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3 Years After Fukushima, Life Returns in the Sea
Three years have passed since the Great Japan Earthquake. Though it was lost for a time, the land is surely regaining its color. In Minamisanriku, in the Miyagi Prefecture, seven people lost their...
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Space Is the Open Frontier
My dream of spaceflight began at a young age. With my father being a NASA astronaut, and most all my near neighbors being either astronauts or rocket scientists, that's not too hard to fathom. But the...
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A Blustery Day On South Georgia Island
By Matt Kennedy, Staff Photographer and Multimedia Producer for Earth Vision Trust and the Extreme Ice Survey "Difficulties are just things to overcome" -- Sir Ernest Shackleton To those familiar with...
View ArticleWhat We're Concealing With Our Consumption
One third of coral reefs, a third of sharks, a quarter of all mammals, a fifth of all reptiles and a sixth of all birds are headed toward oblivion, according to New York Times contributor Elizabeth...
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Testimony: Record 36 Percent of North Dakota Fracked Gas Was Flared in December
Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlog The recent March 6 House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power hearing titled "Benefits of and Challenges to Energy Access in the 21st Century: Fuel Supply...
View ArticleIt's Not About the Pipe
Soon, President Obama will announce his decision on the permit for TransCanada's Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. Since being proposed five years ago, this one pipeline has galvanized protests across...
View ArticleSeismic Air Guns Will Turn the Atlantic Into a Blast Zone
The North Atlantic right whale is the rarest of all the large whales and one of the most endangered species in this country. Already threatened by ship collisions and entanglement in fishing gear, they...
View ArticleGot Science? Momentum Building for Deforestation-Free Palm Oil
It's always great to see the door crack open for progress on an issue when the parties involved start to recognize a "win-win" solution. Such a tipping-point moment is coming into view in the campaign...
View ArticleMeat-Eating Humans: Mightier Than Lions, Feebler than Ants
I know some of you prefer the punch line right up front, so for that camp, here you go: A population of some 7 billion Homo sapiens simply cannot eat much meat. Period. In my world, the debate about...
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A Kettle of Vultures in a Poisonous Mix
Increasingly today, East Africa is one of the few places one is likely to have the visceral experience of witnessing vultures crowded over newly found carrion, competing to quickly and efficiently...
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Breaking: Peabody Loggers Break Ground on Controversial Shawnee Hills Strip...
With mounting violations and administrative errors, will Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan finally intervene in the most controversial strip mine in southern Illinois? This question is being...
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Dr. Kim's World Bank Legacy Hinges on Kosovo Climate Test
Dr. Kim has declared the world must do more to address climate change. His lofty rhetoric has soared over that of previous presidents drawing widespread support for his progressive stance. But for...
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'Green News Report' - March 6, 2014
The Green News Report is also available via... Listen online here, or Download MP3 (6 mins)... Link: Embed: Got comments, tips, love letters, hate mail? Drop us a line at GreenNews@BradBlog.com or...
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Governor Brown, Don't Frack California
The fight over the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline has generated a lot of debate. But another fight brewing out west in California is equally symbolic of the current debate raging about our energy...
View ArticleRun-Away Rain: No Rescue for California's Crippling Drought
The storms of showers which soaked many parts of California over the final days of February and early March were the most generous drops from Mother Nature's pitcher of water to grace the state since...
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E-Cigs and Second-Hand Vaping
Is it safe to bogart that e-cig or even be in the same room with an e-cig bogarter? OK, in this post we're going to clue you in on some of the potential issues with electronic cigarettes or e-cigs, as...
View ArticleFinally Some Hope for America's Rare Jaguars
Jaguars once roamed vast swaths of the American Southwest and parts of Texas and Louisiana. But, like nearly all big predators, they had a hard time surviving the onslaught of humanity. As settlement...
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Key Actions to Deliver on Secretary Kerry's New Climate Policy Directive
Secretary Kerry has just issued his first “Policy Directive” as U.S. secretary of state. This new directive outlines that climate change is a central issue for the State Department and directs an “all...
View ArticleLess is More: We Need a Global Strategy to End Fishing Overcapacity
The global ocean, from the coast to the high seas, is facing multiple threats. We rely on the ocean for food, for transport, for the very air we breathe, but the current systems in place for governing...
View ArticleWhat's Worth the Fight?
When President Obama's proposed budget to Congress was released last week, it contained some sobering news. Under a budget agreement that the president and Congress worked out in December, the...
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