'Green News Report' - March 18, 2014
The Green News Report is also available via... IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Secret federal memo warns entire nationwide electric grid could be knocked out; More new evidence NC collaborated with Duke...
View ArticleFreeing Humanity
On a recent NPR interview about his Oscar-nominated film 12 Years a Slave, screenwriter John Ridley gave his bottom line on the movie. It wasn't the horrors of slavery that he wanted to emphasize. It...
View ArticleLearning Los Angeles: Andy Lipkis on Making Our Cities More Like Forests
Andy Lipkis founded TreePeople, a non-profit that heals our cities through the power of trees, people, and nature. Andy's teenaged drive to repair the smog-damaged woods of the local mountains became a...
View ArticleGreat Lakes Day: Advocating in DC for Great Lakes Protection
Our lakes may still be frozen but last week there was a wave of Great Lakes activity in Washington, D.C. More than 100 Great Lakes advocates from all over North America gathered together in one place...
View ArticleAn Interview With Michael Oppenheimer
I went to see Dr. Michael Oppenheimer with some trepidation, expecting that I would have to pick myself up off the floor after our interview. After all, if anyone understands the true nature of our...
View ArticleEarth Will Cross the Climate Danger Threshold by 2036
This article was originally published in Scientific American. The rate of global temperature rise may have hit a plateau, but a climate crisis still looms in the near future. "Temperatures have been...
View ArticleThe Power of Water: A Key Resource of the 21st Century
In light of my upcoming trip to Asia in April, I read much of David McCullough's book on the Johnstown Flood. For those unfamiliar with the flood, some history: During a very wet period in 1889, a...
View ArticleEncourage Your Kids to Be Eco-Adventurers
Following a winter that was exceptionally harsh for much of the United States, spring has finally returned. Milder weather, longer days, and the re-emergence of flowers and creatures should remind us...
View ArticleScott Brown's Achilles Heel: Voting for Dirtier Air
Scott Brown has parked his pickup truck in New Hampshire and is considering a run for the Senate from the Granite State. The prospect has already set GOP hearts aflutter. They love the idea of their...
View ArticleForget the Smart Home, This Is the Smart Dog House
Technology is finally ready to help dogs be just as big of antisocial homebodies as their human masters! Your furry friend can now move on up into T-Pai, a two-story modern marvel built for doggie...
View ArticleCan We Make Environmentalism a Centrist Issue?
For decades, thinkers on the left have wondered why the working class regularly votes against its own interests, upending what Marx believed would be an inevitable march from democracy to socialism. In...
View ArticleIt's Time to Hold Accountable Advocates Who, in Pursuit of Their Values, Put...
By 2002 golden rice was technically ready to go. Animal testing had found no health risks. Syngenta, which had figured out how to insert the vitamin-A-producing gene from carrots into rice, had handed...
View ArticleA Coal Struggle in the Heart of India
A rousing struggle is underway in the heart of India against dirty and environmentally destructive coal mining. The villains and victims are those who we all know too well. Big industry backed by state...
View ArticleOver 5,000 Ask Illinois Attorney General to Investigate Permit at Peabody...
Over 5,000 people signed a CREDO mobile petition in just a few days asking Attorney General Lisa Madigan to halt logging and review the permit for a Peabody Strip Mine near Equality, Illinois. The...
View ArticleHey Wildlife Lovers: Take Extinction Off Your Plate
There are a lot of ways to talk about meat and the environment. I could start with the clown shoe-sized carbon footprint of meat. Or how so much land is used and abused by the meat industry that it...
View ArticleThe Peterson Farm Bros' Beef With Chipotle (Part 2): The Definition of a...
In Part 1 of this four-part blog series, we discussed how we believe Chipotle is misleading consumers with their advertisement videos "The Scarecrow" and "Farmed and Dangerous." The blog laid out the 3...
View ArticleVictory in Georgia: Students Continue to Make Progress Against Campus Coal...
I am thrilled for students at the University of Georgia: After more than four years of campaigning, gathering more than 5,000 signatures and 100 faculty endorsements, and a slew of community and campus...
View ArticleThe Inundated Sunshine State
Delray Beach on Florida's East Coast is a bustling tourist hub. But because of projected climate change-related sea level rise, it is facing some sobering choices (as are other coastal communities...
View ArticleCommitting to Big Ideas: The Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act (NREPA)
I'm Dirk Adams, a Montana rancher and Democrat running to be the next U.S. senator from Montana. Find out more about me at the Dirk Adams for Senate website. I just announced that if I'm elected to...
View ArticleDear America: "Will You Marry the Future?"
Who would go on a blind date, flub it like crazy -- and expect a second chance? The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). In an open plea to the public, the AAAS Climate Science...
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