Hispanic Evangelicals: Climate Change, Family and Flock
When you say climate change, the first thing that most people think of is polar bears. For me, a different image comes to mind -- my family and my flock. I've not always realized the significance of...
View ArticleAn Adventure in Foraging
How I hate being trendy but I suppose there is no avoiding it this time. I went foraging in the woods of Columbia County and loved every second of it. It appeals to my sense of taste, adventure and...
View ArticleCalifornia Says 'Welcome Aboard' to Obama's Big Climate Move
Today's executive order from President Barack Obama, directing power plants to cut their greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent from 2005 levels by 2030, vindicates California's 2006 decision to move...
View ArticleSleeping With the Enemy
It's strange to see a subject you know a lot about treated by another journalist. "Green is Good," T.D. Max's story mostly about The Nature Conservancy (TNC) in the May 12 New Yorker, starts out...
View ArticleA Letter to My Cat, Who Died This Morning
Sam, When you took your final labored breaths this morning, I'm sorry I mistook them for typical heaves. You were laying on the hardwood floor, looking under the bed; I thought you were staring at...
View ArticleGov. Jerry Brown Needs Green Wake Up Call: One Million Votes for Luis J....
Eight decades after best-selling author Upton Sinclair upturned the political tables with his EPIC gubernatorial campaign in California to end poverty and "vested interests," best-selling author and...
View ArticleThe Most Important Step Taken to Combat Climate Change in Our Country's History
Today's announcement by the Obama administration to reduce our nation's global warming pollution from power plants is the most important step taken to combat the climate crisis in our country's...
View ArticleKudos to the White House and EPA on the New Climate Regulations
Kudos to President Obama and EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy on a true breakthrough in climate policy yesterday! The newly proposed EPA rules on CO2 emissions from power plants represent a breakthrough...
View ArticleOde to Lightning
It's 12:30 a.m. on a Thursday night. Why am I up so late? It's not homework. I'm watching the lightning outside my window. After each sentence I type here, I glance out the window to see if more...
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Retreat Is Not Defeat: Decisions Made in the Wake of the Everest Avalanche
Once the gravity of the tragic avalanche became clear, my expedition to summit Everest on the south side of the mountain was called off. Climbing Mt. Everest was a personal dream of mine - years in...
View ArticleThree No-hype Facts About President Obama's New Carbon Rule
Yesterday, the Obama administration released a draft proposal to -- for the first time -- place limits that would further reduce carbon pollution from electricity-generating power plants. This is a...
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The "Other" Hemp
"Weed." "Pot." "Marijuana." The answers began pouring out. College kids are familiar with the five-leaf hemp plant, but only as a drug. The "other" hemp, I informed them, was what I was there to speak...
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Obama's New Carbon Emissions Rule: Drumroll, Please...
Monday's bold, game-changing announcement to cut carbon emissions from existing power plants marks the latest step in a march toward climate-change action. One hopes. (iStockphoto/nelik) An historic...
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How Brazilian Indigenes Are Tapping Global Finance To Save Endangered Forests...
Chief Tojtxi never forgot his first, furtive contact with the invaders. "We saw traces of the whites, and fled into the forest," he told Survival International a few years back. "The whites saw our...
View ArticleCanadian Law Makes It Cheaper to Prevent Oil Sands Leaks Than Clean Them Up
As the Canadian government pushes a new law rendering pipeline companies liable for all damages from leaks and spills, the only friend to both sides in this polarized world of dirty oil sands is leak...
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New EPA Rule for Dirty Power Plants Fuels Strange Debate
In the downside-up Alice in Wonderland world of Congress, we are about to begin a debate about whether unlimited pollution is a good thing. It will be triggered by the Obama administration's historic...
View ArticleFunding Needed to Wage Battles in the War Against Invasive Species in the...
Last month, the South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force unveiled a new Comprehensive Invasive Species Strategic Action Framework billed as a top priority for Everglades restoration. To...
View ArticleCat Attacks Dog and Saves Child -- Was She Being Protective?
No doubt you've seen the video of Tara the cat saving her human family member, a young toddler boy, from being mauled by a neighbor's dog. The feat is truly amazing; however, is it rare or abnormal?...
View ArticlePutin and the Federal Coal Lease in Montana
Will Russian President Vladimir Putin get richer thanks to a sweetheart government coal deal in Montana? Last month the Treasury Department informed Congress that Mr. Putin personally held an interest...
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The 35 Most Amazing National Parks on Earth
What's the quickest way to realize how truly amazing our planet is? Simple: Visit the world's greatest national parks. We're thankful that governments around the world have set aside these amazing...
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