After intense opposition from building owners, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has dropped the most far-reaching initiative of his plan for reducing greenh...
AP | BEN FELLER and DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 12.04.2009 | Green
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Friday abruptly altered the timing of his upcoming appearance at an international climate summit in Copen...
Steve Kirsch | Posted 12.04.2009 | Green
What the US does to control carbon emissions may well be the most important decision we will ever make. The bad news is we are on the verge of blowing it ... big time.
BBC News | Posted 12.03.2009 | Green
In Yosemite National Park, in central California, fire is viewed differently. The forest needs to burn to survive, although fire was once thought to b...
Jared Braiterman | Posted 12.03.2009 | Green
The Copenhagen UN Climate Change Conference addresses unparalleled environmental crisis and the need to transform our relationship with nature. Many p...
Huffington Post | Katherine Goldstein | Posted 12.01.2009 | Green
On Monday night Stephen Colbert went Klimate Krazy, talking about what the upcoming Copenhagen climate talks mean and discussing the "ClimateGate" ema...
Huffington Post | Posted 12.01.2009 | Green
One of the nation's most popular sports is going green. NASCAR, hardly synonymous with environmental innovation, can now claim that ⅓ of all its ven...
Kathy Freston | Posted 12.01.2009 | Living
One of the joys for which I am giving thanks is all of the recent attention on a topic that is near and dear to my heart -- the cruelty and environmental harm involved in raising animals for food.
James Hoggan | Posted 12.02.2009 | Green
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has already done everything it can to kill the chances of a legally binding agreement emerging from the Copenhagen climate change summit.
Jim Selman | Posted 11.30.2009 | Living
To the extent that we speak from our hearts about the world we want to create, we will attract energy, resources and support--and inspire others to act.
Robert Stavins | Posted 11.30.2009 | Green
A portfolio agreement acknowledges chared responsibility for solving the climate change challenge, but suggests that historical differences in contribution and economic disparities be reflected in varying national commitments.
Avital Binshtock | Posted 11.26.2009 | Green
Working up a menu for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, or another upcoming holiday? Here are three tips to help you be more environmentally responsible while planning that feast.
Posted 11.25.2009 | Green
The EPA has just announced that Verizon Wireless has agreed to pay a penalty of $468,000 for violating environmental regulations at 655 facilities in ...
Michael Winship | Posted 11.24.2009 | Entertainment
My Thanksgiving list this year includes Jane Goodall, who was interviewed by my colleague Bill Moyers for this week's edition of Bill Moyers Journal on PBS.
AP | RAY LILLEY | Posted 11.25.2009 | Green
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A flotilla of hundreds of icebergs that split off Antarctic ice shelves is drifting toward New Zealand and could pose ...
Press Democrat | Posted 11.24.2009 | Green
Thousands of foot-tall orphaned baby redwood trees sit in rows in a Humboldt County greenhouse, products of the ongoing economic slump and changes in ...
Telegraph | Malcolm Moore in Shanghai | Posted 11.24.2009 | Green
More than 1,000 people took to the streets in a district of Guangzhou to protest against the building of a rubbish incinerator near their homes. The ...
Posted 11.24.2009 | Green
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...
Tracy L. Barnett | Posted 11.28.2009 | World
Over course of the next year, I will be traveling through Latin America, reporting on the important and innovative work of world-changers at the grassroots
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.
New York Times | Posted 12.05.2009 | Green