Exxon Valdez 25th Anniversary: Lessons Learned, Lessons Lost
In recognition of this month's 25-year anniversary of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska (March 24), this seems a good time to reflect on lessons learned, and lessons lost. 1. Oil spill...
View ArticleMindful Eating
Last Friday I attended an ad hoc colloquium with Dennis Kucinich, Elizabeth Kucinich, and John Robbins organized by Independent Congressional Candidate Marianne Williamson. Congressman Kucinich has...
View ArticleGMOs in Kauai: Not Just Another Day in Paradise
Each year 1.3 million people reluctantly leave the small and spectacularly beautiful island of Kauai after vacations and visits. But there are 68,000 people on this planet who don't have to leave...
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The Abomination of Greyhound Racing
Originally published at ASPCA.org Stopping animal cruelty is difficult enough when it's done in secret, but when it happens legally and out in the open, ending it can be just as challenging. A tragic...
View ArticleU.S. Transportation: Driving Down the Same Old (Bumpy) Road or Paving a New...
Tens of thousands of bridges, roadways, and railways in the United States are in need of a fix. Where's the money? In the world of unintended consequences, less driving may mean more potholes....
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EPA Moves to Block Pebble Mine
Anti-Pebble flag at Peter Pan cannery, Dillingham, AK, 2009Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy announced Friday that the Agency is taking the first step towards exercising its...
View ArticleOur Last Coal Ash Spill: No More Delays for Coal Water Pollution Protections
Last week, security guards at Duke Energy's Charlotte headquarters blocked me from delivering 9,000 petitions signed by Duke customers calling on the company to clean up its toxic coal ash, in the wake...
View ArticleClimate Risk Bonds: How to Finance Climate Disaster Response and Adaptation
On a recent visit to California where drought has reached historic proportions, President Barack Obama announced a new initiative he intends to submit to Congress: a climate resilience fund. The fund,...
View ArticleCalifornia Drought: The Epic Disaster That Impacts Us All
There's no Oscar for Best Manmade "Natural" Disaster, but if there were, Southern California would win in a mudslide. After all, Hollywood's movie studios have spent decades perfecting the cinematic...
View ArticleBerkshire Grown: A Case Study of an Organization Vital in Creating a Local...
As a new farmer with little experience, and new to the food and agriculture community in the Berkshire Hills of Western Massachusetts, the first thing I did as I began preparations for my initial...
View ArticleSenate Efficiency Bill: A Good First Step
Last week, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Rob Portman (R-OH) introduced the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act with a bipartisan group of co-sponsors. The bill would spur the...
View ArticleCalifornia Factory Farms Are No Chicken Shangri-La
I wrote my book Foodopoly to take on the handful of companies that control most of the food we eat and also profit from factory farms. Poultry, dairy and eggs are produced in an industrialized system...
View ArticleBill to Ban Animal Testing for Cosmetics in the United States Introduced
This week, Cruelty Free International cheered the introduction of the Humane Cosmetics Act by U.S. Representative Jim Moran (D-VA). This landmark legislation addresses the inherent cruelty of animal...
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Schumer and Cuomo's Dirty Little Secret
A biopsy of human tissue, the white spots represent ultrafine particles the body took on from pollution. If you're not from Western New York, home to the Buffalo Bills and the region of New York north...
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Hinduism and the Eco-Activist Vacuum
A Hindu devotee empties vibhuti into a stream in Rohini, New Delhi. The four of us looked completely ridiculous carrying a 10-foot tall bamboo staff draped with a canvas rag bearing the ubiquitous...
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12-Year-Old Teaches Lobbying for Animal Rights Activist
Did you make any resolutions? If so, how is it going meeting those goals? I choose not to make resolutions -- instead, I make aspirations. Resolutions make me feel that I have not met expectations and...
View ArticleBusinesses Should Stand Up to Climate Change Deniers
I'm enormously impressed with Apple CEO Tim Cook for his strong words on climate change deniers, and demanding business should have benefits for people and the planet, beyond just profit. Conservative...
View ArticleAmerican Greengemony: How the U.S. Can Help Ukraine and the E.U. Break Free...
Early into Barack Obama's first term as president, I made a plea for a new national security strategy based on what I called "Greengemony" - that America shore up its global primacy by becoming the...
View ArticleClimate Change: Backdoor Conversion
According to the polls, a majority of Americans believe global warming exists, but don't rank it high on their list of concerns. Many of these individuals have been lulled into complacency by the...
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A Gem of an Ad: Tiffany's Applauds EPA for Action on Pebble Mine
Readers of the Washington Post, Seattle Times, and San Francisco Chronicle awoke this morning to a full-page ad from Tiffany & Company congratulating the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The...
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