The Climate Post: EPA Releases Proposed Rule for Existing Power Plants
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) this week announced a proposed rule to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from existing fossil fuel-fired power plants 30 percent below 2005 levels by 2030....
View ArticleIt's Not All Colored Sprinkles and Jelly Filling Joy on National Doughtnut Day
It's National Doughnut Day, and if you're lucky you've grabbed a free treat from one of the many national chains offering free doughnuts today. We all love doughnuts, and I certainly don't want to be a...
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Are You Ready for a Coal Town Turnaround?
By Rocky Kistner, OnEarth In West Virginia’s largest newspaper this week, journalist Ken Ward Jr., a veteran chronicler of the coalfields, spotlights poll numbers that might surprise the politicians in...
View ArticleWill China Follow America's Lead ?
A senior advisor to the Chinese government has advised the country to impose an absolute cap on its emissions by 2016. Of course, whether Beijing will heed this suggestion remains to be seen. Any moves...
View ArticleAgainst All Odds Wolf OR-7 Finds Love in Southern Oregon and Spurs Wolf...
The story of the wolf known as OR-7 is one of persistently long odds. Born to the first pack in Oregon in at least 60 years, OR-7 made a journey of over 1,000 miles from far northeastern Oregon across...
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'Green News Report' - June 3, 2014
The Green News Report is also available via... IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Green News Report Special Coverage: President Obama's EPA unveils historic new proposed standards to cut carbon pollution from...
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'Green News Report' - June 5, 2014
The Green News Report is also available via... IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Republicans attack Obama EPA's proposed CO2 emissions standards... but they were FOR emissions cuts before they were against...
View ArticleMoms to EPA: Recall Monsanto's Roundup
Co-authored with Alexis Baden-Mayer, political director of the Organic Consumers Association Hell hath no fury like a mother whose child has been sickened by a toxin that's almost impossible to avoid....
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Climate Change This Week: Obama's Opus, Alarming Antarctic History, and More!
Today, the Earth got a little hotter, and a little more crowded. Daily Climate Change: Global Map of Unusual Temperatures, June 5 2014 How unusual has the weather been? No one event is "caused" by...
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Obama Task Force on Chemical Dangers: Strong Enough?
Last year, a devastating chemical plant explosion in the town of West, Texas, Â killed 15 people and injured 160 more. Â The tragedy seemed to reawaken in President Obama a determination to improve...
View ArticleAnswering the Haters of Animal Protection
Lobbyist and PR man Rick Berman has made a career of setting up phony front groups and flacking for the most disreputable of corporate causes. He has worked with consistent ineffectiveness against...
View ArticleOne Of The Hottest Designers In Fashion Just Redefined What It Means To Recycle
By Lindsey Coco for GLAM4GOOD Who knew bottle tops normally thrown in the trash would make the perfect summer accessory? That's right, soda can ring pulls have been turned into must-have bags from one...
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The Hot Air From EPA Climate Plan Critics
If you were wondering how long it would take climate change deniers and industrial polluters to analyze and criticize a new proposal to cut emissions from power plants, this week's historic...
View ArticleLet's Think Critically About Our Electricity System
Recently, I had the opportunity to participate in a panel discussion at the annual Energy Efficiency Global Forum in Washington, D.C. The discussion highlighted the gap between the political rhetoric...
View ArticleOpen Letter to Obama: The Ages Have Been at Work
Dear Mr. President: This past November I sent you an invitation to visit North Dakota, and it seems you have taken up the offer. As I understand it, you will be visiting the Standing Rock Reservation...
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Sex of the Wildlife Kind
American Alligator. Photo Credit Milt Putnam We have entered that time of year when wildlife activity has increased quite dramatically. If you live near water, you may have heard the cornucopia of...
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Where Congress Fails, Business Leads
Recently the US Senate failed to pass an energy bill that had garnered strong bi-partisan support. While the bill sought only "modest" goals for energy efficiency standards and industry innovations,...
View ArticleWhere Climate Change and Geopolitics Collide
In a rare moment of enlightenment, Republican John Boehner recently stated "I'm not qualified to debate the science over climate change." In the past, Boehner was a staunch 'climate denier' that...
View ArticlePartners for the Future
I was honored to be invited to speak to the United Auto Workers in Detroit at their convention this week. Even though the Sierra Club and the UAW have been working together for years, some people don't...
View ArticleBringing Climate Solutions Down to Earth
Co-Authored by Durwood J. Zaelke, founder of the Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development; and Veerabhadran Ramanathan, Distinguished Professor of Climate Sciences at the Scripps...
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