Mexican Farmers' Fight to Not Come to the U.S. (VIDEO)
Tired of people leaving their community in Hidalgo Mexico for the U.S., this is the story of one community's efforts to keep people home... using oregano. For more videos and recipes visit...
View ArticleNorthern Enbridge Lawsuit: Caribou, Humpbacks May Legally Stand In Way Of...
Not even a month has passed since the federally-appointed Joint Review Panel (JRP) released its official report recommending approval of the Northern Gateway pipeline, pending the fulfillment of 209...
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A Look at Environmental Justice in the United States Today
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." -Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from Birmingham Jail On this Martin Luther King Day, TheGreenGrok asks, are the underrepresented over-represented...
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Electric Bikes: Not Cars, Not Bikes, Just Right
Not to oversell it, but the electric bike might be the single best urban transportation option out there. Think about it. Car commercials very rarely sell the reality of the vast majority of our car...
View ArticleExxonMobil Won't Admit Baton Rouge Plants Had Safety Violations
This article was published in "The Louisiana Weekly" in the Jan. 20, 2014 edition. ExxonMobil must pay $2.329 million in a settlement, announced by Louisiana's Dept. of Environmental Quality last...
View ArticleRealizing the Resilience Dividend
When senior leaders at a large, global financial institution were choosing between cities in India for the location of their next operations center, they certainly considered the factors you might...
View ArticleExtremely Close Encounters With Wild Animals
Dubai may have that huge aquarium, and San Diego may have its famous zoo. But nothing beats seeing an animal face-to-face in the wild. Time to get up close and personal with nature's finest. By...
View ArticleDavos: The Shifting Nature of Power and the Shifting Power of Nature
One of the most challenging weeks of my working life starts today: the week of the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos. Over 2,500 Presidents, Prime Minsters, CEOs, Celebrities...
View ArticleLeaders at Davos Must Address the Critical Issues the World Faces -- Call...
To the political and business leaders gathering at the World Economic Forum in Davos: As representatives of civil society organizations attending the World Economic Forum, we are writing to urge you to...
View ArticleUpping the Ante on Climate Change Media Coverage
The top story on Thursday's New York Times mobile edition was titled "U.N. Says Lag in Confronting Climate Woes Will be Costly." Why was the newspaper featuring a story on something that's so...
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Grassroots: Why the Startup of Keystone XL South Makes Us Stronger
The sun feels good on my shoulders. The skin on my knees tingles from kneeling. My hands are stained orange by red dirt and my fingertips will be cracked and sore tonight. In front of me is a tiny...
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The Terrible Simplicity of Global Warming
Sometimes in the middle of the night, when I wake and can't get back to sleep again, I look in on my 5-year-old sleeping so peacefully he practically glows, and take a deep breath to calm myself. There...
View ArticleWe Are All West Virginians: Why Everyone Should Take the Online Test for...
Levels of the chemical Crude MCHM, ironically used to reduce coal emissions in the air, have fallen low enough for most people in the Charleston, West Virginia, area to resume drinking tap water after...
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The Open-Office Backlash
Despite criticism, open workspaces are still the smartest solution. Ever since companies began tearing down walls to replace private offices with open space, there have been plenty of naysayers, and...
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Weather on Steroids: Elaborating on Jon Stewart's Takedown of Trump
It's freezing all over the country, you look at places like Texas they're setting record lows and Oklahoma where they've never had problems, they're having snow... well it's a hoax. -- Donald Trump,...
View Article7 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2014
Earlier this month, the World Resources Institute (WRI) launched its "Stories to Watch in 2014." All years are important, but decisions made in 2014 will have a striking impact for decades to come....
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The Real Truth About Rescuing Dogs -- and Wolves
When you bring a dog home from a shelter or adopt one from a rescue, you're doing a noble thing. You're taking a dog whose days might be numbered, and giving him a new lease on life. Perhaps the dog...
View ArticleLight Bulb Angst: Grow Up
We are told that the world as we know it will end when an overreaching government phases out incandescent lights and forces consumers to purchase more efficient bulbs. Those to the right of center...
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Japan's Shameful Butchery of Dolphins
Since the release in 2009 of the chilling documentary The Cove, and thanks to a much-welcomed tweet last week from newly minted U.S. Ambassador Caroline Kennedy condemning the "drive hunt," the herding...
View ArticleInaction on Climate Change
Climate change has the potential to wipe out 20 years of economic and social development. Action is being taken and we're moving in the right direction, but not fast enough, so what more can be done?...
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