As Obama Heads to Drought-Stricken California, Many Solutions Await
Some very important people -- President Obama among them -- will convene in California this week with a singular goal: to help Californians as we endure the drought. On Friday, President Obama will...
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Bob Dylan's Times, They Have a-Changed
Has the ultimate in cool become uncool? Hey, Mr. Dylan, "something is happening here, but you don't know what it is." Cars with “zoom," "roar" and "thrust” are so passé.Where Has All the Flower Power...
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World Bank Hands Africa's Biggest Dam Project Over to the Private Sector
The Inga 3 Dam on the Congo River, which has incited the dreams of dam builders and investors for three decades, was finally scheduled to receive its first grant from the World Bank on February 10....
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CA Controller and NYC Comptroller Stand Firm Against Pebble Mine, Again Urge...
The California State Controller and New York City Comptroller's offices refused to back down from their request that mining giant Rio Tinto divest from the Pebble Mine, even in the face of an...
View ArticleThe Difference Between a Farmer and a Global Chemical Corporation
We are witnessing a strange, though remarkably predictable public discourse, where State lawmakers claim that those "truly serious about supporting local farmers" must abolish Counties' rights...
View ArticleNew Ad Reveals Duke's Monopoly Protection Plan
Those of you who are following the solar industry may have heard that Duke Energy is speaking out publicly against rooftop solar and net metering. Recently, Duke CEO Lynn Good met with local reporters...
View ArticleLeap Forward: Why We Need to Think Bigger on Climate Resilience
In 1995, a severe heat wave struck Chicago, killing more than 700 people. The disaster hit some neighborhoods much harder than others. For the most part, its devastation closely traced the city's...
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From the Front Lines in the Fight Against Climate Change
I've just returned to L.A. after having the honor of representing Mayor Eric Garcetti at the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group in Johannesburg, South Africa. Cities are increasingly on the front...
View ArticleIt's Time for President Obama to Tackle Traffic Pollution
It's a little hard to remember while we are currently in the late stages of a tough winter, but the smog season will soon be here. The air quality index will displace the wind chill index - and in many...
View ArticleFor Atlanta, Some Hard-Won Lessons from Jakarta
As another winter storm bears down on Atlanta just two weeks after several inches of snow and ice paralyzed the city, one question remains painfully relevant: How and why did such a modest bit of...
View ArticleThe Whooping Crane and the Anthropocene
Last week two endangered whooping cranes were shot in Louisiana. They were a young breeding pair. The female died, and the male was severely injured. The person who shot the birds was not found. While...
View ArticleJeremy Grantham: Tar Sands to Become a Stranded Asset
The head of the International Monetary Fund has warned that our planet is "perilously close" to a dangerous tipping point which will usher in "merciless" climate change. Speaking in London last week...
View ArticleWarning: Industry Spin May Be Hazardous to Your Health; Learn the Truth About...
It seems like every day the food movement is gaining more power in the fight for the consumers' right to know what is in our food. Two weeks ago 200 businesses and organizations sent a letter to...
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'Green News Report' - February 11, 2014
The Green News Report is also available via... IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: British military deployed to combat extreme rain, flooding in UK; Oops - NC officials backtrack on water safety after massive...
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10 Marine Areas Worth Saving
When you consider that SCUBA diving has only been around since the 1940s, it's not surprising that we still frequently discover new species in the ocean. As new technologies let us explore ever deeper...
View ArticleWhy We Hate 'Big Food' (And What Big Food Can Do About It)
1968 is the year we began to hate Big Food. TIME Magazine declared it the year that shaped a generation. The optimism and conformity that defined the 1950s began seeping away earlier in the decade, but...
View ArticleFaith Communities Stress Moral Dimension of Carbon Pollution at EPA
What drove me and more than fifteen representatives of other faith communities to deliver compelling testimonies at a hearing of the Environmental Protection Agency last week? The need for robust...
View Article'My Dog Bit Someone -- Out of Nowhere!'
Those are the words I heard when I picked up the telephone this morning. The caller was understandably distraught. Her 16-month-old German shepherd had bitten a visitor, a man who had not been to the...
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Innovation Earth: A Stylish Way to Save 21 Billion Pounds of Textile Waste a...
Being an environmentalist with a deep-seated love of fashion is not very fun. I love shiny, pretty things as much as the next girl, but the typical snippets from my thought process upon purchasing a...
View ArticleHastings' Endangered Species Act "Reform" Is the Movie Groundhog Day All Over...
Rep. Doc Hastings recently released a report and a set of proposals that would effectively gut the Endangered Species Act (ESA), severely curtailing the act's ability to protect the nation's most...
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