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A Non-Quixotic Fate for Birds of Prey in Europe?
"It is one thing to write as poet and another to write as a historian: the poet can recount or sing about things not as they were, but as they should have been, and the historian must write about them...
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Off-Grid, Clean Energy Access Market Valued at $12 Billion
Co-authored with Vrinda Manglik, Associate Campaign Representative, International Clean Energy Access One in five people around the world, approximately 1.3 billion people, lack access to electricity....
View ArticleCan Philadelphians Afford to Pay for Fresh Air?
Philly is the 11th most polluted city in the U.S and a metropolis with the highest rate of deep poverty, so if someone did sell cans of fresh air, could anyone afford it? If you're a consistent reader...
View ArticleHere Are the Jobs!
On June 2, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy announced the EPA's Clean Power Plan, a proposed rule to reduce carbon pollution from existing power plants by 30 percent over the...
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White House Meeting Logs: Big Rail Lobbying Against 'Bomb Train' Regulations...
Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlogThe Obama White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) has held the majority of its meetings on the proposed federal oil-by-rail safety regulations with...
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Government Says Eat Fish, Not Too Much, Mostly Low in Mercury
Co-authored by Elizabeth Brown A few days ago, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released updated draft advice on fish consumption for childbearing aged...
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Senate Kingpins to Vote on Climate Changing Pipeline: Tell Them No -- Now!
What Earth-changing events are happening this week? The US Senate Committee is going to vote on the climate changing Keystone XL pipeline, and NASA just announced the Earth has been through the hottest...
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Don't Poison Me! A Big Win for Baby Owls (Like This One) and Other Wildlife
WildCare's Wildlife Hospital treats nearly 4,000 ill, injured and orphaned wild animal patients from over 200 species every year. This is one patient's story. The thought of this fluffy baby owl being...
View ArticleConnecting Three Countries in the Battle Against Hunger
Sometimes in life, there are moments worth celebrating, when everything comes full circle. Today was one of those rare days. Picture a globe. Then draw a few lines on it -- one stretching between the...
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Ever Really Thought About What's in Your Exfoliator?
When it comes to getting the perfect summer glow, it's no secret that an exfoliator is a key player in the process. After all the outer layer of your skin, the epidermis renews itself roughly every...
View ArticleWhen a Public Hearing Isn't for the Public; Oil Train Hearing in Spokane, WA...
Earlier this week, members of the Washington State Senate's Energy, Environment & Telecommunications Committee held a public hearing on oil trains and oil transport safety in Spokane, WA in the...
View ArticleA Day in the Life of a Field Biologist: The Itch-and-Scratch Complex
"We hope that, when the insects take over the world, they will remember with gratitude how we took them along on all our picnics." --Bill Vaughan I love insects, which is probably why I became a...
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The ABCs of Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management, Part IV
Protecting Essential Fish Habitat: Homes and Nurseries On May 29, the House Natural Resources Committee met to refine legislation reauthorizing and amending the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation...
View ArticleThe Right Call on Climate Change
The Environmental Protection Agency's announcement earlier this month of its proposal to cut carbon pollution from existing power plants marks an historic effort by the president and his administration...
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A Honey of a Smile
Patrick Square's Farmer's Market was buzzing with activity yet the sky behind Liydia Vdovichenko was starting to darken. The threat of a thunderstorm was in the air yet Liydia wasn't fazed. There were...
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Traditional Dip Net Fishing: The Yakama Nation Tribe (VIDEO)
Lyle, Washington In south-central Washington, the wild Klickitat River, one of the longest undammed rivers in the Pacific Northwest, flows 95 miles to the Columbia River. Just below Lyle Falls, near...
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Can a Serious Climber Also Be Vegan?
I just returned from a trip climbing the north side of Mount Elbrus, the highest peak on the European continent, located in the Caucasus Mountains. Most people whom I met on my trip to Russia were...
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Silent Coup: How Enbridge Is Quietly Cloning the Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline
Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlogWhile the debate over the TransCanada Keystone XL tar sands pipeline has raged on for over half a decade, pipeline giant Enbridge has quietly cloned its own Keystone XL in...
View ArticleU.S. Policymakers Falling Behind Corporate America on Clean Energy
Earlier this month, when the Environmental Protection Agency announced plans to reduce power plant carbon emissions by 30 percent, critics were quick to rattle off tired arguments, claiming that the...
View ArticleThe House Condemns the World's Poorest to Dirty Coal
The FY2015 State Foreign Operations spending bill that emerged from the House on Tuesday demonstrates a clear misunderstanding of the role of international institutions in promoting U.S. interests and...
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