Earth Day 2014: A Global Meditation
Many years ago I sat, frustrated, in traffic on the way to class. I was impatient, annoyed and angry that I would be late. In the passenger seat was my elderly neighbor who was also attending the...
View ArticleFour Years After the BP Oil Spill, Hope for a Full Recovery in the Gulf...
Sunday, April 20, marks the four-year anniversary of the BP Deepwater Horizon tragedy. Those of us living on the Gulf of Mexico have not forgotten the fiery explosion, the unnecessary loss of life and...
View ArticleWhat it Will Take to Tackle the Climate Crisis
The latest report of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) confirms what is manifest to all but those blinded by ideology and short-term profits, but can it galvanize a...
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16 Ways My Dog Has Made Me a Better Parent
People roll their eyes at comparisons of dogs to children, and I support this exasperation -- in theory. At the same time, in my heart of hearts, I know that our dog has profoundly influenced my...
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5 Pet-friendly Gardening Tips
As the warmth of the season beckons us outdoors, many pet and plant lovers are caught in the crossroads -- is it possible to intertwine a love for nature while meeting the needs of our beloved...
View ArticleIn Partnership With Mother Earth
OK, mankind, it's time to grow up, and I see a good way to start: Change the wording of Genesis 1:26. Change one word. Last week, I quoted that Bible verse in a column about the increasing velocity of...
View ArticleDisneynature Film Bears Opens Friday, April 18
Disneynature Bears is a perfect film for the whole family, particularly if you have young ones with an interest in science and nature. This film, the fifth theatrical release from the Disneynature...
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Fighting Fracking: Where Moral Outrage Fails, Earthquakes Prevail
In response to pressure from students, faculty -- and apparently alumni -- who oppose Harvard Endowment's refusal to divest its fossil fuel stocks, Harvard University's President Drew Faust's office...
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'Green News Report' - April 17, 2014
The Green News Report is also available via... IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: One year since the deadly West, TX fertilizer explosion: has anything changed?; New 'habitable' planet discovered!; Environmental...
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Interview: 'Big Men' Director Rachel Boynton on Oil, Ghana and Capitalism
Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlog The subtitle of the newly released documentary film Big Men is "everyone wants to be big" and to say the film covers a "big" topic is to put it mildly.Executive produced by...
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Throwing Away Good Water
[Heads up for the overly sensitive: I'm going to talk about pee, piss, taking a leak, and other euphemisms for urine and urination. But hey, you all do it.] Man urinates in reservoir, "ruins" 38M...
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Climate Change This Week: Super Cheap Solutions, and More!
Today, the Earth got a little hotter, and a little more crowded. Daily Climate Change: Global Map of Unusual Temperatures, Apr 17 2014 How unusual has the weather been? No one event is "caused" by...
View ArticleFighting for Science in the Classroom and America's Future
Knowledge is power. And in the face of climate change where time is our enemy, we are putting up a weak fight. In stark contrast to the scientific consensus, only 49 percent of Americans believe that...
View ArticleWATCH: Does Penis Size Matter? Here's One Answer From The Animal Kingdom
From a sea creature's detachable, swimming penis to violent bedbug sex, this is a tour of the animal kingdom as you've never seen it before. What can we learn about a species from how it has sex? Let's...
View Article10 Tips for Easing Into Plant-based Eating
At the end of a tour of Catskill Animal Sanctuary last year, a visitor who'd just been kissed by cows and held chickens in his lap said to me, "OK. I get it. How do I start?" The question came up again...
View ArticleInner Sustainability: A New Concept for Earth Day
As the world spins round and round, as the years go by and by, as governments have meeting after meeting, where do we stand with respect to taking care of our planet? Some moments it feels like the...
View ArticleBig Victory for Public Health : Court Upholds Mercury, Toxic Air Pollution...
On Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld limits on dangerous emissions of mercury and toxic air pollution from power plants. This was a big victory for clean air, clean water,...
View ArticlePartnering for Impact: A Q&A with Domtar
Sustainability is one of the most far-reaching issues of our time. To impart measurable change, neither individuals nor companies can do it alone. This makes partnerships across public and private...
View ArticleEditors Resign as Retraction Scandal Deepens at Science Journal That Caved in...
These are dark times for science -- in particular, climate science and related fields of study. Hate mail, harassment campaigns, accusations of scientific fraud and threats of lawsuits have become the...
View ArticlePeace And Quiet Is Green
In the midst of the cries of Mother Earth, people are realizing there is another need, another crisis which may be behind much of the lack of attention people are giving to the planet. The cries of...
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