What the Healthcare Vote Means for Climate Change

Heather Taylor-Miesle, 11.10.2009

Director of the NRDC Action Fund

The pig has hit the fan in our household.  My poor husband is laid up with H1N1 and I am playing both nursemaid and quarantine agent as my curren...

Where are Schools on Climate Change?

Lisa Bennett, 11.10.2009

Communications director, Center for Ecoliteracy

Schools, like the rest of us, need to acknowledge the part they have played in perpetuating the ignorance that has gotten us into our environmental messes.

Eating Animals: Foer Gets The Facts On Factory Farms

Kerry Trueman, 11.10.2009

Co-founder of EatingLiberally.org

Eating Animals, the searing indictment of factory farming that Jonathan Safran Foer spent three years painstakingly researching, has got the champio...

To Repower America With Clean Energy, Meet Me at The Wall

David Boundy, 11.10.2009

Campaign Manager, Alliance for Climate Protection

There are too many urgent reasons to tackle this challenge of a generation, and there is nothing more compelling than hearing them straight from the people who care the most.

A Challenge to Magazine Publishers -- Especially Jon Meacham

Dr. Susan Corso, 11.10.2009

Omnifaith spiritual expert

If all the print publications in the U.S. alone were to eliminate inserts, how much would that reduce carbon emissions? Think of the deforestation it could prevent.

Green News Report -- November 10, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen, 11.10.2009

Co-Hosts, Green News Report

Welcome aboard to our latest new affiliate station - KJFK 1230am in Reno, NV! IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Hurricane Ida hits oil prices; EPA hits gre...

Why the Rainforests Could Cost us the Earth

Tony Juniper, 11.10.2009

If we are to have any chance of keeping the global average temperature increase below two degrees, then it is essential that the world find a way to stop the continuing clearance of the tropical rainforests.

If the Green Economy Is Coming, America Must Start Leading Now

Frances Beinecke, 11.10.2009

President, Natural Resources Defense Council

Last week, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said, “The green economy is coming. We can either follow or lead.” The senator was explainin...

Guardian Asserts Conspiracy to Hide the Peak

A. Siegel, 11.10.2009

Energy, environmental blogger, getenergysmartnow.com

A recent Guardian article raises the question: has there been a conspiracy to inflate IEA numbers and thus distort the global conversation about our energy challenges?

You Can't Say "Sorry" When Millions Die from Your Mistake

Jeff Schweitzer, 11.09.2009

Marine Biologist and Former Clinton White House Science Advisor

Cheney castigates President Obama for "dithering" because the president does not rush into sending young men and women to their deaths for no reason. Yet to dither on climate change is divine.

Climate Change Threatens Our National Security

Ginna Kelly, 11.09.2009

Attorney, Environmentalist

Climate change threatens our national security in two ways. First, U.S. dependence on oil entangles America with hostile regimes. Second, climate change creates chaos, tension, and human insecurity.

The Job Loss from Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions and the Job Loss from Defense Spending

Dean Baker, 11.09.2009

Co-Director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research

Standard economic models do show that measures designed to reduce green house gasses by raising energy prices will lead to some cost in terms of slower economic growth. However, scare stories never put it in any context.

The End of Poverty?

Wayne Trujillo, 11.09.2009

Editor of Latino Landscape

In anticipation of the film's premiere on Nov. 13 in New York, Director Philipe Diaz spoke with me to discuss the film's aspirations -- spurring a grassroots effort to banish poverty.

Bomb Appalachia (and Face the Music)

Michael Gould-Wartofsky, 11.09.2009

Theirs is a coast-to-coast campaign to save Appalachia's mountains and streams -- and Appalachians' homes, jobs, and culture -- from the devastating coal mining practice known as mountaintop removal.

A New Green Youth Movement

John Kerry, 11.09.2009

U.S. Senator from Massachusetts

Now is the time for young people who learned to flex their political muscle last November to shift into high-gear and get Washington to take on our historic legislation to combat global climate change.

Boulder Start-up to Profit on Atmospheric CO2 in Manufacturing

Anne Butterfield, 11.09.2009

Columnist for the "Boulder Daily Camera"

How about a plan to reduce atmospheric CO2 at industrial scale in a safe and economically attractive scheme?

Biofuels from Microalgae (Part 1)

Patrick Takahashi, 11.09.2009

The 21st Century Athanasius

I begun to be involved with growing algae in raceways a third of a century ago, and from then until now, have observed that federal funding was spotty and mostly non-existent.

Road to Copenhagen - Part 6: Money-Changers in Democracy's Temple

William S. Becker, 11.08.2009

Executive Director, Presidential Climate Action Project

Government's stewardship responsibility is recognized in the body of laws past congresses developed once we realized that burning rivers, poisoned water, and dangerous air were not in the national interest.

What the CBO Isn't Telling Congress: Climate Change Threatens Million of Jobs

Brendan Smith, 11.09.2009

Oysterman and labor activist

How many epidemics and Katrinas will it take to expose the myth that the U.S. economy is somehow exempt from the threats of climate change?

Cautious Optimism for Copenhagen Deal as Barcelona Climate Talks End

Brendan DeMelle, 11.06.2009

Freelance writer and researcher

The mood was markedly improved on the final day of the Barcelona climate talks, as delegates, observers and non-governmental organizations all brushed off the pessimism.

We Are What We Buy and How We Buy It

David Sirota, 11.06.2009

Political journalist, best-selling author and syndicated newspaper columnist

The debate over climate change legislation is probably the best example of a bill that seems unrelated to trade, and yet could be rendered almost completely meaningless if it doesn't include real trade reform.