Keystone XL: An Environmental Triple Whammy
"This we know: the earth does not belong to man; man belongs to the earth. Man did not weave the web of life; he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself." -- Chief...
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Obama's Climate Legacy May Come Down to Coal and 'No'
President Obama didn't give much time to the environment in his State of the Union speech last week. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) The Obama administration gave environmentalists little...
View ArticleHonorable Hunters Howl Out Against Wolf Hunts
I am a hunter's daughter who grew up eating the sweet, lean meat of wild game. In our U.S. Forest Service cabin in the High Sierra, we grew strong on elk and venison. Every meal we said grace to God,...
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Why I Embrace the Rodent Living in Our Home
I grew up with a cat and a dog. Bingo, a grey shorthair, sat patiently (in my young mind) while I dressed him in doll clothes and hauled him around the house with his legs flopping down, in the same...
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Cut the Carp Crap: Invasive Species Attack Is an Opportunity for Chicago
In January, the Army Corps of Engineers released their long-awaited, congressionally-mandated study outlining scenarios to rebuff the most infamous invasive species Chicago has ever seen. The Great...
View Article'Super' Bowls, Fields, Stadiums, Arenas: Where We Play Has a Huge Opportunity...
I had floor seats to the Syracuse-Duke game at the Carrier Dome Friday (hands down best basketball game EVER), and like virtually every other person on the planet, I did watch some of the Super Bowl,...
View ArticleParents: Talk Climate Change With Your Kids
What a Winter! Polar vortex, sub-zero temperatures, snow in unexpected locations, and just plain discomfort, have Americans unhappy, and this particular American grumpy. The inevitable question gets...
View ArticleDe-Demagoguing the Pipeline: A Televised White House Summit
Anyone who has run an organization with multiple stakeholders knows that the process of coming to a decision can be as important as the decision itself. No organization has as many stakeholders as the...
View ArticleMarkets Aid Environmentalists' Efforts to Curb Oil Drilling in Alaska
Last Thursday, environmentalists won a major victory when Royal Dutch Shell halted oil drilling operations in the Chukchi Sea. An environmental coalition successfully sued to reverse the U.S....
View ArticleWhy Sun Belters Should Resist the Winter Weather Gloat
"My favorite part of winter is... watching it on TV from Arizona!" Such brags are tempting for those of us who live in the Sun Belt (and is but one example from my Facebook feed in the last couple of...
View ArticleNot Your Father's Ride: Fuel Economy Standards Upgrade Consumer Choices
*Co-authored by Jack Gillis, director of public affairs for the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) and author of The Car Book. January is a big month for the rollout of new consumer products. The two...
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Keystone XL Tar Sands Protests: A Moment in Our History
Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr. at the Keystone XL vigil (Photo: Rocky Kistner/NRDC) Several hundred Keystone XL tar sands pipeline protesters gathered in Washington DC’s Lafayette Park Monday night, familiar...
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The Feds Decide to Stand With States to Keep Protecting Sharks
Good news, ocean lovers and shark supporters: The U.S. federal government has finally realized it should back down and step away from its ill-conceived plan to overturn the bans on the sale and...
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Bull Sharks in the Marina, Part I
"Look at those big fellas, " remarked my old friend James Rolle as we sat with feet dangling off a beat-up dock at the Big Game Fishing Club on Bimini, a small island in the Northern Bahamas. Jimmy...
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Let Me Tell You 'Bout the Birds and the Bees... and a Thing Called Neonics
The "Birds and the Bees" is an irritating song from the 1960s built upon the dreaded sex education discussion parents once had with their kids (well... not my parents). Apart from vaguely libidinal...
View ArticleOil Versus Water
If there is a conflict between preserving a supply of fresh water and allowing the water-intensive extraction of fossil fuel, which side gets the nod? When the water supply in a region is sparse...
View ArticleGovernment by the People, Not the Polluters
Ever since the Supreme Court's disastrous decision in Citizens United v. FEC, big polluting, big money campaign donors have been allowed to wreak havoc on our democracy, drowning out the voices of...
View ArticleMaking Sense of Climate Confusion... and How the Private Sector Can Help
Co-authored by Mike Bellamente, the director of Climate Counts, a consumer outreach organization that rates corporations on how well they measure, reduce and report their greenhouse gas (GHG)...
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Agriculture and Youth Employment: The Missing Link
Suk Moo Lee is a sensation in his native Korea: He has combined farming and camping to invent 'farmping' on his blueberry farm and, in 2013, his innovation brought in USD 200,000 in profit. Suk Moo...
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