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5 Tips to Make Your Fourth of July Sustainable
With summer in full swing and the Fourth of July around the corner, everyone can benefit from a few tips on how to reduce the environmental footprint of their summer celebrations. Here are five tips to...
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Ten Things Every Vegan Is Sick of Hearing
The hardest part about being vegan is dealing with other people. While some questions and comments are truly genuine, many are not. Anyone who has been vegan for any length of time can probably relate...
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10 Things to Do in the Wine Country If You Love Animals More Than You Love Wine
What if you're lucky enough to be visiting California's Wine Country, but you don't like wine? Because some people just don't. Nothing against wine in all its wininess, but what if you're pregnant,...
View Article3 Points of Hope on Climate Change: Back to the Future 2014 to 2024
Let's start with the most profound change needed now: By 2024 we will have a price on carbon. The tense and complex negotiations to get there will require no less than the UN Secretary General, the US...
View ArticleDivestment at Catholic Universities a Climate Gamechanger?
Last week, the University of Dayton (UD) announced they will divest fossil fuels from their $670 million endowment - the first Catholic university in the nation to do so. Carbon Tracker 200 and "Filthy...
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Jane Goodall: We Can Save the Elephants
(Photo credit: Robyn E Preston / savingthewild.com) Two days after New York passed the historic ban on the sale of elephant ivory, legendary conservationist Jane Goodall was in Auckland inspiring New...
View ArticleWill Offshore Wind Pick up the Speed?
Offshore wind facilities could offer a cost-effective and efficient means of drawing a highly abundant source of energy for residential and commercial use. Conventional wind facilities on land, while...
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The Buzz About Bees, Climate Change and Your Garden
Credit: Shutterstock From the fuzzy bumblebees that our children chase in the garden to the industrious honeybees that sweeten our herbal tea, bees have woven an essential place in nature's mosaic. But...
View ArticleNo Cheers for Trophy Hunting
This week, a 19-year-old Texas college cheerleader caused a stir when she posted photos online of her posing with imperiled African wildlife that she had hunted. An elephant, a lion, a leopard and a...
View ArticleA Step Backwards
Co-authored by Ed FitzGerald, Cuyahoga County Executive and Democratic Nominee for Governor Of Ohio As Ohio goes, so goes the nation -- and until recently, Ohio led the nation with an energy policy...
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Why Tiny Barbados Is Beating Us on the Road to Green Energy
Oil prices are soaring again -- this time due to uncertainty over the fate of major producers like Russia and Iraq. Expect to pay more at the gas pump and the grocery store in the months ahead, since...
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In Heartland and Beyond, Businesses Get It: Not Cutting Carbon Pollution Is...
When it comes to the urgent need to cut carbon pollution and address climate change, businesses -- and business-minded lawmakers -- get it. I just spent a few days in Des Moines, Iowa, with some great...
View ArticleClimate Spoof Is All Too Real
We are standing on the cusp of making unprecedented progress to reduce carbon pollution, especially from old dirty power plants. In addition to these important new public safeguards proposals,...
View ArticleThe Energy Dilemma
A slow buzz signals the start of a new day as my alarm clock hits its mark at 6:30am. I slap the snooze button and start to stretch, reaching for the TV remote to catch the morning news. Seconds later...
View ArticleFrom East to West, Good News for Wilderness and Communities Threatened by...
In the past week we've received good news on major proposed coal projects that pose a threat to communities and beautiful places, from both the eastern U.S. and the western U.S. First, last Friday a...
View ArticleNew Digs, New Chance for New Iberia Chimps
I have a fantastic update to share with you today. All of the federally owned chimpanzees from New Iberia Research Center -- more than 100 individuals -- have officially moved to Chimp Haven, the...
View ArticleThe Climate Post: Supreme Court Says EPA Can Regulate Greenhouse Gas Emissions
In the latest decision on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) authority to regulate carbon pollution, the U.S. Supreme Court reaffirmed EPA's authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions...
View ArticleAddressing Climate Change Should Inspire Patriotism, Not Gridlock
Heading into the July 4th celebration of America's independence got me thinking about when it comes to huge challenges we've faced as a nation, we have a rich and storied history of aspirational spirit...
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Baby Raccoons Orphaned and Left on a Junk Pile
WildCare's Wildlife Hospital treats nearly 4,000 ill, injured and orphaned wild animal patients from over 200 species every year. This is one family's story. When neighbors out for a walk heard...
View ArticleEvolving to Survive Ourselves
Every time I read about another religious fundamentalist killing people in the street, blowing up a building, attacking an airport or airplane, or committing some other atrocity, I think about how...
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