China Rivers at the Brink of Collapse
China's rulers have traditionally derived their legitimacy from controlling water. The country ranks only sixth in terms of annual river runoff, but counts half the planet's large dams within its...
View ArticleA Texas Landowner Stands Tall in the Keystone XL Tar Sands Fight
I first met Julia Trigg Crawford on a chilly February morning in 2012, rallying a crowd of outraged Texas landowners protesting on the courthouse steps in Paris, TX. Julia was in court defending her...
View ArticleFollow the Money: Three Energy Export Congressional Hearings, Climate...
Cross-posted from DeSmogBlog In light of ongoing geopolitical tensions in Russia, Ukraine and hotly contested Crimea, three (yes, three!) U.S. Congressional Committees held hearings this week on the...
View ArticleFish for Good in the Developing World
Our oceans make up 71 percent of the Earth's surface, contain 80 percent of all biodiversity, drive global weather systems and have provided a wonderful and diverse bounty of seafood for millennia....
View ArticleTax a Cola, Save the Planet
The Soda Tax is most clearly a health issue. Science now has shown that sugary drinks kill by causing diabetes (amputations, blindness, kidney failure), heart attacks and cancer. We now know that you...
View ArticleWill TransCanada's Cloddishness Kill Keystone?
I've been working to fight the proposed Keystone XL pipeline for four years (one for Tom Steyer). But if I step back from the work for any one organization or person, I have to say that if President...
View ArticleCongress Expected to Vote Today on GOP Bill Attacking National Parks,...
I spent most of Saturday hiking up and down the impossibly steep trails of Muir Woods National Monument. The expanse of ancient redwood groves and lush pine forests near San Francisco Bay was set aside...
View ArticleNew Meme Emerging for Climate Change
The prevailing wisdom has been that there's very little we can actually do about climate change. Even environmentalists are prone to admit, after strenuously arguing the opposite, that there is little...
View ArticleFour Years After Gulf Oil Spill, BP Is Recovering Faster Than Environment
Nearly four years after the BP Deepwater Horizon explosion dumped more than 200 million gallons of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico, the slate has been largely cleared for BP -- the EPA ban on federal...
View ArticleSustainability Is the Organic Movement's Strength
There is still room to be had for conversations over dinner; and ongoing debates by politicians citing many more scholarly studies as to whether organic produce is actually "better for you" than...
View Article5 Things You Might Not Know About Spring Allergies
Spring is finally rolling around the corner, and for most of us, that's a big relief. For many others, however, this revival of life also means the return of sneezing, coughing, wheezing, itching and...
View ArticleEverything You've Always Wanted to Know About America's City Parks
Arlington, VA, is going to the dogs and to the seniors who like to stay in shape. Chula Vista, CA, is "sick" when it comes to skate parks. And the most heavily visited park in America is an old freight...
View ArticleDon't Buy Chevron's Big Lie!
Reposted from Eye on the Amazon (more images available there) Global Warming is a Myth The NSA is Not Really Spying on Americans The CIA Doesn't Torture Prisoners Chevron Has Been Exonerated from...
View ArticleNew Mexican Nuclear Facility Leak 'No Threat' to Human Health
March 11 was the third anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear incident, where cleanup efforts to contain radioactive contamination continue. In a reminder that such problems are not limited to Japan but...
View ArticleWhich Celebrities Own Farms? Celebrating National Agriculture Day
March 25 was National Agriculture Day. For generations, farmers have been getting up before the sun rises to work the land and help feed the world. It is said that in just one year, our farmers help...
View ArticleSilencing Native Voices: 200 Years After First Foreign Contact, Efforts to...
One would imagine that there would be a natural alliance between native peoples and conservationists. Often their agendas are the same; they share rhetoric. They also share a love for the tenants of...
View ArticleMercury in Seafood: A Little Clarity
One of the most dangerous yet confusing toxic pollutants is mercury in seafood. Mercury is very bad for developing fetuses and children, and seafood is very good for them. But mercury is in all...
View ArticleRejecting Keystone XL is Good Politics As Well As Good Policy
As the debate surrounding the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline continues, we're seeing an overwhelming reaction from people across the country asking Secretary Kerry and President Obama to reject this...
View ArticleHow Smart Business Can Help Solve 'The World's Largest Environmental Risk'
We all knew air pollution was a major killer. But the latest research from the World Health Organization is shocking. It has found that in 2012 alone, 7 million people died as a result of exposure to...
View ArticleA Flood of Mud
I last wrote about the mystery of Malaysian Flight 370 and how that event hit so close to home. At the same time, another event appeared to be brewing underground, just a few miles north of me in tiny...
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