INDIANAPOLIS — The federal government is encouraging farmers to spread a chalky waste from coal-fired power plants on their fields to loosen and...
Jacob M. Appel | Posted 12.21.2009 | Politics
If we are willing to ingest fluoride to prevent tooth decay, surely we can tolerate a trace of lithium to prevent suicides.
Andrew Sniderman | Posted 12.21.2009 | Politics
I joined hundreds of protesters about a mile away from the UN's climate negotiations. Their plan was to storm the talks, 6,000 police officers notwithstanding, and set up a "people's assembly" to discuss solutions to climate change.
Kevin Grandia | Posted 12.18.2009 | Green
In layman's terms, the leaked document means that if the developed nations don't commit to deeper emissions cuts, we're screwed.
Steven Solomon | Posted 12.18.2009 | Books
As the throngs at Copenhagen pack their bags and disperse from the historic summit back to all corners of the globe, a lone young Ohio woman, Katie Spotz, 24, is getting set to start out on a solitary, sea level voyage.
Brendan DeMelle | Posted 12.18.2009 | Green
Unless leaders sit down at the table, roll up their sleeves and get down to business, this leaked draft text will probably closely resemble the final deal here in Copenhagen.
Paul Paz y Miño | Posted 12.17.2009 | Green
We would like to introduce you to a few of the "pro-Chevron" bloggers out there, and the groundless claims they made in the aftermath of September's phony "bribery scandal."
Kevin Grandia | Posted 12.17.2009 | Green
The great leader of the Copendeniers, Senator James Inhofe, showed up at Copenhagen for a fly-by press event here at the international climate treaty. It was a waste of time.
Alun Anderson | Posted 12.17.2009 | Books
Climate change may seem as if it is a worry just for the people who want to "save the planet" but really it is about saving our current standard of living. And once you get the Arctic angry it will go for a long, slow revenge.
Antonio Villaraigosa | Posted 12.17.2009 | Los Angeles
In addition to being primary trade portals for Europe and America, Rotterdam and Los Angeles share another distinction -- they are both pioneering leaders in port emissions reductions.
Lee Myung-Bak | Posted 12.16.2009 | Green
A willingness to act where others pause is the only way we'll break the long-prevailing approach of "you first."
James Hoggan | Posted 12.16.2009 | Green
Americans For Prosperity's Tea Party campaigns might be happening thousands of miles away from Denmark, but their impact is felt here at the COP15 talks.
Steven Solomon | Posted 12.17.2009 | Books
Those committed to doing the planet's serious business should stay focused on one, often overlooked but trackable key factor of climate change--the pivotal role of water.
Louis Klarevas | Posted 12.15.2009 | Green
By not addressing climate change more aggressively and creatively, the United States is squandering an opportunity to secure its global primacy for the next few generations to come.
Harvey Wasserman | Posted 12.15.2009 | Green
The epic fight over carbon emissions is barely the tip of how we survive. Mother Earth demands that fossil/nukes be transcended. This green-powered leap defines our technological, economic and ecological survival.
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | Posted 12.15.2009 | Green
If Copenhagen is to be a success, all must pull their weight. This means avoiding the temptation to polarize the debate along the North-South divide, or wasting time looking for scapegoats.
James Hoggan | Posted 12.15.2009 | Green
Canada is not passing laws to limit greenhouse gas emissions. It is not setting science-based targets, and it's not financing renewable energy.
Tony Prophet | Posted 12.15.2009 | Green
A powerful way companies can drive environmental change is through the supply chain -- the global network of suppliers, manufacturers and partners it works with to make and distribute its products.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger | Posted 12.15.2009 | Green
Even in the absence of national and international commitments, we must not ignore the tremendous movement that is already under way to solve our environmental and energy problems.
Kevin Grandia | Posted 12.16.2009 | Green
Blogger Cory Morning Star is reporting that international best-selling author and columnist Naomi Klein was speaking at an event in Copenhagen last ni...
Brendan DeMelle | Posted 12.15.2009 | Green
Despite video evidence, Christopher Monckton stated in an interview yesterday with Associated Press: "It was not I who called them Hitler Youth. It wa...
Wall Street Journal | Posted 12.15.2009 | Green
China looms large over the global climate summit in Copenhagen, where Chinese officials are pressing the U.S. and other rich nations to accept new cur...
Bruce Nilles | Posted 12.15.2009 | Green
adding a great push to our efforts in Copenhagen is the announcement from the EPA earlier this week: that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases constitute a danger to public health.
Kevin Grandia | Posted 12.14.2009 | Green
UPDATE: added the video below. A little drama on Danish TV tonight here at the Copenhagen climate talks. This article was drafted by Steffen Gro...
Timothy Cooper | Posted 12.14.2009 | Entertainment
As we piled into a reserved room at the tony Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Mr. Cannon, looking the part of his position of chairman at Teen Nick, came off as a humble and down- to- earth guy.
AP | RICK CALLAHAN | Posted 12.21.2009 | Green