These stunning photographs are from National Geographic's annual international photography contest. They are a selection from the Viewers' Choice port...
Huffington Post | Katherine Goldstein/Craig Kanalley | Posted 11.23.2009 | Green
Hundreds of emails related to global warming were hacked from the Climate Research Unit at East Anglia University in the United Kingdom recently and t...
Bob Dinneen | Posted 11.21.2009 | Green
Having an appreciation for Al Gore's commitment to science and advocacy of responsible policies on energy, the environment, and the economy, I was disappointed by his treatment of ethanol and other biofuels in his new book.
Kevin Grandia | Posted 11.20.2009 | Green
I'll admit, as someone who spends most days looking for leaked documents, the package of stolen emails and documents from the Climate Research Unit at...
Helena Christensen | Posted 11.20.2009 | Green
As with many poorer countries, Peru is bearing the brunt of a problem it has done little to cause. Its emissions account for only 0.1% of greenhouse gasses, but climate change has affected all aspects of life there.
John DeCock | Posted 11.21.2009 | Green
If we live in poverty and industry uses our neighborhoods to site their most toxic operations, how do we pay for the illness those operations cause?
James Hoggan | Posted 11.19.2009 | Green
Nearly all point the finger at the US for delaying a global agreement on climate change. But if they want to find the real culprit, they have no look no further than the US coal and oil industry.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. | Posted 11.19.2009 | Green
America will not win the arms race of the 21st century with rockets, but with robust investment in and support of U.S.-based green technology. While Congress dawdles, China is clobbering us.
Melanie Drane | Posted 11.19.2009 | Books
Mending is always accompanied by an element of risk. Something may function again, but differently, so that every successful re-use is accompanied by a sense of luck and relief.
guardian.co.uk | Posted 11.19.2009 | Green
Evangelicals are the bedrock of the Republican party and are often seen as skeptical of science, from global warming to evolution. So the initiative's...
Huffington Post | Posted 11.19.2009 | Green
The Enviro-Pranksters The Yes Men were at it again with a recent trip to Boston, where, posing as Coca Cola representatives, they unveiled a new name ...
Anushay Hossain | Posted 11.18.2009 | Green
It's the world's poor who will feel the impact of this change the hardest. And who exactly are the poor? Women, who make up approximately 65% of the world's poorest populations.
Jonathan Kim | Posted 11.17.2009 | Entertainment
Simultaneously a dark, sometimes surreal examination of the US military's foray into psychic warfare, and a comedy with some nuggets of alleged truth.
Kevin Grandia | Posted 11.17.2009 | Green
In spite of the tsunami evidence that the Great Global Warming Swindle is both laughably wrong and criminally irresponsible, this polemic will air tonight to a nationwide audience on a network renown for its lefty credentials.
forbes.com | Deepak Chopra | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living
Deepak Chopra picks the world's most powerful teachers....
Paul David Walker | Posted 11.20.2009 | Living
The Good News: The good news is that the cold waters from the north came in today along with the ducks that have been playing in the arctic all summe...
BBC NEWS | Posted 11.13.2009 | Green
Money invested in protecting nature can bring huge financial returns, according to a major investigation into the costs and benefits of the natural wo...
news.nationalgeographic.com | Posted 11.12.2009 | Green
For instance, thyme and sage spike during Thanksgiving, cinnamon surges all winter, chocolate and vanilla show up during weekends (presumably from par...
Tracy L. Barnett | Posted 11.12.2009 | Green
Many have heard of Chevron-Texaco's contamination of the Amazonian rainforests. Joe Berlinger's film, Crude, brings the battle to bring them to justice to life in a way words cannot.
Gov. Dick Lamm | Posted 11.12.2009 | Denver
Does immigration help our health care system? Will doubling our population help us build a more fair and just America? Do you want an America of one billion people?
Posted 11.12.2009 | Green
Renowned National Geographic extreme photojournalist Paul Nicklen has released a new book titled Polar Obsession, which chronicles his expedition unde...
Alison Rose Levy | Posted 11.12.2009 | New York
New Yorkers were out in force last Tuesday to protect the purity of their legendary water. A public event focused on drilling in a vast Upstate reservoir of natural gas that developers are seeking to exploit.
Lise Waring | Posted 11.12.2009 | Denver
The nature of the tight box canyon that cradles Telluride means that it's only a few blocks to the edge of civilization. Black bears wander through town in search of snacks -- especially this time of year.
nytimes.com | LINDSEY HOSHAW | Posted 11.11.2009 | Green
Light bulbs, bottle caps, toothbrushes, Popsicle sticks and tiny pieces of plastic, each the size of a grain of rice, inhabit the Pacific garbage patc...
Wendy Diamond | Posted 11.10.2009 | Living
On October 4, 2009, International Fund for Animal Welfare and Leonardo announced a program that will protect animals and their habitats around around the globe.
Posted 11.24.2009 | Green