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9 Ways Pigs Are Smarter Than Your Honor Student
Easter's coming up -- have you bought your honey-baked ham yet? I hope not because I'd like to try to talk you out of it. Not just because it's bad for you (a recent Harvard University study found that...
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One of the Smartest Investments We Can Make
By Jane Lubchenco, Former Administrator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Mark R. Tercek, President and CEO, The Nature Conservancy This article first appeared on Ensia Online. For...
View ArticleSeal Slaughter Resumes in Canada
Canada's bloody commercial seal slaughter resumed yesterday, although with many fewer boats and participants than in past years. The offseason fishermen who seek to kill seals do so only because the...
View ArticleChoose Wisely...
We all make choices, and some turn out better than others do. But the choices we end up regretting the most are usually the ones we make against our better judgment. Both individually and collectively,...
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Just Say No to Illegal Pirate Fish: Support Sustainable Seafood
How to support sustainable seafood and #eatbetterfish It is a sad state of affairs that 91 percent of all seafood consumed in the U.S. is imported, with more than half of that farmed, often in dubious...
View ArticleWildlife's Native Tongue
The ability of animals and humans to communicate has evolved over eons as an adaptation to facilitate species' survival. Although humans have mastered a complex auditory language to artfully...
View ArticlePogo -- A Spark in the Park
The rise of Pogo Parks deserves Hollywood treatment. Brilliant and improbable, vital and near triumphant. It's a story, though unfinished, that promises in its logic defying detail to warm hearts and...
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Mama Opossum and Her Family of Nine
WildCare's Wildlife Hospital treats nearly 4,000 ill, injured and orphaned wild animal patients from over 200 species every year. This is one family's story. The Virginia Opossum is North America's...
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Gaining Perspective on the Opposition: The Other Side of Rigs to Reefs
Amber Jackson and I at Rig2Reef Exploration believe that there are many sides to any issue, and the complications associated with maintaining an oil and gas platform as an artificial reef site is no...
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'Green News Report' - April 15, 2014
The Green News Report is also available via... IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Green News Report Special Coverage: The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report on Mitigation: the costs, the...
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True or False: Is Arkansas Fracked?
After my visit to the Fayetteville Shale in Arkansas to see fracking close up, I got to talk with community members who have been impacted by the frack-fueled increase in natural gas development....
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Why the Great Wash U Sit-in Against Peabody Coal Matters: Which Side Are You on?
Entering its second week, the inspiring Washington University sit-in against Peabody Energy has already gone beyond its goals to cut school ties with the St. Louis-based coal giant, and forced the rest...
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Agriculture Is a Man's World? Not on My Farm
I was told recently, point blank, that "agriculture is a man's world." And I will freely admit that my first reaction was not a very pleasant one. Yes, it made me angry. Very angry. Are there certain...
View ArticleNo-Kill Animal Sheltering Is Coming Soon to a Community Near You
In the age of social media and the transparency of everything, traditional sheltering and animal control models that essentially amount to population control by the sanctioned killing of homeless pets...
View ArticleRestoring Louisiana's Coast Will Require Restoring Its Democracy -- Governor...
The Mississippi's River southernmost delta is home to a rich ecosystem, robust, culture and booming economy. Wetlands provide critical storm protection for the Louisiana's coast. A recent poll by...
View ArticleLet Your Kids Get Muddy Once in a While
"To me, a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug." --Helen Keller As a child, I loved the natural world. Maybe it had something to do with...
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Coral Reefs: Going, Going... Gone
The Latest United Nations Climate report is deeply disturbing because coral reefs may not be here tomorrow. Join Earth Dr Reese Halter along Southern California's beach as he talks about the unintended...
View ArticlePresident Obama, Put the Arctic Off-Limits to Big Oil
Four years ago this week, BP's Deepwater Horizon drill platform exploded. Eleven workers died that day. Their bodies were never found. Over the next 87 days, 210 million gallons of oil gushed into the...
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Farm to Fork Across America: Chef Tom Douglas, "Deliciousness Served With...
Co-authored with Lee Glenn Above Seattle's Palace Kitchen is the home of one of the most successful food empires in America, a nerve center for over 15 restaurants and specialty food brands created by...
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On Earth Day, Look to Women for Innovation and Impact
Once a year -- on April 22 -- around the world, people young and old, rich and poor, focus on the needs of our fragile planet and those of us who reside on it. Earth Day is a great opportunity to draw...
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