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Bill McKibben

Keystone XL: Time for the Senate to Show Some Courage

Bill McKibben | Posted February 11, 2012 | Green

At least for now, the battle over the Keystone Pipeline -- the most visible environmental cause in many years -- has moved from the scarred boreal forest of Alberta and the Sand Hills of Nebraska to the halls of Congress. Or rather, it's moved to send button on your email...

Gabe Elsner

The Class of Talkers Playing Down the Cost of Fossil Fuel Dependence

Gabe Elsner | Posted February 11, 2012 | Green

The fossil fuel lobby aggressively uses lobbying and propaganda to block public health protections, manipulate the energy debate, defend their massive government handouts and attack clean energy sources that threaten to displace them.

No tool goes unused: Traditional lobbying, "super PAC" donations, software that...

Rob Perks

House Transportation Bill Would Worsen Traffic

Rob Perks | Posted February 10, 2012 | Green

House Republicans have an opportunity to pass transportation legislation that would help create new jobs, fix our roads and bridges, and improve our commutes. What have they decided to do instead? Load up their version of a transportation bill (HR. 7) with an ideological wish list that will prevent Congress from...

Heather Taylor-Miesle

Voters Want Obama's Clean Energy Plan

Heather Taylor-Miesle | Posted February 10, 2012 | Green

Another major poll has confirmed that American voters across the political spectrum welcome clean energy development. It also found that when given the facts, the majority of Democrats and independents oppose the Keystone XL pipeline for dirty tar sands oil.

The support for clean energy isn't news --...

Christine Todd Whitman

New Reactors Signal U.S. Nuclear Energy Resurgence

Christine Todd Whitman | Posted February 10, 2012 | Politics

The United States has taken an important step toward efficiently meeting the country's rising electricity demand by ensuring a greater supply of clean, safe nuclear power.

With plans in place in Georgia for the construction of the next generation of nuclear energy facilities, this industry expansion will promote economic...

Jeremy Symons

Canadian Government Plans to Poison Wolves Due to Tar Sands Project

Jeremy Symons | Posted February 10, 2012 | Green

The toll of tar sands development has been largely hidden hundreds of miles to the North. Canadian forests once provided the last undisturbed refuge in North America for migrating songbirds, ducks and geese, and the vast stretches of wilderness in northern Alberta have been ideal for wild wolves...

Stephen Hren

My Decade of Being "Peak Oil Aware"

Stephen Hren | Posted February 10, 2012 | Green

Science Magazine just published a great article about peak oil, and I realized it's been exactly a decade since I became "peak oil aware." 9/11 had just happened, and to try and understand the world I did something I wasn't, as an American, supposed to do -- I...

Jorge Cervantes

Mary Jane, You've Come a Long Way Baby

Jorge Cervantes | Posted February 10, 2012 | Green

When I published my first book -- Indoor Marijuana Horticulture -- back in 1983, there was no way to know how much things would change in the next three decades.

Back then Ronald Reagan was President of the United States, M*A*S*H went off the air and no one had ever...

Danielle Nierenberg

Innovation of the Week: Rewarding Farmers for Providing Ecosystem Services

Danielle Nierenberg | Posted February 10, 2012 | Green

The Sasumua dam supplies Nairobi, Kenya with 20 percent of its fresh water, but land use changes have started to contaminate this important source of water. Forests and wetlands are being converted into agricultural land and commercial plots. This reduces water flow during the dry season and increases surface runoff...

Carin Bondar

In Honor of Valentine's Day, Some Animal Lovin' (VIDEO)

Carin Bondar | Posted February 10, 2012 | Science

Recently I was a guest on Urban Rush, a Vancouver-based talk show, to discuss one of my favorite topics: the weird and wonderful world of animal sex. Because Valentines Day is quickly approaching, I thought I'd take the opportunity to discuss some of the lovin' going on in...

Nathan Currier

Methane in the Twilight Zone (Third Episode)

Nathan Currier | Posted February 10, 2012 | Green

Do you like CSI? I remember the esteemed climate scientist Michael MacCracken once saying that climate researchers need to be like CSI investigators, prying out the truth from obscure clues. But how often has a CSI episode been a whodunit where the outcome could effect everyone? So, kick up your...

Bill Chameides

Has the Earth's Missing Heat Been Found?

Bill Chameides | Posted February 10, 2012 | Green

NASA climate scientist Jim Hansen and colleagues weigh in on the missing heat issue.

In 2009 Kevin Trenberth, of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, raised the issue of missing heat in a paper (PDF) titled "An Imperative for Climate Change Planning: Tracking Earth's Global Energy."...

Nil Zacharias

Sinfully Good and Cruelty-Free: Vegan Recipes for Valentine's Day (PHOTOS)

Nil Zacharias | Posted February 10, 2012 | KitchenDaily

What does Valentine's Day mean to you? A commercialized holiday promoting consumerism in the name of love and romance, or a day that reminds you to appreciate loved ones in your life?

If you're trying to be mindful of your lifestyle choices, this day presents some unique challenges. Let's...

Mike Bellamente

Sustainability Runs Deep in Ethics Ranking

Mike Bellamente | Posted February 10, 2012 | Green

Of those named to Ethisphere's "2011 100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics" last month, readily apparent is the occupational diversity of the field. Rare is the occasion that one sees the likes of Michelle Obama (#53) and Stephen Colbert (#48) listed alongside the...

Astrid Caldas

Shooting the Messenger Is Not the Answer

Astrid Caldas | Posted February 10, 2012 | Green

Note to readers: This post builds on the one taken down last week. Many apologies.

Yet another blog post commenting on the WSJ debacle about non-climate scientists' opinions versus climate scientists' opinions got me thinking (again) why the conversation about climate...

Annie Leonard

Don't Be Stupid, Cupid -- Show Your Love Responsibly

Annie Leonard | Posted February 10, 2012 | Green

For holidays tainted by commercialism, Valentine's Day gives Christmas a run for the money -- big money. The National Retail Federation estimates Americans will spend $17.6 billion on Valentine's gifts this year, including $4.1 billion on jewelry, $1.8 billion on flowers and $1.5 billion on candy. But for...

Elliott Negin

Monsanto's Great Expectations (and Not-So-Great Results)

Elliott Negin | Posted February 10, 2012 | Food

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Photo: Russell Max Simon

With apologies to Charles Dickens, whose 200th birthday was this week, it's the best of times and the worst of times for Monsanto, the agribusiness giant that is aggressively marketing genetically engineered crops -- and millions of tons of pesticides...

Maria Rodale

Tell President Obama:
Don't Deepen the Delaware

Maria Rodale | Posted February 10, 2012 | Green

by guest blogger, Maya K. van Rossum, the Delaware Riverkeeper

For more than 20 years, my organization, the Delaware Riverkeeper Network, and I have been challenging the Army Corps of Engineers' proposal to deepen the Delaware River's main channel by 5 feet for 102...

Christine Negroni

My Carbon Neutral Sunday Drive

Christine Negroni | Posted February 10, 2012 | Travel

I'm not the best driver in the world, because I'm easily distracted. I am, however, a great passenger. I'm very happy to ride right seat and enjoy the scenery. So, when Kirsten Brøchner, owner of Ibsens Hotel in Copenhagen graciously invited me to drive her little carbon-neutral car...

Cindy Lowry

Having Drew Barrymore Play Me On Screen

Cindy Lowry | Posted February 9, 2012 | UK Entertainment

My Greenpeace tenure began as their Alaska Field Representative in Anchorage, after I had been volunteering on wolf and marine mammal issues for a local group. My only caveat was that I would continue to work on wolves, which they agreed. I was thrilled to work on issues that I...

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