luther King and held in Washington D.C. in June 1968 in the aftermath of his assassination. I also participated in the "Pray in for...
View ArticleTyphoons Are Only Getting More Powerful as the Planet Warms
The intensity of tropical cyclones striking East Asia has sharply increased over the past 30 years and major cities and ports such as Shanghai in China could face a greater threat from more powerful...
View ArticleRecovery from WV Coal Chemical Spill Continues - What Next?
As a West Virginian, this has been a sad, frustrating, and infuriating time for me, though I do not live in the area affected by last week's coal chemical spill. More than 300,000 people in the WV...
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EPA: Pebble Mine Would Threaten Bristol Bay Salmon
After nearly three years of study, the EPA released the final draft of its Bristol Bay Watershed Assessment this week, coming to conclusions in line with previous drafts: Large scale mining...
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102 Years Ago Today Captain Scott and His Men Reached the South Pole
Ben Saunders setting out across the Ross Ice Shelf on his 1800 mile journey from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back, retracing Captain Scott's Terra Nova route. By the time you read...
View ArticleWhat Do Ted Turner, Erin Brockovich and Rufus Wainwright Have in Common?
Billionaires are eccentric, but Ted Turner may be the only one who hosts an annual fundraiser in honor of a cartoon character. Each year in Atlanta, the cable-mogul-turned-rancher and his daughter...
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Congress Takes Landmark Decision for Rivers and Rights
Dams have turned freshwater into the ecosystem most threatened by species extinction, displaced 80 million people and impoverished many more. Even so, the World Bank is eager to re-engage in large dam...
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An Open Letter to Agriculture Journalists and Leaders
In an era of sweeping change in communications, the long-standing principles of American journalism are being tested and challenged. Some journalistic principles are enduring, however, and for good...
View ArticleA Compromise We Can't Afford
Yesterday, the Sierra Club and 17 other environmental, environmental justice and public health advocacy groups sent a letter to President Obama in which we asked him to stop basing national energy...
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Saving These Rare Orcas? Protect Their Favorite Haunts
Summer's a great time to see the state of Washington's Puget Sound. A sharp-eyed visitor might even catch a glimpse of some of the rarest killer whales on Earth. There are only 81 "southern resident"...
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Media for Sale: Coal Lobby Buys Politico, Real Clear Politics Events.
Last week, the political news website Real Clear Politics hosted a Washington D.C. event (video) targeted at an elite media and policy audience. Held at the gleaming Newseum, site of many such events,...
View ArticleWill Europe Scrap Its Renewables Target? That Would Be Good News for the...
The European Union is considering scrapping the use of binding renewable energy targets as part of its global climate change policy mix that will extend action from 2020 to 2030. The Financial Times...
View ArticleReal Conservation or Just Rhino Slaughter for Sport?
Corey Knowlton prides himself on being a prolific hunter -- but, for the first time, he is the one under the gun. The Dallas-based Knowlton flooded this week's headlines for bidding $350,000 at auction...
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China's Coal to Gas Plans: Old Wine in New Bottles
Co-authored by Li Shuo, Greenpeace East Asia The Chinese coal industry has a plan to solve the nations air pollution crisis -- consume more coal. Last week the Chinese chief energy planning agency, the...
View ArticleGoing to Jail on MLK's Birthday to Stop Keystone XL South: 'The Fierce...
Cross-posted with EcoWatch You wouldn't know it from the lack of focus and attention by the environmental establishment, but the 485-mile southern leg of TransCanada's Keystone XL tar sands pipeline...
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Insatiable Taiji Bloodlust: The War Against Nature
Bullies are loathsome. What's occurring this very second as I pen yet another article about Japan's odious sense of entitlement over all sea life is the gory, brutal and inhumane bloodlust in the Taiji...
View ArticleAbolish Your Meat Habit in 2014
Oprah Winfrey once said that the start of a new year offers "another chance for us to get it right". One way that we can "get it right" in the year ahead - whether our goal is to improve our health,...
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New York State Hearing Shows Ivory Crisis Should Be Everyone's Concern
Elephants are well-known for their memories. In the wake an unprecedented slaughter of forest elephants in central Africa in recent years, the Wildlife Conservation Society's Samantha Strindberg and...
View ArticleThis Time, Something Has to Change
Below is an op-ed that appeared in the Monday, Jan. 20, Gazette. West Virginia families shouldn't have to question whether it is safe to bathe their children at night, or send them off to school in the...
View ArticleMeatless Monday: Welcome, Class -- Online Plant-Based Culinary Education...
"It's absolutely massive -- it's everything I know about the foundational cooking principles of plant-based cuisine," says Chad Sarno. "It has over 200 videos and recipes, 130 hours of course work --...
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