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In Galápagos New Snags in Salvage of Grounded Freighter Floreana in San...
By Cecilia Alvear and George Lewis New problems were reported Wednesday as salvage crews try to deal with the freighter Floreana six weeks after it ran aground in Shipwreck Bay on San Cristóbal Island....
View ArticleWhy High Gas Prices Are a Good Thing
I know it sounds counterintuitive to say that high gas prices are a good thing. Why would high prices on anything be good? The reason is simple: Prices help shape consumer behavior in lots of areas,...
View ArticleEnough With the Stories About Climate Deniers!
Since I've "come out" as a person alarmed about climate change, my affirming friends have been posting global warming news stories on my Facebook wall. Not surprisingly many of these stories focus on...
View ArticleCoexistence Is the Key to Our Wind Vision
Two years ago I was approached by some of my colleagues at the Department of Energy (DOE). They came to me with an ask. In order to project a vision for the future of clean, renewable wind energy in...
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Big Oil's Broken Business Model
The Real Story Behind the Oil Price CollapseCross-posted with TomDispatch.com Many reasons have been provided for the dramatic plunge in the price of oil to about $60 per barrel (nearly half of what it...
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Dog Sledding, Minnesota Style
Dogs are man's ultimate companions; no other cross species interaction has been more powerful to human/non-human co-evolution (when the other species wasn't being domesticated for food). Dogs, who are...
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Michigan Clean Energy: Lessons Unlearned in Lansing
Michigan has long seen the value of renewables and energy efficiency to attract investment and buoy its economy -- something that continues to pay dividends, as the state was 4th in the nation in...
View ArticleCan Utilities Survive the 21st-Century Energy Market?
The electric utility is at a crossroads. Facing flat electricity demand and a sudden insurgent campaign from rooftop solar, the large, centralized utility company is entering a new era. Largely...
View ArticleHarvard Heat Week: Student Call to Action
By students of Divest Harvard: From April 13 to 17, Harvard students, faculty, and alumni will assemble in Harvard Yard for Harvard Heat Week, a week of action for fossil fuel divestment. As climate...
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The Perfect Earth Day
Earth Day will turn 45 years old next month, and plans are underway for a big party on the National Mall. The Earth Day Network is organizing a celebration on April 18 that will combine star-studded...
View ArticleFemale Eco-Activists Are Not Dumb Sluts
It is not an uncommon phenomena for media to appeal to our stereotypes for the sake of positive effect and laughs. I get it! If you don't like a good joke about stereotypes and generalizations, well...
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Towards Sustainable Harmony: An Altruistic Approach
Articles in the New York Times and other news agencies reported on the latest scientific findings on climate change and global warming. How does this relate to what is called sustainable development?...
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A Bold Vision for a Better Future Unveiled
A definitive new report has found there is a clean source of energy that could be one of the top sources of electricity in America: wind. "Wind Vision: A New Era of Wind Power in the United States",...
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Sustainability Begins in Sendai
Photo: World Bank/Wu Zhiyi By Margareta Wahlström* The world owes a debt of gratitude to Japan for hosting a world conference on disaster risk reduction (www.wcdrr.org) for a third time. Japan occupies...
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'Green News Report' - March 12, 2015
The Green News Report is also available via... IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Sec. John Kerry slams climate change deniers in government; More whistleblowers corroborate a Florida ban on 'climate change';...
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The Unfolding Crisis in Kiribati and the Urgency of Response
At the end of February the scenes in the South Pacific atoll island nation of Kiribati were dramatic and frightening. Waves crashed across the lagoon side of South Tarawa, the capital of Kiribati,...
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Ash, Dust From 1912 Novarupta Eruption Cancels Alaska Flights
Strong northwest winds blew ash and dust from the 1912 eruption of Novarupta over parts of Kodiak Island on Thursday, limiting visibility and prompting some airlines to cancel flights. The ash and...
View ArticleThe Climate Post: Climate Pledges May Not Be Enough
The European Union (EU) is now the second body to submit an official climate target to the United Nations ahead of talks to reach a global climate agreement in Paris later this year. One of the world's...
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Detroit-Area Residents Demand Clean Air
On Wednesday night I was proud to join hundreds of residents from River Rouge and other Michigan communities in speaking out for cleaner air in Detroit. For decades, the residents of River Rouge and...
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What Do a Seed and a Website Have to Do With Stopping Climate Change?
Photo credit: The Maya Nut Institute Deep in the tropical rainforests of Latin America, a seed the size of a marble grows in abundance. Amid the many visual splendors of the rainforest, neither the...
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