A Way of Life at Risk on the Anniversary of the BP Oil Spill
On April 20, 2010, an explosion on BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig kicked off the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history, as nearly five million barrels of oil spewed into the Gulf Coast over the...
View ArticleBP Gets an Anniversary Gift From the Obama Administration
April 20 is the fourth anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon explosion, which killed 11 workers and dumped over 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico over a three month period in 2010. You...
View ArticleHow I Eat Meat
by Emily Peterson When I was a kid, before I realized culinary school was an option, or that I'd end up a chef and a culinary instructor myself, before I even gave too much thought to food beyond that...
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"Russia with Love": Alaska Gas Scandal is Out-of-Country, Not Out-of-State
Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlog A legal controversy — critics would say scandal — has erupted in Alaska's statehouse over the future of its natural gas bounty.It's not so much an issue of the gas itself,...
View ArticleI'm Climbing Everest for a Cause
My name is Kuntal Joisher and I am about to climb Mt. Everest. Yes, I know hundreds of people attempt to summit the highest point in the world every year, but I'd like to think my journey is special....
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Global Warming: Do We Have to Sit and Take It?
Do you know the difference between the terms "climate change" and "global warming? Which of these is more ominous? They are often used interchangeably, with "climate change" somehow seeming more...
View ArticleKeystone XL Review Extended, Delaying Final Decision Until After 2014 Elections
Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlog Reuters and Politico broke a major story today that TransCanada's northern leg of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline will not be decided on until after the 2014 mid-term...
View ArticleAmerica's Largest Ecosystem Restoration Project Is on the Verge of Moving...
Forget the organic soy green latte or earth-toned yoga mat with a smiling bamboo tree on it, or other random schlock for Earth Day. The fate of one of the largest ecosystem restoration projects in the...
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Dear Mr. Peabody: No One's Loss of Life, Liberty and Health For Your Coal...
Falling on the 100th anniversary of the Ludlow coal miners' massacre, a growing movement of citizens groups will gather on Saturday afternoon in St. Louis to join the great Washington University sit-in...
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This Earth Day, Put People Before Polluters
This week, Americans, including members of the League of Women Voters, will honor our environment and celebrate Earth Day. Many of our fellow Americans realize that climate change is the greatest...
View ArticleFour Years After the Blowout... Has Anything Changed?
Four years ago this Sunday night, BP's Mississippi Canyon Block 252 well blew out, killing 11 workers, destroying the Deepwater Horizon semi-submersible rig, and putting an estimated 5 million barrels...
View ArticleRiding Public Transit Best Way to Celebrate Earth Day
Earth Day is Tuesday, April 22, and like many Americans, you might be stumped about what more you can do to help the environment. You've recycled, installed energy-saving light bulbs and low-flow water...
View ArticleEarth Day 2014
I admit to having mixed feelings about Earth Day for the obvious reason that "saving the planet" is a 365-day, 24/7 job. But if we can get people to focus on the central idea it represents even for a...
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The Great Portland Pee: The Psychological Power of Disgust That Discourages...
If you're running a little short on potable water, you might want to take some empty jugs up to Portland, Oregon, where for the next few days they will be throwing away 38 million gallons of water......
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Keystone XL May Wait on Nebraska, but Climate Change Waits for No One
Graphic from Oil Change International The State Department is providing additional time for comments on the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, extending the process, until more is known about the...
View ArticleHow Can Nuclear Science Promote Sustainable Development?
Earth Day 2014 provides an opportunity to look at what nuclear science and technology has done to establish sustainable development by improving health and the quality of life. We have seen this...
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Looking to the Gulf of Mexico as a Model for Future Decommissioning of Oil...
California has entered a new era of outer continental shelf oil and gas activity. The focus has shifted from the development of new oil wells and offshore facilities, to research on decommissioning...
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Lois Gibbs: 'The Government Wouldn't Help Me, So I Decided to Do It Myself'
Today, Earth Day, the American Masters series on PBS is presenting A Fierce Green Fire, a documentary that timelines the environmental movement's past five decades. Beginning in the 1960s, the...
View ArticleUse This Earth Day to Urge Leaders to Take Biggest Step Possible on Climate...
I plan to spend this Earth Day advocating for the single most important thing our nation can do to confront climate change: cutting carbon pollution from power plants. These plants kick out 40 percent...
View Article364: The Number of Days That Aren't Earth Day
Happy Earth Day? Today is that one day a year when people come together to give back to the planet with the goal of making positive change. But let's talk about that for a second -- is one day really...
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