Consumed by Desire: Why It's Not Easy Being Green
We're a society of addicts. From porn and drugs to food and drink, Americans are suffering from dysfunction in record numbers. After all, it takes one to know one. I'm a recovering addict to comfort....
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'Green News Report' - January 28, 2014
TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport FACEBOOK: Green News Report The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app! IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Transcanada natural gas pipeline...
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Australian Shark Slaughter Impoverishes Ocean
On Australia Day (Jan 26, 2014) a beautiful 10-foot female Tiger shark was barbarically ensnared on a baited drum line for likely 12 hours before she was brought alongside a fishing boat, shot four...
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Forcing Hate to Surrender - Thank You Pete Seeger
"This machine surrounds hate and forces it to surrender" These are the words inscribed on Pete Seeger's banjo. I first learned of them from my friend Danny Maloney in Elmira, NY and they have stuck...
View ArticleHow Citizen Scientists Can Fill in Information Gaps About Fukushima
An Internet search turns up an astounding number of pages about radiation from Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant meltdown that followed an earthquake and tsunami in March 2011. But it's...
View ArticleFarming's Bitter Pill: Has the FDA Flouted Its Own Evidence About the Safety...
A damning new report from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) reveals that our government has been ignoring the very real risks to public health from routine antibiotic abuse in intensive...
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From the Streets of LA to 90210; The Real Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Against all odds, the life of a 9lb Chihuahua-mix dog called Anastasia changed dramatically, from living on the streets of LA with a homeless girl, to a Beverly Hills mansion. When I relayed the story...
View ArticleMore For Big Oil? Really? Are You Kidding Me?
For the 1.3 million Americans unemployed and facing a life bereft of new benefits, Exxon feels your pain. Big Oil's biggest and baddest had a rough year in 2011. They only made $41 billion (that is...
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10 American Cities Will Lead the Nation on Energy Efficiency
In our cities, big buildings often run 24/7. Offices are continuously heated or cooled, elevators are running, lights, computers and equipment are on, continuously humming. Because they're constantly...
View ArticleFossil Fuel Fiefdoms
Louisiana and West Virginia have a great deal in common. At the top of the list is that they are both fossil fuel fiefdoms where energy production takes precedence over environmental protection. In...
View ArticleFinding New Wealth for Environmental Gain
Flanked philosophically by harder line ideas of what environmental -- and economic -- purity ought to mean on both sides, a group of 50 implementation leaders from conservation, finance and foundations...
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The Keystone Principle: Stop Making Climate Disruption Worse
President Obama was all over the map on climate in his State of the Union address last night -- exhorting us to do what's right and necessary to protect our grandkids, then turning around and defending...
View ArticleAn 'Enlightened' Kuwait Boycotts Israel at International Energy Event in Abu...
In another "interesting" move for the planet, Kuwait decided to boycott an international energy event in Abu Dhabi because Israelis would be there. This news comes hot on the trails of a Kuwaiti...
View ArticleDear Mr. President: Our Baby Is Due in Three Weeks and Our Drinking Water Is...
Dear Mr. President, I am writing you as a dutiful, concerned, and stressed-out husband and expectant father from Charleston, West Virginia. My first child is due on February 20th, just three weeks...
View ArticleObama Must Do What Congress Won't: Protect Our Iconic Public Lands
In the State of the Union address, President Barack Obama said he would use his authority to protect more pristine federal lands. This was a welcome statement given Congress' failure to protect these...
View ArticleSOTU: Obama and the Business of Climate Change
I have become a single-issue voter. It may not be best for democracy, but I have come to measure all actions through the lens of whether we are doing everything possible to address climate change. For...
View ArticleAfter the TED Prize, Resurfacing in Sustainable Aquaculture
I was the TED Prize director for almost a decade. There were so many aspects of the job that I loved, but most remarkable was the opportunity to collaborate time and again with some of the world's most...
View ArticleCoal Spill Puts Spotlight on Colombia's Labor and Environmental Struggles
The Alabama-based Drummond Company's recent coal spill in Colombia has combined with its record of labor abuse to place the coal giant at the intersection of the country's political struggles and...
View ArticleHow to Give a Pill to a Cat
Life in the Boomer Lane hasn't written lately about Miracle the Cat, primarily because, until recently, she has remained fairly loyal to a life of eating, sleeping, eliminating, and repeating the...
View ArticleMetanoia, Ted Turner, and Eco-Capitalism
Metanoia. The word can mean a "profound, usually spiritual transformation; or simply a change of mind." For Carl Jung, the word refers to 'self-healing.' All of which made sense to me while reading...
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