Environment

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Shocking Barack: An Interview with Powercyclists on a Mission to the White House

Brandon Mendelson | Posted 10.20.2009 | Impact

Read More: Environment, Energy, Sustainability, Automaker Bailout, Green Energy, Auto Industry, Green Technology, President Obama, Impact News

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.

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Dressing for Copenhagen

William S. Becker | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Senate, Boxer, Copenhagen 2009, Global Climate Change, Kerry, Environment, Climate Change, Barack Obama, Global Warming, Green News

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.

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Growing Movement to Get Kids Outdoors Includes Where the Wild Things Are

Deanna Neil | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Education, Teton Science School, Children, Earth Science Week, Be Out There!, Environment, Environmentalism, Nature-Deficit-Disorder, National Wildlife Federation, Where the Wild Things Are, Education Reform, Children's Health, No Child Left Inside, Living News

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.

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Kyle Orton Is Making an Impact -- and Not Just in the NFL

Wade Norris | Posted 10.16.2009 | Denver

Read More: Global Warming, Kyle Orton, Rush Limbaugh, Media, Liberal, Environment, Denver Broncos, Nfl, Chicago Bears, St. Louis Rams, Hybrid Cars, Rush Limbaugh St Louis Rams, Denver News

There is more than football to like about Kyle Orton. His environmental conscience.

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Swine Flu, Climate Change and a Middle-of-the-Night Tantrum

Joellen Raderstorf | Posted 10.16.2009 | Denver

Read More: Environment, H1n1, Mothers, Climate Change, Swine Flu, India, World Health Organization, Politics of Food, World Hunger, International Day of Climate Action, Famine, Who, Food, Global Warming, Denver News

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.

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Yes We Can Stop Global Warming (Without Giving Away the Store)

Margie Alt | Posted 10.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Barbara Boxer, Climate Change Legislation, Lindsay Graham, Global Warming, John Kerry, Environment America, Green News

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.

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Cadmium Pollution Kills Human Fetal Sex Organ Cells

Dan Agin | Posted 10.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Fetal Damage, Cadmium Pollution, Pollution, Apoptosis, Green News

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.

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Sustainable Green Living in a Few Easy Steps

Margaret Hyde | Posted 10.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Sustainable Living, Environment, Sustainability, Environmentalism, Sustainable Energy, Green Living, Green News

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.

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Eco Etiquette: Is Recycling Bad For The Environment?

Jennifer Grayson | Posted 10.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Recycling, Methane Emissions, Landfills, Carbon Emissions, Green Advice, Recycling Myths, Composting, Greenhouse Gases, Green Living, Global Warming, Landfill Space, Environment, Green News

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...

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10,000 Trees Registered for Community Fruit Exchange

Carole Carson | Posted 10.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Community, Affordable Food, Food, Local Produce, Fruit, Neighborhoods, Family, Green News

Imagine a community where fresh, seasonal, affordable, local fruit is easily accessible to everyone--from low-income families to fancy foodies. Instea...

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Traffic Jams Can Help the Environment

wsj.com | DAVID OWEN | Posted 10.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Congestion Pricing, Traffic, Environmental Impact, Drivers, Subway, Traffic Jam, Environment, Cars, Fees, Congestion, Green Living, Green News

Congestion isn't an environmental problem; it's a driving problem. Traffic jams can actually be environmentally beneficial if they turn subways, buses...

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Behold! Canada's Most Disgusting Export

Mark Morford | Posted 10.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Environment, Oil, Oilsands, Energy Policy, Canada, Green News

Have you taken a peek lately into the eco nightmare that is Canada's monstrous, pollutive, disgusting hellholes of rapacious greed and pollution and destruction and sheer capitalistic joy?

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A Bitter Taste

Javier Sierra | Posted 10.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Environmental Justice, Epa, Clean Water, Environment, Obama Administration, Enforcement, Anapra New Mexico, Lead Poisoning, Safety of Perchlorate in Water, Environmental Violations, Nytimes Toxic Water, Green News

At the end of the 31st annual Hispanic Heritage month, Latinos in the US are still waiting to celebrate a crucial victory --getting rid of the toxic water that poisons so many of our communities.

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Learning, Naturally

Michelle Howard | Posted 10.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Childhood Memories, David-Sobel, Child Psychology, Outdoor Education, Environment, Nature-Deficit-Disorder, Nature Deficit Disorder, Parenting, Teachers, Teaching, Childhood, Learning, Living News

Is it possible that all that time wandering around outside talking to myself had something to do with my aptitude at school? Boredom, which drove me outside, is an art lost to contemporary childhood.

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Suburban Towns Strive To Be Environmentally Aware

nytimes.com | MIREYA NAVARRO | Posted 10.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Suburbs, Environment, Energy Efficiency, Greening the Suburbs, Green Energy, Green News

Some of these towns are offering energy retrofits; others furnish free parking to fuel-efficient hybrid cars. Yet others are limiting or banning the u...

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Local Leaders on a Global Stage

Kevin George | Posted 10.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Environmental Protection Agency, Jane-Goodall, Governor Ted Kulongoski, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Environment, Global Climate Summit, Climate Change, Oceans, Amazon Rainforest, Deforestation, Climate Bill, Green News

These are just of few of the characters on the global stage whom I met - and who shared their stories of their paths on the road to Copenhagen.

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The Growing Evidence of Oil's Environmental Impact

Bob Dinneen | Posted 10.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Tar Sands, Environment, Oil, Ethanol, Petroleum, Biofuels, Oil Industry, Carbon Emissions of Petroleum, Barack Obama Environmental Policy, Inside DC, Green News

It is inconceivable that an honest and transparent accounting of the carbon emissions of petroleum when compared to those of ethanol would somehow be lower. It defies logic, reason, and most of all, facts.

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Lower Intelligence of Men Born Year After 1969 Flu Pandemic

Dan Agin | Posted 10.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Environment, Iq, Fetal Brain Development, Flu Epidemic, Living News

Early prenatal exposure to the Hong Kong flu may have interfered with fetal cerebral development and caused reduced intelligence in adulthood.

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Should Mayor Bloomberg Run, Bike or Chopper?

Jennifer Schwab | Posted 10.09.2009 | New York

Read More: Environment, Green Living, Mayor Bloomberg, U2, Transportation, The Meadowlands, New York City Politics, New York News

Let’s remember that Bloomberg works for no salary, and has contributed hugely to the green movement by tackling many environmental issues in New York.

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US Blocks Drilling At 60 Sites In Utah -- Approval Process Under Bush "Mishandled"

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 10.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Energy, Conservation, Natural Gas, Ken Salazar, Oil Drilling, Drilling Blocked in Utah, Utah, Green News

WASHINGTON — Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Thursday that oil and gas drilling will be permitted on some of the Utah land parcels near nati...

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Environmental mayhem in Pakistan

Saad Khan | Posted 10.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Developing Countries, Deforestation, Environmental Pollution, Pakistani Military, South Asia, Zardari-Government-Fodpyworld, Swat Valley, Green News

Along with other South Asian nations, Pakistan is one of the countries worst affected by environmental pollution.

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Climate Lobby Investigation Goes Global — and Digital

Tracy L. Barnett | Posted 10.09.2009 | Green

Read More: International Journalism, Digital Media, Twitter, Corporate Globalization, Climate Lobby, Lobbyists, Climate Change, Environment, Globalization, New Media, Investigative Journalism, Media, Corporate Greed, International Reporting, Facebook, Investigative Reporting, Green News

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists has been raking in the awards for its international tobacco smuggling investigation. Now it's targeting the lobbying effort to influence the treaty on climate change.

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How David de Rothschild Made His Plastic-Bottle Boat (VIDEO)

news.nationalgeographic.com | Posted 10.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Recycling, Environment, David De Rothschild, Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Plastic Bottle Boat, Plastiki, Green News

October 7 -- Plastiki, a 60-foot-long (18.3-meter-long) catamaran made of more than 12,000 plastic bottles, will soon ply the Pacific Ocean to increas...

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Norway Breaks Impasse at Bangkok Climate Talks

Kevin Grandia | Posted 10.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Norway Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Norway Climate Change, Sustainability, Norway Global Warming, Norway Bangkok, Global Warming, Climate Change, Green News

Norway -- the first developed nation to make any solid commitment on this front -- is set to announce that it is committing to a 40% reduction in their greenhouse gas emissions by 2020.

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The Philip Morris Theory of Global Warming

Kevin Grandia | Posted 10.07.2009 | Books

Read More: Environment, Sustainability, Jim Hoggan, Climate Change, Global Warming, Climate Cover Up, James Hoggan, Books News

Jim Hoggan, co-founder of the DeSmogBlog Project, has written a book that chronicles the history of PR spin doctors working to confuse the realities of climate change (and tobacco).

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