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Without Water, Will There Be Wine in California?
When you grow grapes to make wine in California, the mention of "D4" can wither you on the spot. "D4" is the classification used by the interagency U.S. Drought Monitor reserved for dry spells so...
View ArticleKeystone XL's Northern Leg: A Fracked Oil Pipeline Along with Tar Sands
Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlog On January 31, President Barack Obama's U.S. State Department released its Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the northern leg of TransCanada's proposed...
View ArticleAthletes and Icons
This weekend, the world will watch as over 6,000 athletes from 85 countries descend upon the town of Sochi for the 2014 Winter Olympics. During the two weeks every two years that the Olympic Games...
View Article5 Ways to Make Walks More Fun for Your Dog (and You)
In addition to providing exercise and a chance to pee and poop, walks are full of opportunities for your dog to learn about the world and develop good behaviors. An enriching walk will also help tire...
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'Green News Report' - February 6, 2014
The Green News Report is also available via... IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: No end in sight for coal ash waste spill in NC; Sniper attack exposes security vulnerabilities of aging US electrical grid;...
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Climate Change This Week: Pipeline Picadillo, Penguin Babies, and More!
Today, the Earth got a little hotter. Daily Climate Change: Global Map of Unusual Temperatures, Feb 5, 2014 How unusual has the weather been? No one event is "caused" by climate change, but global...
View ArticleThe Climate Post: Keystone XL Assessment Report Finds No Significant...
The State Department issued its final environmental impact statement on the Keystone XL pipeline, which echoed findings in previous analyses that the pipeline would lead to no substantial increase in...
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Save Nature, Save Lives
This post was originally published on Conservation International's blog, Human Nature. One of the first things you realize about Borneo is how difficult it can be to land a plane. On my first trip...
View ArticleSafe Shmafe: How Slate's Latest Article on Pesticides Got It (Really) Wrong
Last week, Slate published an article claiming that -- counter to popular assumptions -- the pesticide levels on most of the produce we eat are nothing to worry about. The title says it all: "Organic...
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14 Food Waste Facts That Will Make You Want to Change the World
By 2050, the average Earthling will be consuming 3,070 calories a day, yet the average person requires only 2,000 calories. Keeping this steady path to overconsumption in mind, while nearly a billion...
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Last Call For Monarchs
Homero Aridjis is a Mexican poet and environmental activist. His seminal work is "1492: The Life and Times of Juan Cabezón of Castile." In 1985, he organized the Group of 100 -- a group of prominent...
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The Costs of California's Bellwether Drought: What Can We Expect?
The simplest definition of "drought" is that there is less water than we would like to do the things we want, from watering farmers' fields to providing for urban needs to sustaining ecosystems. The...
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How the Farm Bill Protects Animals
Originally published at ASPCA.org The ASPCA has been closely following the progress of the federal Farm Bill for months. This mammoth bill contains rules and provisions on a wide array of issues, many...
View ArticleDenver Teens Think Deep About the Sea
I've had the great privilege of participating in the first two Aspen Challenges. The first was in Los Angeles and the most recently in Denver. In both cases I came away emotionally beat and yet...
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Keystone XL Environmental Impact Bottom Line: Go With Gandhi
The Final Environmental Impact Statement on the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline illustrates Gandhi's famous dictum: "We must be the change we wish to see in the world." This has always struck me as...
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IUCN Releases First Online Global Freshwater Biodiversity Atlas
Inland lake habitat. © Dr. Solomon David. Guest blog by: Dr. Solomon David, Postdoctoral Research Associate Daniel P. Haerther Center for Conservation & Research, Shedd Aquarium Center for...
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They're Getting It Right "Down Under" and the U.S. Should Follow Their Lead
Though recent news hasn't been good - record drought in the Southwest, the precipitous decline of Monarch butterflies, the extermination of top predators that keep our ecosystems healthy - my recent...
View ArticleIn the Dark, Again and Again
If we're going to deal with increasingly severe climate-related power outages and are going to make our communities more resilient, we in the environmental community have to change the kinds of...
View ArticleHow a 'Safe' Cyclist Can Still End Up Dead
Last night, I quickly blogged about media coverage regarding the death of Marcus Nalls, hit and killed on his bicycle by a drunk driver. John Iverson killed Nalls on Franklin Avenue in Minneapolis,...
View ArticleSafety First: Let's Be Careful with Edible Marijuana
We are witnessing the beginning of the end of our disastrous war on drugs. Fifty-eight percent of Americans nationally support marijuana legalization. World leaders like former U.N. head Kofi Annan are...
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