Environmental Issues

About Leadership: Environmental Issues

Bernie Bulkin | Posted 04.19.2012

Bernie Bulkin

Some issues are specific to a particular company, a geographic region, or an industry sector. But there are issues that transcend all of these, and t...

Presidential Citizens Medal Accepts Nominations For First Time Ever

Posted 04.17.2012

For over 40 years, powerful leaders and everyday Americans alike have been recognized for their outstanding acts of service. That recognition, the ...

Chevron Says These People Don't Matter

Lou Dematteis | Posted 04.12.2012

Lou Dematteis

I first traveled to the Ecuadoran Amazon in 1993 and witnessed first hand the contamination and environmental damage caused by Chevron.

Arise Honors Earth's Female Caretakers

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.12.2012

Georgianne Nienaber

Arise is both a documentary and an ethnographic study of women from around the world who share a profound intellectual and spiritual understanding of what it takes to live in harmony with the environment.

Nature's Fashionistas

Posted 01.24.2012

When we think of jellyfish, our initial thought may be of their unpleasant sting, but in terms of natural awe, nothing can beat the billowing beauty o...

Why We Should Label Genetically Engineered Food

David Bronner | Posted 12.07.2011

David Bronner

I've recently been activated on the genetically engineered food, or GMO, issue: If nothing is done, any crop or animal with significant market volume will be genetically engineered within the next 10 to 20 years, and consumers won't know. The main arguments for labeling are compelling.

7 Game-Changing Green Advancements You Should Know About

Posted 11.26.2011

As temperatures rise and populations get larger, it's clear that breakthroughs in green technology hold the key to the survival of Earth and all the s...

GOP Candidates Line Up To Bash E.P.A.

The New York Times | Posted 10.18.2011

The Environmental Protection Agency is emerging as a favorite target of the Republican presidential candidates, who portray it as the very symbol of ...

GOP Candidate: 'Conservation Is Conservative'

AP | By PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 09.27.2011

WASHINGTON -- Touting a record that could complicate his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman challenged his ...

Lucas Kavner

Creating The Most Sustainable Homes In America

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucas Kavner | Posted 08.08.2011

What do you do when you desperately want to be an architect, but you realize you kind of -- for lack of a better word -- suck at it? Raised by a si...

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reaching Record Highs

AP | By ARTHUR MAX | Posted 08.05.2011

AMSTERDAM -- Despite 20 years of effort, greenhouse gas emissions are going up instead of down, hitting record highs as climate negotiators gather to ...

Do You Know Who Made Your Rug?

Robyn Griggs Lawrence | Posted 05.25.2011

Robyn Griggs Lawrence

Is there pain and strife sewn into one of your rugs? With GoodWeave, a new social-responsibility certification, you'll know the moral fabric of your rug down to every single fiber.

Lessons Learned and Leading Change

Jeffrey B. Swartz | Posted 05.25.2011

Jeffrey B. Swartz

What if we were to apply the same organic formula that worked to address human rights issues to environmental issues? Could we imagine the same progress?

McCain and Obama on Science and the Environment

Bill Chameides | Posted 05.25.2011

Bill Chameides

The scientists, academics, and writers known as Science Debate 2008 came up with 14 questions and got them into the hands of the presidential candidates. Now the senators have weighed in.