From 125+ entries into the Project Green Search Model Competition, a top 10 have been picked to go to Los Angeles for the November 6th crowning of the...
Jerry Cope | Posted 10.22.2009 | Green
Now is the time for the citizens to speak out and demand that leaders from every country agree on a fair and just global climate agreement.
Bruce Nilles | Posted 10.22.2009 | Green
This week's post was co-written by Mary Anne Hitt, deputy director of the Sierra Club Beyond Coal Campaign"My hope is this superb documentary will sho...
Renée Loux | Posted 10.22.2009 | Green
Understanding the "life-cycle" of any consumable good offers a fairly accurate sense of how "green" it really is -- basically, where things come from and what happens to them when we are done with them.
Paul Brown | Posted 10.22.2009 | Green
Two Christian religious leaders combined yesterday to warn that time was running out for the life of the planet.
Antonio Villaraigosa | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics
Tomorrow, the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority can and should pass the Long Range Transportation Plan, paving the way for $300 billion in investment over the next 30 years.
Taryn Kiekow | Posted 10.21.2009 | Green
Although the foreign mining partnership claims that it will "respect all of Alaska's natural resources," the stakes are too great to roll the dice.
James Hoggan | Posted 10.21.2009 | Green
A diminished role for the U.S. Chamber would brighten the prospects of passing climate and energy policy in the United States and abroad.
Alex Pasternack | Posted 10.21.2009 | Media
The media needs to get over the superficial, celebrity-soaked fad approach to environmental journalism and deliver something that people want: more and better in-depth environmental news.
Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green
Now that even the most staunch critics have conceded that the US needs to reduce emissions, it's time to stop sitting on our hands and commit to weaning off fossil fuels.
Avital Binshtock | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green
We know her as Blossom, that spunky adolescent on that eponymous sitcom. But since the series ended in 1995, Mayim Bialik, now 33, has truly blossomed.
Robert Glennon | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green
The water delivered to our homes is drinking-quality water but we use only ten percent of it for drinking and cooking. We use about one-third outdoors to water lawns. Of the water we use indoors, a third is flushed away.
Kevin Grandia | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green
With a clean energy bill making its way through the Senate and the upcoming international summit on climate change in Copenhagen, you can bet the PR spin from industry and think tanks is only going to get louder.
Johan Rockström | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green
To reduce the risk of tipping into the unknown, we need a new global deal for sustainable development. Copenhagen should be viewed as a first necessary step toward this new deal.
The Guardian | Ian Cobain | Posted 10.20.2009 | World
A British mining corporation is facing a multimillion-pound claim for damages after protesters were detained and allegedly tortured at an opencast cop...
Arianna Huffington | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green
HuffPost's No Impact Week is a project we've launched together with Colin Beavan -- aka "No Impact Man." The goal is to demonstrate ways in which small actions in our daily lives can have a profound impact on our world.
Brandon Mendelson | Posted 10.20.2009 | Impact
Brian Williams and Dave Schiff are riding across the U.S. on Brammo Enertia powercycles. Their mission: Present to President Obama the solution to America's transportation crisis.
William S. Becker | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green
It now is up to the U.S. Senate to make sure Uncle Sam is not only fully dressed, but dressed for success when he shows up in Copenhagen Dec. 7 to work on a global climate deal.
Deanna Neil | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living
We want to get kids outside, but who should lead the way: teachers, parents or kids themselves? Deciding the best approach for reengaging kids with nature means knowing where the problem stems from.
Wade Norris | Posted 10.16.2009 | Denver
There is more than football to like about Kyle Orton. His environmental conscience.
Joellen Raderstorf | Posted 10.16.2009 | Denver
Where is our collective panic about climate change? Our energy consumptive lifestyles do not blink in the quake of devastating floods, receding glaciers and starving children.
Margie Alt | Posted 10.15.2009 | Green
The scramble for sixty Senate votes on a tight timeline in a steadily-warming world will require concessions to the politically powerful interests that have undue influence in the U.S. Senate.
Dan Agin | Posted 10.15.2009 | Green
One of the most insidious pollutants in our environment is the heavy metal element Cadmium. An important new study is the first to report on the effects of Cadmium on human fetal sex organ tissues.
Margaret Hyde | Posted 10.15.2009 | Green
No matter how large or small your home or your budget, here are some things you can do right now to make your home more sustainable.
Jennifer Grayson | Posted 10.14.2009 | Green
I have been hearing reports that recycling is bad. That the costs of shipping, mostly the carbon emissions from them, counteract any benefit from recy...
Starre Vartan | Posted 10.22.2009 | Green